Reducing a large amount of data to a size available for interactive analysis

A computer-implemented method of processing a request for data comprising:

• identifying data within a data store satisfying the request, wherein a quantity of the identified data is greater than a threshold;
• analyzing the identified data to produce an initial result set with a reduced quantity of data including information summarizing the identified data, the analyzing the identified data further comprising:
• analyzing two or more instances of data to determine whether the instances of data represent a same entity, wherein entities are individuals;
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• when the two or more instances of data are determined as representing the same entity, consolidating the two or more instances of data as a single entity for the information summarizing the identified data;
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• generating one or more succeeding result sets each from a corresponding prior result set until a succeeding result set includes a quantity of data that is at or below the threshold, wherein each succeeding result set includes a reduced quantity of data relative to the corresponding prior result set, and generating each succeeding result set includes:
• filtering the corresponding prior result set and generating the succeeding result set including information summarizing the filtered result set.