Interactive punchcard visualizations

A computer system comprising:

• processor;
• and a
• a storage device having instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processor cause the system to:
• in response to a search query, retrieve search results including a plurality of events, each of the plurality of events containing time-stamped data;
• identify a first characteristic type from the time-stamped data of the plurality of events as a horizontal dimension of an interactive multi-dimensional chart, and a second characteristic type from the time-stamped data as a vertical dimension of the interactive multi-dimensional chart;
• cause display of the interactive multi-dimensional chart indicative of the time-stamped data corresponding to the plurality of events, the interactive multi-dimensional chart including a table of a plurality of objects, each object of the plurality of objects representing one or more events of the plurality of events that share a value of the first characteristic type and share a value of the second characteristic type, wherein causing display of the interactive multiple-dimensional chart includes:
• formatting the time-stamped data of the plurality of events into a data object that is readable by a code library for generating a static visualization;
• receiving state information that is indicative of a current state of display of the interactive multiple-dimensional chart, wherein use of the state information enables the interactive multiple-dimensional chart to be displayed at a plurality of different devices without saving a rendering of the interactive multiple-dimensional chart;
• and
• processing the data object using the code library to render the interactive multiple-dimensional chart based on the received state information;
• in response to a signal indicative of a user interaction with an individual object of the plurality of objects in the interactive multi-dimensional chart, identify a subset of the plurality of events that correspond with the individual object;
• and
• cause dynamic update of display of the interactive multi-dimensional chart based on a processing of the subset of the plurality of events.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions, execution of which in a computer system causes the computer system to:

• in response to a search query, retrieve search results including a plurality of events, each of the plurality of events containing time-stamped data;
• identify a first characteristic type from the time-stamped data of the plurality of events as a horizontal dimension of an interactive multi-dimensional chart, and a second characteristic type from the time-stamped data as a vertical dimension of the interactive multi-dimensional chart;
• cause display of the interactive multi-dimensional chart indicative of the time-stamped data corresponding to the plurality of events, the interactive multi-dimensional chart including a table of a plurality of objects, each object of the plurality of objects representing one or more events of the plurality of events that share a value of the first characteristic type and share a value of the second characteristic type, wherein causing display of the interactive multiple-dimensional chart includes:
• formatting the time-stamped data of the plurality of events into a data object that is readable by a code library for generating a static visualization;
• receiving state information that is indicative of a current state of display of the interactive multiple-dimensional chart, wherein use of the state information enables the interactive multiple-dimensional chart to be displayed at a plurality of different devices without saving a rendering of the interactive multiple-dimensional chart;
• and
• processing the data object using the code library to render the interactive multiple-dimensional chart based on the received state information;
• in response to a signal indicative of a user interaction with an individual object of the plurality of objects in the interactive multi-dimensional chart, identify a subset of the plurality of events that correspond with the individual object;
• and
• cause dynamic update of display of the interactive multi-dimensional chart based on a processing of the subset of the plurality of events.