Automated determination of relevant slice in multidimensional data sources

摘要

Data from sources without a current time designator is consumed in scorecard applications by automatically detecting an appropriate time slice based on a last non-empty member in a given level of dimension. Lag values are assigned depending on a level of time dimension members and the last non-empty member. Once the current time value is determined, corresponding values are used for dimensions that are fully loaded with non-empty values. Negative lag values may be used to retrieve data for future members.