Tracking database changes
AssigneeAdobe Inc.
InventorsMarissa Dulaney, Robert Shaver
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to detect a plurality of changes to one of a database format and database content between a first version of a database and a second version of the database, and to transmit change information to a receiving entity, enabling display of the plurality of changes in at least one of a row-wise collective format, a column-wise collective format, a field-wise collective format, or a record-wise collective format. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
Claims16
A computer implemented method comprising:
- detecting a plurality of changes to database content between a first version of a database and a second version of the database;
- transmitting change information associated with the plurality of changes to a receiving entity;
- causing a display of a single visual element that is associated with the plurality of changes based on the change information, wherein the single visual element indicates a coded summary of changes to multiple non-identical content elements in a single row or a single column within the database and the single visual element is displayed adjacent to the single row or the single column;
- receiving input indicative of a user selection of the single visual element;
- and
- responsive to receiving the input, causing a separate display corresponding with each of the content elements changed in the single row or the single column, the separate display for each content element providing an indication of one or more changes to the corresponding content element.
A computer implemented method comprising:
- accessing a first version of a database selected from a displayed time line;
- accessing a second version of the database selected from the displayed time line;
- detecting a plurality of changes to database content between the first version of the database and the second version of the database;
- transmitting change information associated with the plurality of changes to a receiving entity;
- and
- causing a display of a single visual element that is associated with the plurality of changes based on the change information, wherein the single visual element indicates a coded summary of changes to multiple non-identical content elements in a single row or a single column in the database and the single visual element is displayed adjacent to the single row or the single column;
- receiving input indicative of a user selection of the single visual element;
- and
- responsive to receiving the input, causing a separate display corresponding with each of the content elements changed in the single row or the single column, the separate display for each content element providing an indication of one or more changes to the corresponding content element.
A system, comprising:
- a display;
- a change tracking module to detect a plurality of changes to database content between a first version of a database and a second version of the database;
- a rendering module to cause the display of a single visual element that is associated with the plurality of changes based on the change information, wherein the single visual element indicates a coded summary of changes to multiple non-identical content elements in a single row or a single column of the database and the single visual element is displayed adjacent to the single row or the single column, as part of a graphical user interface on the display;
- and
- a graphical user interface module to receive input indicative of a user selection of the single visual element and, responsive to receiving the input, cause a separate display corresponding with each of the content elements changed in the single row or the single column, the separate display for each content element providing an indication of one or more changes to the corresponding content element.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to perform operations, comprising:
- detecting a plurality of changes to database content between a first version of a database and a second version of the database;
- transmitting change information associated with the plurality of changes to a receiving entity;
- causing a display of a single visual element that is associated with the plurality of changes based on the change information, wherein the single visual element indicates a coded summary of changes to multiple non-identical content elements in a single row or a single column within the database, and the single visual element is displayed adjacent to the single row or the single column;
- receiving input indicative of a user selection of the single visual element;
- and
- responsive to receiving the input, causing a separate display corresponding with each of the content elements changed in the single row or the single column, the separate display for each content element providing an indication of one or more changes to the corresponding content element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.