DYNAMIC FUNCTION BUILDER

摘要

Systems and techniques are disclosed for dynamically generating functions. The systems and techniques may be utilized to access and display information from a data store accessible to a spreadsheet-based application or program over a network. A web service is also provided that interprets data requests received from the spreadsheet-based application or program in one format, such as a natural language format, and translates the requests into syntactically correct functions with parameters for automatic execution by the spreadsheet-based application or program.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
obtaining, from a spreadsheet program, a data request in a first format, the first format being a natural language format; transmitting, from the spreadsheet program to a web service, the data request in the first format; identifying, from the data request in the first format, at least one keyword; comparing the at least one keyword to a data set of pre-defined keyword values; generating an executable instruction for the spreadsheet program in response to the comparison, the executable instruction being in a second format different from the first format; and transmitting, from the web service and to the spreadsheet program, the generated instruction for execution.