Techniques for producing a cross tabulation are described. The techniques involve issuing a plurality of queries to a database. The queries are for each of at least one sublevel of data for each of at least one dimension of data associated with records in the database. The queries provide sublists of...http://www.google.com.au/patents/US7870148?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7870148 - Scalable computation of data