Interactive interface for improving the management of datasets

A computing system comprising:

• a display;
• one or more input interfaces to receive commands from a user;
• one or more memories storing a dataset comprising values of one or more sets of variables for a plurality of objects;
• a processing logic comprising:
• an adaptation to obtain automatically a type of a variable in one or more sets of variables;
• an adaptation to generate a raw representation of values of said variable for said plurality of objects;
• an adaptation to determine a synthetic representation type based on said type of variable;
• an adaptation to generate a synthetic representation of values of said variable for said plurality of objects using said synthetic representation type, said synthetic representation comprising a plurality of elements, each element representing one or more values of the variable for one or more objects;
• an adaptation to output said raw representation of values and said synthetic representation of values to said display;
• an adaptation to receive from said one or more input interfaces a selection by the user of an element of said synthetic representation;
• and
• an adaptation to perform a selection of all objects in said plurality of objects whose value of the variable is represented by said element,
• wherein:
• said synthetic representation is one of a list of variable types or a combination of a list of variable types and a list of modalities of the variable, a modality of the variable being a unique value that is assumed at least once by the variable belonging to the dataset;
• said adaptation to determine the synthetic representation type based on said type of variable comprises an adaptation to determine if the variable is a categorical variable;
• said adaptation to generate the synthetic representation of values comprises an adaptation to represent a list of variable types and, if the variable is a categorical variable, modalities of the variable among the plurality of objects;
• said adaptation to receive from said one or more input interfaces the selection by the user of the element of said representation comprises an adaptation to receive from said one or more input a selection by the user of a desired type of the variable, which is different from said type of variable;
• and
• said adaptation to perform a selection of all objects in said plurality of objects whose value of the variable is represented by said element comprises:
• an adaptation to identify and output to display modalities of the variable that do not match the desired type of the variable;
• an adaptation to receive from said one or more input interfaces a selection of a modality of the variable that do not match the desired type of the variable, and a replacement modality to replace said modality;
• and
• an adaptation to select one or more objects whose value of the variable is said modality that do not match the desired type of the variable, and replace said modality that do not match the desired type of the variable by said replacement modality for said one or more objects.

A computing system comprising:

• a display;
• one or more input interfaces to receive commands from a user;
• one or more memories storing a dataset comprising values of one or more sets of variables for a plurality of objects;
• a processing logic comprising:
• an adaptation to obtain automatically a type of a variable in one or more sets of variables;
• an adaptation to generate a raw representation of values of said variable for said plurality of objects;
• an adaptation to determine a synthetic representation type based on said type of variable;
• an adaptation to generate a synthetic representation of values of said variable for said plurality of objects using said synthetic representation type, said synthetic representation comprising a plurality of elements, each element representing one or more values of the variable for one or more objects;
• an adaptation to output said raw representation of values and said synthetic representation of values to said display;
• an adaptation to receive from said one or more input interfaces a selection by the user of an element of said synthetic representation;
• and
• an adaptation to perform a selection of all objects in said plurality of objects whose value of the variable is represented by said element,
• wherein:
• said synthetic representation type is one of a list of modalities, a list of intervals, or a list of modalities and intervals, a modality of the variable being a unique value that is assumed at least once by the variable belonging to the dataset;
• said adaptation to determine the synthetic representation type based on said type of variable comprises an adaptation to set the representation type as a list of modalities if the variable is of a categorical type, and one of a list of intervals, or a list of modalities and intervals if the variable is of an integer or numeric type;
• said adaptation to generate the synthetic representation of values comprises an adaptation to generate a list of modalities, intervals, or combination thereof describing all the values of the variable for the plurality of objects, depending on the synthetic representation type;
• and
• the processing logic further comprises an adaptation to filter the values of the raw representation in order to display only values corresponding to an element of said list of modalities, intervals, or combination thereof selected by the user.