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US 8,914,418 B2Granted
Forests of dimension trees
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorEric J. Williamson
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing forests of dimension trees. The method may include receiving user input identifying a dimension tree, and presenting the dimension tree to the user. The dimension tree includes a core dimension and a set of non-core dimensions. The method may further include receiving a user request to link a selected one of the non-core dimensions to non-core dimensions from other dimensions trees, displaying a list of available dimensions from existing dimension trees, and receiving a user selection of non-core dimensions from the list. Based on the user selection of non-core dimensions, a list of linked non-core dimensions from various dimension trees is created, and corresponding linkage information is stored in a database.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving user input identifying a dimension tree of a plurality of dimension trees associated with a master database;
- presenting, in a user interface, the dimension tree to the user, the dimension tree including a core dimension indicating a purpose of the dimension tree, the user interface displaying a plurality of non-core dimensions characterizing the core dimension;
- receiving, via the user interface, user input identifying one of the plurality of non-core dimensions of the dimension tree, and presenting, via the user interface, a plurality of options to be performed with respect to the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree;
- receiving a user selection of a link option from the plurality of options, the link request option to link the dimension tree to other dimensions trees of the plurality of dimension trees via the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree;
- in response to the user selection of the link option, displaying, in the user interface, a list of available dimensions from the other dimension trees, the available dimensions comprising non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees;
- and receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of non-core dimensions from the list of available dimensions, wherein the master database does not define a relationship between the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and any of the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees;
- creating, by a processing device, a list of linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees using the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees, the list associating the linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees with each other to combine the plurality of dimension trees into a forest of dimension trees;
- storing data identifying the linked non-core dimensions in a reporting database;
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- presenting, in the user interface, the forest of dimension trees based on associations between the linked non-core dimensions.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processing device, coupled to the memory;
- a non-core dimension manager, executed from the memory by the processing device, to receive user input identifying a dimension tree of a plurality of dimension trees associated with a master database, to present, in a user interface, the dimension tree to the user, the dimension tree including a core dimension indicating a purpose of the dimension tree, the user interface displaying a plurality of non-core dimensions characterizing the core dimension,
- to receive, via the user interface, user input identifying one of the plurality of non-core dimensions of the dimension tree, and to present, via the user interface, a plurality of options to be performed with respect to the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree,
- to receive a user selection of a link option from the plurality of options, the link option to link the dimension tree to other dimensions trees of the plurality of dimension trees via the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree,
- in response to the user selection of the link option, to display, in the user interface, a list of available dimensions from the other dimension trees, the available dimensions comprising non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees, and to receive, via the user interface, a user selection of non-core dimensions from the list of available dimensions, wherein the master database does not define a relationship between the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and any of the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees, and
- to create a list of linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees using the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees, the list associating the linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees with each other to combine the plurality of dimension trees into a forest of dimension trees;
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- a reporting database, coupled with the non-core dimension manager to store data identifying the linked non-core dimensions for a subsequent presentation of the forest of dimension trees based on associations between the linked non-core dimensions.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:
- receiving user input identifying a dimension tree of a plurality of dimension trees associated with a master database;
- presenting, in a user interface, the dimension tree to the user, the dimension tree including a core dimension indicating a purpose of the dimension tree, the user interface displaying a plurality of non-core dimensions characterizing the core dimension;
- receiving, via the user interface, user input identifying one of the plurality of non-core dimensions of the dimension tree, and presenting, via the user interface, a plurality of options to be performed with respect to the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree;
- receiving a user selection of a link option from the plurality of options, the link option to link the dimension tree to other dimensions trees of the plurality of dimension trees via the identified non-core dimension of the dimension tree;
- in response to the user selection of the link option, displaying, in the user interface, a list of available dimensions from the other dimension trees, the available dimensions comprising non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees;
- and receiving, via the user interface, a user selection of non-core dimensions from the list of available dimensions, wherein the master database does not define a relationship between the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and any of the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees;
- creating, by the processing system, a list of linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees using the identified non-core dimension from the dimension tree and the selected non-core dimensions from the other dimension trees, the list associating the linked non-core dimensions from the plurality of dimension trees with each other to combine the plurality of dimension trees into a forest of dimension trees;
- storing data identifying the linked non-core dimensions in a reporting database;
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- presenting, in the user interface, the forest of dimension trees based on associations between the linked non-core dimensions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.