Systems and methods of generating color saturated data marks in data visualizations

A computer system for generating data visualizations, comprising:

• a display;
• one or more processors;
• memory;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
• displaying a graphical user interface that includes:
• a first region with a plurality of fields from a multidimensional database that includes at least one data hierarchy;
• a second region with a plurality of shelves;
• and
• a third region for displaying one or more data visualizations;
• receiving user actions to:
• (i) associate a first field of the plurality of fields with a first shelf of the plurality of shelves;
• (ii) associate a second field of the plurality of fields with a second shelf of the plurality of shelves;
• and (iii) associate a third field of the plurality of fields with a third shelf of the plurality of shelves, the third shelf defining colors for data marks;
• generating, in accordance with the received user actions, a plurality of data marks to be displayed in a data visualization, each data mark corresponding to a respective retrieved tuple of data from the multidimensional database and each retrieved tuple including the first, second, and third fields, wherein:
• each data mark has an x-position defined according to data for the first field in the respective tuple;
• each data mark has a y-position defined according to data for the second field in the respective tuple;
• and
• each data mark has a color assigned according to data for the third field in the respective tuple;
• and
• displaying the data visualization in the third region, wherein the data visualization includes the plurality of data marks.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured for execution by a computer system having a display, one or more processors, and memory, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

• displaying a graphical user interface that includes:
• a first region with a plurality of fields from a multidimensional database that includes at least one data hierarchy;
• a second region with a plurality of shelves;
• and
• a third region for displaying one or more data visualizations;
• receiving user actions to:
• (i) associate a first field of the plurality of fields with a first shelf of the plurality of shelves;
• (ii) associate a second field of the plurality of fields with a second shelf of the plurality of shelves;
• and (iii) associate a third field of the plurality of fields with a third shelf of the plurality of shelves, the third shelf defining colors for data marks;
• generating, in accordance with the received user actions, a plurality of data marks to be displayed in a data visualization, each data mark corresponding to a respective retrieved tuple of data from the multidimensional database and each retrieved tuple including the first, second, and third fields, wherein:
• each data mark has an x-position defined according to data for the first field in the respective tuple;
• each data mark has a y-position defined according to data for the second field in the respective tuple;
• and
• each data mark has a color assigned according to data for the third field in the respective tuple;
• and
• displaying the data visualization in the third region, wherein the data visualization includes the plurality of data marks.