| US 7,516,084 B1 | ||
| Approach for managing forecast data | ||
| Sarat C. Sankaran, San Carlos, Calif. (US); Paul V. Carmody, Round Rock, Tex. (US); Navneet Singh, W. Pembroke Pines, Fla. (US); and Shivraj K. Ahluwalia, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Lawson Software, Inc., St. Paul, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 12, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/905,258. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 705—10 | 11 Claims |
| 1. A method for managing access to forecast data, the method comprising the computer executed steps of:
identifying a user, wherein the user has a position in an organization;
identifying a first node in a product data hierarchy, wherein the first node is assigned to the user based on the position
in the organization, and wherein the product data hierarchy comprises a product root node that corresponds with a broadest
product grouping and one or more child nodes that correspond with divisions of the broadest product grouping;
traversing the product data hierarchy from the first node by a first forecasting depth, wherein the first forecasting depth
is assigned to the user based on the organization;
identifying a first group of one or more nodes at the first forecasting depth from the first node;
identifying a second node in a customer data hierarchy, wherein the second node is assigned to the user based on the position
in the organization, and wherein the customer data hierarchy comprises a customer root node that corresponds with a broadest
customer grouping and one or more child nodes that correspond with divisions of the broadest customer grouping;
traversing the customer data hierarchy from the second node by a second forecasting depth, wherein the second forecasting
depth is assigned to the user based on the organization;
identifying a second group of one or more nodes at the second forecasting depth from the second node; and
presenting forecast data as a function of the first group of one or more nodes and the second group of one or more nodes.
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