Abstract: To authorize an access to an application, a user interface renders a geometrical pattern on receiving a trigger to access the application. The rendered geometrical pattern includes an instance of an arrangement of one or more first nodes and one or more second nodes. The rendered geometrical pattern is associated with an input type to receive a selection of the first nodes and the second nodes. The selection of the first nodes and the second nodes is received as an authorizing key. The authorizing key is matched with an authorizing passcode stored in memory to provide access to the application.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing an expression of a resource for access control are described herein. One or more business security profiles associated with a user are received. The business security profile is defined including a resource expression. The resource expression can include a resource expression with a quantifier or the resource expression without a quantifier. Further, a net profile of the user is computed using symbolic calculus on the resource expression of the one or more business security profiles. The net profile of the user includes a set of granted resources and a set of denied resources. Based upon the computed net profile, access to a resource is authorized for the user.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for extrapolating tabular structure to facilitate manipulation of elements in the freeform document are described herein. The freeform document includes an unstructured canvas providing users the ability to place one or more elements in the canvas. A primary column is determined by the selection of at least one element in the freeform document. Further, one or more secondary columns in the freeform document corresponding to the primary column are determined. A tabular structure in the freeform document is extrapolated based on the determined primary column and the one or more secondary columns to facilitate manipulation of elements in the freeform document, such as reordering, resizing and deleting the one or more elements, and inserting one or more new elements in the freeform document.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for synchronizing a primary repository and a secondary repository in a business infrastructure are disclosed. Content of artifacts present in the primary repository and the secondary repository are indexed. Based upon a search criteria received on the secondary repository, an integrated search service provided on the secondary repository is invoked to perform a combinatorial query on the indexed content and retrieve an identifier of each artifact corresponding to the search criteria. Based upon relevancy parameters, the retrieved identifiers are ranked and rendered as a categorized table including a first column and a second column for identifiers present in the primary repository and the second repository respectively. Based upon a user action received on the ranked identifiers in the first column of the categorized table, the associated artifacts are determined and downloaded from the primary repository to the secondary repository.

Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to analyze a categorical dimension of multi-dimensional data as a function of entropy to form entropy results. The entropy results are plotted as a stacked bar chart. A user graphically navigates through the stacked bar chart.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for including report characterization information in a report are described herein. A report designer may request insertion of a two dimensional barcode, in the report, which encodes the report characterization information. Based on the request, a report characterization information retrieval formula may be executed to retrieve the report characterization information. The retrieved report characterization information may then be encoded to obtain a two dimensional barcode. The obtained two dimensional barcode may finally be inserted into the report. Once the report is printed, the two dimensional barcode in the report may be scanned by any device with a bar code reader, such as a smart phone to retrieve the additional information related to the report.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for automatic obfuscation of sensitive data in a database schema are described herein. The technique uses static detection of sensitive data by application type, static detection by column name, and data profiling by examining a sample of the tables data from the database schema.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for providing hints for and selecting cells within a crosstab that are compatible. Providing hints manifests the compatible cells and the selection is limited to compatible members. Hinting at unselected but compatible cells provides leads for user for other operations they may seek to pursue. User selections that include incompatible cells are corrected to ensure integrity of group operations to be performed on the selections. Compatibility is determined by aggregation level, measure and the like.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for event auditing framework are described herein. The auditing framework includes one or more auditees, an auditor, and a memory associated with the auditor. Each auditee is associated with a digitally signed file including metadata of one or more events authorized for the auditee. The auditor validates digital signature of the file when the auditee is registered with the auditor. After validation of the digital signature, the metadata of the authorized events is stored with respect to the auditee to enable the auditee perform the authorized events. The auditing framework is expandable in that new event types can be added or updated dynamically. The auditing framework also ensures consistency of events.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for generating dynamic context aware help for operations supported by at least one reporting system. The methods and systems relate to receiving a help request for an operation from a client computer including at least one report file, analyzing the at least one report file to generate context data, dynamically generating help data according to the context data and the operation and sending the generated help data to the client computer.

Abstract: An apportioned queue data structure allows a server to specify allocation of resources to return requests according to a prescribed usage request. The data structure comprises an input queue comprising of a set of subqueues (also known as windows). Windows contain requests that will be processed over a fixed window of time. Received items are removed from the input queue and packed into the subqueues according to the service level agreement. These windows (and the elements present within) are then processed in the order of the windows queue (and the order in the window) are arranged. The time for each task is not known until after the request is processed and may be estimated. In a steady state of high load, a queue is created that returns requests tending toward requested percentages of the service level agreement.

Abstract: A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to retrieve a dataset from a data source, where the dataset includes a first set of categories. A data structure that represents the dataset is built. A first set of merit values for the first set of categories is calculated. The first set of categories is ordered based on a criterion. The first set of categories is returned.

Abstract: A method for determining access to a data table store includes determining static properties of data sources during query design, loading the static properties into an unavailability table, at query execution evaluating dynamic properties of the data sources and updating the unavailability table, evaluating a preference expression by a table dispatcher component using session context information from the availability table, determining if a preferred table is available at query execution, and if available indicating to access the preferred table, else applying unavailability rules to obtain repair actions. The preference expression including a user-defined preference between an original table and its replica and user-defined repair actions, where a selection is made at query execution between an original data table and a replicated data table based on the unavailability rules. A non-transitory computer readable medium and a system for implementing the method are also disclosed.

Abstract: Described are methods and systems related to analyzing data within a data report. The data report, including a result set and metadata associated with the result set is retrieved. The result set is analyzed to identify one or more fields. Dimensions and measures within the result set are inferred. Based upon the inferred dimensions and measures, a user interface element is rendered on a user interface. The user interface element is utilized to define a query. Based upon the query defined in the user interface element, a measure included in the query is aggregated along a dimension included in the query, to create a collection of aggregations. A visual representation of the collection of the aggregations is rendered on the user interface.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for processing function calls using a hooking routines to perform pre-execution tasks are disclosed. A server computer receives a function call including a hooking routine and a request to run a particular function from a client computer. Based on a function group identifier and the credentials of the user or client computer, the server computer can perform various pre-execution tasks. The tasks can be common to all functions in the function group or be customized Both pre-execution tasks can be stored remotely from the client computer, so that updates to the pre-execution task can be made without the need to update computer readable code stored on the client computer. If the pre-execution tasks, such as an authorization, passes, then the server computer can execute the requested function, the server computer can reject or abort the requested function.

Abstract: Systems and methods for information exchange using generic data streams, wherein a data stream is sent from one computer system to another, and the receiving computer system is not aware of the structure of the information in the data stream. A header of the data stream includes a description of a data object. A body of the data stream includes information for instances of a data object stored on a computer system. The object is compliant with the description provided in the header of the data stream. The information in the body of the stream is extracted based on the description provided in the header of the data stream. A user interface (UI) is dynamically created based on the description of data object to display portions of the received information, and further to allow a user to change the information.

Abstract: Described herein is a technology for facilitating searching and matching of data. In accordance with one implementation, first and second feature sets are extracted. The first feature set is associated with an input data string including one or more first ideographic elements, while the second feature set is associated with a candidate string including one or more second ideographic elements. A match score of the candidate string is determined based on the first and second feature sets.

Abstract: Described are methods and systems related to data report and analysis. A first business intelligence (BI) block is imported to a host analytics user interface (UI). The first BI block includes synchronizable dimensions to synchronize values of the first BI block with other BI blocks, and propagatable dimensions to propagate values of the first BI block to other BI blocks. A host data context of the host analytics UI is updated by propagating the propagatable dimensions of the first BI block. A second BI block is imported to the host analytics UI. The second BI block includes at least one synchronizable dimension in common with at least one propagatable dimension of the first BI block. The synchronizable dimensions of the second BI block are synchronized to the updated host data context. The first BI block and the synchronized second BI block are rendered on the host analytics UI.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for cell content alignment. The methods and systems involve retrieving one or more table parameters, the one or more table parameters including size of currently invisible cells in a display window, size of merged cells, the display window size and text size in the merged cells, calculating a position of a text in a visible portion of merged cells based on the table parameters and displaying the text in the merged cells based on the calculated position of the text.

Abstract: Various embodiments of systems and methods for providing a semantic guidance in a report are described herein. A mismatch is identified between a report object positioned at a location on the report and the area with which the location is associated. The mismatch is identified based on the metadata of the report object and the attribute of the area with which the location is associated. In one embodiment, the identified mismatch is displayed to a user in a tooltip. In one embodiment, if an attribute of an area of the report is changed, the mismatch is identified between the report object present in the area and the changed attribute.