Abstract: A new interface and methods allow a new versatility both in both managing a database, and in presenting hierarchical database information in a more useful way. User marks are used to determine the visibility of the elements at the various hierarchical levels in a hierarchical directory structure of a database. Hence, the user marks are user hierarchical visibility marks. The user hierarchical visibility marks are automatically propagated to other elements in the structure according to a filter selected by the user, for example.

Abstract: A new interface and methods allow a new versatility both in both managing a database, and in presenting hierarchical database information in a more useful way. User marks are used to determine the visibility of the elements at the various hierarchical levels in a hierarchical directory structure of a database. Hence, the user marks are user hierarchical visibility marks. The user hierarchical visibility marks are automatically propagated to other elements in the structure according to a filter selected by the user, for example.

Abstract: The present invention relates to managing a layered hierarchical data set. According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, a hierarchical data set has a state attribute associated with each data element in the hierarchy. When a user accesses data element in the hierarchical data set, a sub-tree of the hierarchical data is presented to the user. When the user operates on a data element, the state attribute of the node associated with the data element is updated. Using the updated state attribute, the entire hierarchical data set is managed so that when a user accesses the data again, it is presented correctly.

Abstract: A computer based method imports table data from a selected source document into a selected target document. The source document is at least partly written in a tag language and the target document is in a format accessible by a database software application. The method includes: temporarily storing data of a selected source; analyzing the table structure of the temporarily stored source data; and generating a target table in accordance with the table structure of the source data.

Abstract: A method provides a tool, which enables a user to review or examine filter conditions set based on input forms in an easier manner. The method generates a filter condition tree view for display to the user. The tree view represents the filter conditions as set by the user in one or more input forms. The tree view is a particularly simple and efficient way of displaying the filter conditions set by the user, thereby making it easier for the user to check at a glance which conditions actually have been set. The user can not only set filter conditions to be linked by a Boolean AND, which are the filter conditions input into a single input form, but also the user can input filter conditions to be linked to other filter conditions by a Boolean function, e.g., a Boolean OR. This is attained by providing the user with multiple input forms, where the filter conditions set in one of the forms are linked to the filter conditions input in another of the forms by a Boolean OR.