Abstract: Creating and maintaining cell data records in a multidimensional database is disclosed. The systems and methods of the invention define an efficient mechanism to specify a cell's location within the multidimensional database where there are hierarchies of levels within a dimension. The format used lends itself well to indexing, and also to creating aggregations of the cell data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 1999
Date of Patent:
August 27, 2002
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation
Inventors:
Alexander Berger, Amir Netz, Mosha Pasumansky
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