Schema viewer searching for a data analytics platform

A method for analyzing data from data sources, comprising:

• at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors:
• receiving user selection of a data source;
• displaying a data visualization user interface, including a schema region and a search box, wherein:
• each data field displayed in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source;
• and
• in a first display mode, displaying the schema region includes hierarchically displaying each system-defined object and the data fields associated with the respective system-defined object;
• receiving user input to switch from the first display mode to a second display mode in which each data field is displayed hierarchically in a respective user-defined folder, wherein the user-defined folders are distinct from the system-defined objects;
• in either the first display mode or the second display mode, receiving user input, in the search box, including (i) a predefined contiguous string of characters specifying a search parameter and (ii) a search string;
• and
• in response to the user input in the search box and a determination that the search parameter specifies a first metadata characteristic about data fields in the data source, filtering the data fields displayed in the schema region, displaying only data fields whose first metadata characteristic includes the search string.

A computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory;
• a display;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
• receiving user selection of a data source;
• displaying a data visualization user interface, including a schema region and a search box, wherein:
• each data field displayed in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source;
• and
• in a first display mode, displaying the schema region includes hierarchically displaying each system-defined object and the data fields associated with the respective system-defined object;
• receiving user input to switch from the first display mode to a second display mode in which each data field is displayed hierarchically in a respective user-defined folder, wherein the user-defined folders are distinct from the system-defined objects;
• in either the first display mode or the second display mode, receiving user input, in the search box, including (i) a predefined contiguous string of characters specifying a search parameter followed by (ii) one or more characters specifying a search string;
• and
• in response to the user input in the search box, filtering the data fields displayed in the schema region, displaying only data fields (i) whose data type matches a data type specified by the search parameter and (ii) who displayed names include the search string.