United States Patent 7,324,983
7,324,983
Reproducible selection of members in a hierarchy
Issued: January 29, 2008
Assignee: i2 Technologies US, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Inventors: Morris; Richard A. (Harrogate, GB), Skinner; Marc P. (Huntingdon, GB), Sharma; Harsh (Bangalore, IN)
Abstract: A method for selecting members in a hierarchy includes determining a sequence of one or more actions associated with a member selection tree. The actions collectively selecting one or more members from a hierarchy of members. The hierarchy of members is associated with a particular dimension of an organization of data. The method further includes recording the sequence of actions in a member selection script. In addition, the method includes executing the member selection script to select one or more members after the hierarchy of members has been modified.