Christopher Lauren

US Patent:

20130166498, Jun 27, 2013

Filed:

Dec 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/337140

Inventors:

Vijay Aski - Bellevue WA, US
Danny H. Chen - Miami FL, US
Christopher Lauren - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707602, 707E17005

Abstract:

Systems, methods and computer program products that provide a framework for the creation, editing, manipulation and use of model-based, multidimensional analysis services (MAS) cubes are disclosed. A method of generating a model-based MAS cube comprises creating a data source comprising a data warehouse in the memory via the processor, creating a data source view providing a dimension, a fact and an outrigger from the created data source, and creating the MAS cube comprising at least one measure group. A key performance indicator (KPI) may be calculated from the MAS cube as a scorecard of a display associated with the processor. A user of the model-based MAS cube may create a new cube by targeting a set of facts and adding dimensions to the facts.