Visual components in a data-agnostic dashboard runtime environment

A method comprising:

• at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs:
• detecting a user interaction with a portion of visualization component implemented in a visualization layer of a dashboard runtime environment, wherein the visualization component is configured to render, in a graphical user interface, a visual representation of data items retrieved from a data source in response to execution of a query associated with the visualization component;
• receiving, at an application programming interface (API), notification of the user interaction via a first message, wherein the API is configured to route messages between the visualization layer and a data layer and to convert messages from one layer into instructions readable by another layer of the visualization layer and the data layer;
• converting, by the API, the first message into a second message with instructions executable by the data layer;
• passing, by the API, the second message to a query component at the data layer, wherein the second message includes instructions that when executed send an updated query to the data source and the updated query corresponds to the query associated with the visual component that is updated according to the user interaction;
• receiving, by the API via a third message, a dataset retrieved from the data source according to execution of the updated query;
• converting, by the API, the third message into a fourth message with instructions executable by the visualization layer;
• and
• passing the retrieved dataset, by the API via a fourth message, to the visualization component, causing the visualization component to render an updated visual representation in the graphical user interface.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• detect a user interaction with a portion of visualization component implemented in a visualization layer of a dashboard runtime environment, wherein the visualization component is configured to render, in a graphical user interface, a visual representation of data items retrieved from a data source in response to execution of a query associated with the visualization component;
• receive, at an application programming interface (API), notification of the user interaction via a first message, wherein the API is configured to route messages between the visualization layer and a data layer and to convert messages from one layer into instructions readable by another layer of the visualization layer and the data layer;
• convert, by the API, the first message into a second message with instructions executable by the data layer;
• pass, by the API, the second message to a query component at the data layer, wherein the second message includes instructions that when executed send an updated query to the data source and the updated query corresponds to the query associated with the visual component that is updated according to the user interaction;
• receive, by the API via a third message, a dataset retrieved from the data source according to execution of the updated query;
• convert, by the API, the third message into a fourth message with instructions executable by the visualization layer;
• and
• pass the retrieved dataset, by the API via a fourth message, to the visualization component, causing the visualization component to render an updated visual representation in the graphical user interface.