System and method for grouping data
AssigneeSap SE
InventorVolker Sauermann
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Abstract
In a system and method for grouping data, a processor may, with reference to metadata identifying relationships between sets of data to be displayed in columns of a table, generate a display template from the identified relationships, the template defining that related columns of data are presented adjacent to each other in groups and defining which types of graphical demarcations to display, may search among records corresponding to rows of the table to be displayed for records that satisfy a search criterion, and may display a table according to the display template, rows of the table arranged to display the records that satisfy the search criteria in a group separate from the other records.
Claims21
A data display method, comprising:
- with reference to stored metadata, identifying relationships among fields of data to be displayed;
- generating a display template from the relationships identified in the metadata, wherein the template defines that related fields are presented adjacent to each other in groups;
- displaying data according to the display template;
- and
- displaying graphical demarcations between each group of fields,
- wherein the template defines that a first type of graphical demarcation is displayed between fields upon a condition that the fields are of a single group, and that, otherwise, a second type of graphical demarcation is displayed between the fields.
A display method, comprising:
- searching among a set of data to be displayed to identify a first subset that includes set members that satisfy a search criterion;
- and
- displaying the entire set of data, wherein the first subset is displayed in a common group separate from other set members that do not satisfy the search criterion.
A display method, comprising:
- searching among a set of data to be displayed to identify a first subset that includes set members that satisfy a search criterion;
- displaying the entire set of data in a tabular presentation, wherein the first subset is displayed in a common group of rows separate from a second subset that includes other set members that do not satisfy the search criterion;
- in a first highlighting step:
- in at least one column, highlighting all cells that correspond to the first subset;
- and
- in a second highlighting step:
- highlighting each cell upon a condition that the cell includes data that satisfies the search criterion.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions adapted to be executed by a processor, the instructions which, when executed, define a data display method, the method comprising:
- with reference to stored metadata, identifying relationships among fields of data to be displayed;
- generating a display template from the relationships identified in the metadata, wherein the template defines that related fields are presented adjacent to each other in groups;
- and
- displaying data according to the display template.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions adapted to be executed by a processor, the instructions which, when executed, define a display method, the method comprising:
- searching among a set of data to be displayed to identify a first subset that includes set members that satisfy a search criterion;
- and
- displaying the entire set of data, wherein the first subset is displayed in a common group separate from a second subset that includes other set members that do not satisfy the search criterion.
An article of manufacture comprising a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions adapted to be executed by a processor, the instructions which, when executed, define a display method, the method comprising:
- searching among a set of data to be displayed to identify a first subset that includes set members that satisfy a search criterion;
- displaying the entire set of data in a tabular presentation, wherein the first subset is displayed in a common group of rows separate from a second subset that includes other set members that do not satisfy the search criterion;
- in a first highlighting step:
- in at least one column, highlighting all cells that correspond to the first subset;
- and
- in a second highlighting step:
- highlighting each cell upon a condition that the cell includes data that satisfies the search criterion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.