Ready to render business intelligence result sets

1. A method comprising:

receiving a query that is based on a predefined format of an arbitrary query language;

performing, with a data analyzing component, the query to obtain a query result;

providing the query result and a report layout specification from the data analyzing component to a data processing component, the data processing component being on a computer;

associating, with the data processing component, the query result with at least one element of the report layout specification to generate an association;

providing the query result from the data processing component through an interface based on the report layout specification without reliance on the type of the arbitrary query language to a rendering component; and

providing the report layout specification from the data analyzing component to the rendering component to render the query result in a report according to the association without reliance on the type of the arbitrary query language,

wherein a report specified in the report layout specification is one of a chart, a detailed list report type that is tabular with each row including a detailed fact value that corresponds to a combination of non-fact columns in each row, a grouped summary report type that is tabular with at least one grouping column and at least one fact column, a grouped detail list report type that includes detail and summary fact values, a cross tab report that includes a set of members along a row and column axis, and a master detail report that associates rows within a report with other reports including parallel detail information.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a master data set with respect to each report specified in the report layout specification, the master dataset providing access to a dataset informational object and a partial dataset data retrieval object.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a cell of a cross tab in the cross tab report includes a data value corresponding to an intersection of members from the set of members.

4. A computer readable memory having computer executable instructions stored therein, wherein the computer executable instructions when executed on a computer cause the computer to:

receive a query that is based on a predefined format of an arbitrary query language;

perform, with a data analyzing component, the query to obtain a query result;

provide the query result and a report layout specification from the data analyzing component to a data processing component, the data processing component being on the computer;

associate, with the data processing component, the query result with at least one element of the report layout specification to generate an association;

provide the query result from the data processing component through an interface based on the report layout specification without reliance on the type of the arbitrary query language to a rendering component; and

provide the report layout specification from the data analyzing component to the rendering component to render the query result in a report according to the association without reliance on the type of the arbitrary query language,

wherein a report specified in the report layout specification is one of a chart, a detailed list report type that is tabular with each row including a detailed fact value that corresponds to a combination of non-fact columns in each row, a grouped summary report type that is tabular with at least one grouping column and at least one fact column, a grouped detail list report type that includes detail and summary fact values, a cross tab report that includes a set of members along a row and column axis, and a master detail report that associates rows within a report with other reports including parallel detail information.

5. The computer readable memory of claim 4 , wherein the computer is further caused to provide a master data set with respect to each report specified in the report layout specification, the master dataset providing access to a dataset informational object and a partial dataset data retrieval object.

6. The computer readable memory of claim 4 , wherein a cell of a cross tab in the cross tab report includes a data value corresponding to an intersection of members from the set of members.

7. A method comprising:

receiving a query that is based on a predefined format of an arbitrary query language;

performing the query to obtain a query result;

providing the query result and a report layout specification to a computer;

associating, with the computer, the query result with at least one element of the report layout specification to generate an association;

providing the query result through an interface based on the report layout specification without reliance on the type of the arbitrary query language; and

rendering the query result in a report according to the association without reliance on the type of the arbitrary query language,

wherein a report specified in the report layout specification is one of a chart, a detailed list report type that is tabular with each row including a detailed fact value that corresponds to a combination of non-fact columns in each row, a grouped summary report type that is tabular with at least one grouping column and at least one fact column, a grouped detail list report type that includes detail and summary fact values, a cross tab report that includes a set of members along a row and column axis, and a master detail report that associates rows within a report with other reports including parallel detail information.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising providing a master data set with respect to each report specified in the report layout specification, the master dataset providing access to a dataset informational object and a partial dataset data retrieval object.