A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX HIERARCHIC DATA

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of data analysis. In one form, the invention relates to analysis of data in an analytical database. Preferably, the invention relates to analysis of complex coded data, in particular hierarchical data. A number of aspects of invention are disclosed, including, without limitation, the Storage of hierarchic data, a GUI representation of hierarchic data, hierarchic data convolution and devolution, cross tabulation of complex data, including a segment method, an offset method, a one-level method, and a segment matching method, and a grid construction generator for making hierarchic variables.