Discovering a reporting model from an existing reporting environment

摘要

Computer software is disclosed for discovering and representing a reporting model of an existing reporting environment. For each report in a plurality of reports, the software searches metadata of the report for descriptive information and dependencies on other reports. The software depicts, in a graphical representation, each report and relationships between the reports.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
identifying a first report in a plurality of reports; extracting, from the first report, a first set of dependencies; extracting, from the first report, a first metadata, wherein the first metadata includes, at least:
a first set of attributes that describe the first report, anda first set of filters that define a relationship between the first set of dependencies and the first set of attributes; identifying a second report in the plurality of reports based, at least in part, on a first dependency in the first set of dependencies; extracting, from the second report, a second metadata, wherein the second metadata includes, at least, a second set of attributes; importing, to the first metadata, a subset of the second set of attributes based, at least in part, on the first dependency and the first set of filters; and generating a graphical representation of, at least, the first dependency, wherein:
the first report is represented as a first node annotated with the first metadata,the second report is represented as a second node annotated with the second metadata, andthe first dependency is represented as a first edge between the first node and the second node; wherein:
at least identifying the first report in the plurality of reports is performed by computer software running on computer hardware.