3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a structure element contains either a key figure and selections on multiple characteristics or a formula, wherein operands of the formula are other structure elements, and wherein the formula includes exception aggregation.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a structure element contains either a key figure and selections on multiple characteristics or a formula, wherein operands of the formula are other structure elements, and wherein the formula includes exception aggregation. 7. The method of claim 3 , wherein no additional characteristics are used when retrieving data from the database during calculation of each element of the logical intersection with a set contributing structure element property.