Method and system for data reporting and analysis

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An article of manufacture, comprising: a non-transitory machine-accessible medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
importing a first business intelligence (BI) block to a host analytics user interface (UI) by copying an instance of the first BI block from an analytical report to the host analytics user interface, the analytical report comprising one or more instances of the first BI block arranged in a hierarchy, each of the instances of the first BI block based on a combination of values of one or more dimensions identified as propagatable dimensions and synchronizable dimensions, the first BI block including at least one dimension designated as synchronizable and at least one dimension designated as propagatable; propagating at least one of the propagatable dimensions of the first BI block by storing the propagatable dimensions in a host data context associated with the host analytics UI; importing a second BI block to the host analytics UI, the second BI block including at least one dimension that is designated as synchronizable in common with the at least one propagatable dimension of the first BI block; and upon determining at least one of the propagatable dimensions of the first BI block that is in common with at least one of the synchronizable dimensions of the second BI block, propagating only the common propagatable dimensions of the first BI block from the host data context to the corresponding common synchronizable dimensions of the second BI block by modifying values of the common synchronizable dimension of the second BI block to match values of the corresponding propagatable dimension of the first BI block.