Reformating pixels that represent objects

An apparatus comprising:

• a server system coupled to a display and to a processor-readable storage device, wherein the processor-readable storage device includes one or more instructions executable by the server system to perform the following acts:
• receiving, at graphical user interface (GUI) software, first user specified criteria wherein the first user specified criteria include an analysis entity and an analysis attribute;
• automatically displaying, via the GUI software, a first visualization based on the first user specified criteria, wherein the first visualization defined by a rectangular area having a fixed width dimension and variable height dimension, wherein the first visualization includes pixels that each represent one of objects, wherein a particular pixel is at a first position in the first visualization, and wherein first patterns and first contrasts in non-aggregated data are displayed by generating color for each of the pixels and generating oscillation in luminance of each of the pixels based on a threshold;
• receiving, at the GUI software, a second user specified criteria includes grouping criteria for grouping the pixels based on which subset of the grouping criteria the non-aggregated data associated with the pixels satisfies;
• creating groups of categorized objects by categorizing the objects based on the second user specified criterion;
• and
• automatically displaying, via the GUI software, a second visualization that includes the pixels by automatically reformatting the particular pixel from the first position to a second position based on the second user specified criteria, wherein the pixels are grouped based on which subset of the grouping criteria the non-aggregated data associated with the pixels satisfies, wherein second patterns and second contrasts in the non-aggregated data are displayed, intentionally in response to the second user specified criteria, by generating color for each of the pixels and generating oscillation in luminance of each of the pixels based on the threshold.

A method for illustrating non-aggregated data, the method comprising:

• receiving, at graphical user interface (GUI) software, first user specified criteria wherein the first user specified criteria include an analysis entity and an analysis attribute;
• automatically displaying, via the GUI software, a first visualization based on the first user specified criteria, wherein the first visualization defined by a rectangular area having a fixed width dimension and variable height dimension, wherein the first visualization includes pixels that each represent one of objects, wherein a particular pixel is at a first position in the first visualization, and wherein first patterns and first contrasts in the non-aggregated data are displayed by generating color for each of the pixels and generating oscillation in luminance of each of the pixels based on a threshold;
• receiving, at the GUI software, a second user specified criteria includes grouping criteria for grouping the pixels based on which subset of the grouping criteria the non-aggregated data associated with the pixels satisfies;
• creating groups of categorized objects by categorizing the objects based on the second user specified criterion;
• and
• automatically displaying, via the GUI software, a second visualization that includes the pixels by automatically reformatting the particular pixel from the first position to a second position based on the second user specified criteria, wherein the pixels are grouped based on which subset of the grouping criteria the non-aggregated data associated with the pixels satisfies, wherein second patterns and second contrasts in the non-aggregated data are displayed, intentionally in response to the second user specified criteria, by generating color for each of the pixels and generating oscillation in luminance of each of the pixels based on the threshold.