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US 9,870,417 B2Granted
Merging business object hierarchies
AssigneeBusiness Objects Software Ltd.
InventorsPierre Saurel, Jacques Doan Huu
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Abstract
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer-implemented methods for merging object hierarchies. An example method includes identifying a first object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the one or more objects representing a query associated with a data set; identifying a second object hierarchy including one or more objects; and generating a merged object hierarchy including the one or more objects from the first object hierarchy and the one or more objects from second object hierarchy, the merged hierarchy combining objects from the first and second object hierarchies that match and share a common parent object, and separately maintaining objects from the first and second object hierarchies that match and do not share a common parent object.
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A computer-implemented method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:
- identifying a first object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the one or more objects representing a query associated with a data set, each of the objects in the first object hierarchy associated with a key value;
- identifying a second object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the objects in the second object hierarchy associated with a key value;
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- generating a merged object hierarchy including the one or more objects from the first object hierarchy and the one or more objects from the second object hierarchy, wherein generating the merged hierarchy includes, for each object in the second object hierarchy:
- determining whether the object in the second object hierarchy matches an object in the first object hierarchy;
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- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy matches an object in the first hierarchy:
- determining whether the object in the second object hierarchy has a parent object and determining whether the object in the first object hierarchy has a parent object;
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy has a parent object and the object in the first object hierarchy does not have a parent object, merging the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy;
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy and the object in the first object hierarchy have a common parent object, merging the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy;
- and
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy and the object in the first object hierarchy have different parent objects, separately maintaining the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy.
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A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions operable when executed to cause at least one processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a first object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the one or more objects representing a query associated with a data set, each of the objects in the first object hierarchy associated with a key value;
- identifying a second object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the objects in the second object hierarchy associated with a key value;
- and
- generating a merged object hierarchy including the one or more objects from the first object hierarchy and the one or more objects from the second object hierarchy, wherein generating the merged hierarchy includes, for each object in the second object hierarchy:
- determining whether the object in the second object hierarchy matches an object in the first object hierarchy;
- and
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy matches an object in the first hierarchy:
- determining whether the object in the second object hierarchy has a parent object and determining whether the object in the first object hierarchy has a parent object;
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy has a parent object and the object in the first object hierarchy does not have a parent object, merging the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy;
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy and the object in the first object hierarchy have a common parent object, merging the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy;
- and
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy and the object in the first object hierarchy have different parent objects, separately maintaining the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy.
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A system comprising:
- memory for storing data;
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- one or more processors operable to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a first object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the one or more objects representing a query associated with a data set, each of the objects in the first object hierarchy associated with a key value;
- identifying a second object hierarchy including one or more objects, each of the objects in the second object hierarchy associated with a key value;
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- generating a merged object hierarchy including the one or more objects from the first object hierarchy and the one or more objects from the second object hierarchy, wherein generating the merged hierarchy includes, for each object in the second object hierarchy:
- determining whether the object in the second object hierarchy matches an object in the first object hierarchy;
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- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy matches an object in the first hierarchy:
- determining whether the object in the second object hierarchy has a parent object and determining whether the object in the first object hierarchy has a parent object;
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy has a parent object and the object in the first object hierarchy does not have a parent object, merging the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy;
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy and the object in the first object hierarchy have a common parent object, merging the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy;
- and
- in response to a determination that the object in the second object hierarchy and the object in the first object hierarchy have different parent objects, separately maintaining the object in the first object hierarchy and the object in the second object hierarchy.
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