Ranking contextual metadata to generate relevant data insights

A method for use at a computer system, the computer system including a hardware processor, system memory, and a display device, the method comprising:

• accessing a query comprising a Structured Query Language (SQL) command that was processed to retrieve structured data that was presented at the display device in a structured arrangement;
• deriving contextual metadata from parameters of the SQL command, the contextual metadata defining how the structured data was retrieved from a database;
• identifying a combination of topics relevant to the structured data based at least on the contextual metadata;
• deriving other metadata from user activities and settings at the computer system;
• formulating one or more additional queries in the system memory to retrieve insights corresponding to the combination of topics, the one or more additional queries formulated from the contextual metadata and the other metadata;
• submitting the one or more additional queries to obtain the insights;
• receiving the insights subsequent to submitting the one or more additional queries;
• storing the insights in the system memory;
• and
• providing for presentation at a display device a first user interface element that includes the structured arrangement and a second user interface element that includes insight data from the system memory, the presentation at the display device of the first user interface element being concurrent with the presentation of the second user interface element.

A system comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• and
• a computer program product for implementing a method for deriving insights for structured data, the computer program product comprising one or more computer storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the hardware processor, cause the system to perform the method, including the following:
• access a query comprising a Structured Query Language (SQL) command that was processed to retrieve structured data that was presented at a display device in a structured arrangement;
• derive contextual metadata from parameters of the SQL command, the contextual metadata defining how the structured data was retrieved from a database;
• identify a combination of topics relevant to the structured data based at least on the contextual metadata;
• derive other metadata from user activities and settings at the computer system;
• formulate one or more additional queries in system memory of the computer system, the one or more additional queries to retrieve insights corresponding to the combination of topics, the one or more additional queries formulated from the contextual metadata and the other metadata;
• submit the one or more additional queries to obtain the insights;
• receive the insights subsequent to submitting the one or more additional queries;
• store the insights in the system memory;
• and
• provide for presentation at a display device a first user interface element that includes the structured arrangement and a second user interface element that includes insight data from the system memory, the presentation at the display device of the first user interface element being concurrent with the presentation of the second user interface element.