Semantic report search engine — Questor

As ever more data is collected in the business processes of large enterprises, the decision makers need new business intelligence tools. Enterprise reporting tools have been available for some time, however, while reports aggregate business data, the large number of reports can become unmanageable. The European funded project Questor aims to create a revolutionary product that will eliminate the complexities inherent in the report management workflow. The final purpose is to make querying the report database as simple as addressing a question in natural language. This paper gives an overview over the concept of the Questor project, its software architecture, algorithms and results.