METHODS FOR THE EXTRACTION, COMBINATION, SYNTHESIS AND VISUALISATION OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the automatic combination of multi-dimensional data depending on manipulations at the level of their dimensions in a computer environment that comprises computer equipment capable of accessing multi-dimensional data sources. The method comprises the following steps: a) providing a first multi-dimensional data source; b) providing at least a second multi-dimensional data source, at least said second multi-dimensional data source being such that each data includes key values and non-key values in the different dimensions; c) identifying actions carried out using a user interface on representations of some dimensions of the sources; d) depending on said actions, combining the data sources by using the key values of each data of the second source(s) in order to establish associations between the multi-dimensional data of the first source and the multi-dimensional data of the second source(s) and to obtain combined multi-dimensional data, the combination being carried out as follows: i) adding to the multi-dimensional data of the first source at least a portion of the non-key values of the corresponding data of the second source(s); and ii) arranging the added non-key values with the pre-existing values for the same combined multi-dimensional data. The invention also relates to associated methods for the combination and enrichment of data and for the manipulation of the visualisation of resources.