Global Report Definition for Multi-Tenant Database Performance
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional reporting techniques in computing environments face limitations in performance and usability, particularly in generating and provisioning reports across multi-tenant databases, where reports are often complex and require unified management of global and local filters.
Innovation Solution
The method involves defining related reports using a global definition, replicating attributes from this global definition to local report definitions, and aggregating results to form a composite report, enabling efficient execution and rendering of report results across multiple reports.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conventional reporting techniques are used to generate reports across multi-tenant databases, then reports can be generated with individual customization, but performance and usability deteriorate due to lack of unified management
Solution Approach 1:
The report definition is segmented into global attributes (applicable to all related reports) and local attributes (specific to individual reports). This segmentation allows the system to manage complex multi-tenant reporting by separating common configuration from report-specific customization, improving both performance through reusable global definitions and usability through localized adjustments.
Solution Approach 2:
A single global report definition serves multiple related reports simultaneously, providing universal management across different reports and tenants. This multi-functionality enables the same global definition to be replicated and applied to numerous local report definitions, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining individual report customization capabilities.
2Ease of operation
If individual report definitions are created for each report, then report-specific customization is achieved, but time and effort increase due to repetitive configuration
Solution Approach 1:
The global report definition performs preliminary action by pre-configuring common attributes that will be replicated to multiple local report definitions. This preliminary setup eliminates the need to manually configure the same attributes repeatedly for each report, significantly reducing report setup time while maintaining ease of operation through the ability to later customize local attributes as needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses copying by replicating attributes from the global report definition to local report definitions. This copying mechanism allows rapid provisioning of multiple reports with consistent global settings, reducing repetitive configuration work while still allowing local customization where report-specific variations are needed.
3Productivity
If reports are executed sequentially, then resource consumption is reduced, but execution time increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts report execution strategy based on the relationship between reports. Related reports identified through the global definition structure can be executed in parallel when appropriate, increasing execution speed, while the system manages resource consumption by coordinating these parallel executions through the unified global definition framework.
Solution Approach 2:
The global report definition acts as an intermediary that coordinates execution of multiple related reports. This intermediary structure enables parallel execution of reports that share global definitions, improving execution speed, while also managing system resources by orchestrating the parallel operations through a unified control mechanism.
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AI summary
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for locally defining related reports using a global definition. These mechanisms and methods for locally defining related reports using a global definition can provide a single global definition that is applicable to various reports. The ability to provide such single global definition can enable multiple local definitions that are report specific to be configured, at least in part, using the single global definition.