US Patent 12086161 Transforming relational statements into hierarchical data space operations

A method for transforming a statement into at least one hierarchical data space operation may include analyzing the statement to produce at least one transformed statement. The method may further include selecting at least one element of the transformed statement. The method may further include determining at least one column for the at least one element. The method may further include generating at least one hierarchical data space operation for the at least one element. The method may further include extracting at least one value from the at least one element for the at least one column. The method may further include determining at least one first logical hierarchical data space for the at least one hierarchical data space operation. The method may further include generating at least one first hierarchical path identifier for the at least one value that preserves the hierarchy of its first hierarchical data space, wherein each value corresponds to at least one subdivision of its first hierarchical data space. The method may further include associating the at least one first hierarchical path identifier with the at least one hierarchical data space operation.