multidimensional datafields

Patent title: MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA CUBE VALIDATION

Inventors: Rasmus Borgsmidt
Agents: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
Assignees: Cognos Incorporated
Origin: WOODBURY, MN US
IPC8 Class: AG06F1700FI
USPC Class: 707100

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Abstract:

This disclosure describes techniques of validating data that a user enters into an enterprise system for storage within a multidimensional data cube. The data cube includes one or more data hyperplanes associated with members of a dimension having cells that contain data. In addition, the data cube includes a validation rule hyperplane of the dimension. Cells in the validation rule hyperplane contain data that indicate whether data in corresponding cells of the data hyperplanes comply with a validation rule. In accordance with these techniques, data in the cells of the data hyperplanes may be submitted if the data in the cells of the validation results hyperplane indicate that data contained in corresponding cells of the data hyperplanes complies with the validation rule.

Claims:

1. A method comprising:storing a multidimensional data cube that includes:(a) one or more data hyperplanes associated with members of a first dimension of the data cube, wherein the data hyperplanes have cells that contain data; and(b) a validation hyperplane associated with a member of the first dimension of the data cube, wherein the validation hyperplane has cells that contain results that indicate whether data in corresponding cells of the data hyperplanes comply with a validation rule; andsubmitting data contained in the cells of the data hyperplanes when data contained in one or more cells of the validation results hyperplane indicate that data contained in corresponding cells of the data hyperplanes complies with the validation rule.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a first cell in a first hyperplane of a first dimension of a data cube "corresponds" to a second cell in a second hyperplane of the first dimension when the first cell and the second cell are, for every other dimension in the data cube, in a common hyperplane.