Automatic relationship detection for reporting on spreadsheet data

摘要

A system for creating a report in a spreadsheet includes: a central processing unit; and a memory encoding instructions that, when executed by the central processing unit, cause the central processing unit to create: a data source module programmed to identify tables associated with the spreadsheet; a relationship module programmed to analyze the tables and identify relationships between the items; and a display module programmed to display the relationships between the tables.