User interface method for grouping conditions without editing

A method of programmatically providing a user interface for creating queries, comprising:

• providing graphical user interface content which defines a graphical user interface, comprising:
• a first-level region for displaying one or more first-level query conditions and containing a first-level operator selection element for allowing user selection of a first-level operator from at least two operators, the selected first-level operator being applied to logically relate the one or more first-level query conditions;
• a second-level region for displaying two or more second-level query conditions and containing a second-level operator selection element for allowing user selection of a second-level operator from at least two operators, the selected second-level operator being applied to the two or more second-level query conditions within the second-level region to form a second-level complex condition;
• and
• applying the selected first-level operator to the second-level complex condition and the one or more query conditions of the first-level region to form a first-level complex condition.

A method of programmatically providing a user interface for creating queries, comprising:

• displaying a top level window for displaying query conditions, wherein the top level window includes a logic operator selection element for selecting a top level logic operator from at least two logic operators;
• and
• creating N nested windows, each for composing a separate complex query condition comprising two or more constituent query conditions, wherein each nested window includes an associated logic operator selection element for selecting a logic operator to logically relate the two or more constituent query conditions of the respective nested window;
• and wherein, relative to a given nested window, the logic operator of the next highest window selected from the top level window and the N nested windows is applied to logically relate the individual query conditions of the next highest window to the respective complex condition of the given nested window.

A computer-readable medium containing a program which, when executed, performs an operation, comprising:

• programmatically providing a graphical user interface for creating queries, comprising:
• displaying a first-level region of the graphical user interface containing one or more query conditions and a first-level operator selection element for selecting a first-level logic operator from at least two logic operators, the selected first-level logic operator being applied to logically relate the one or more query conditions to produce a first query portion;
• and
• displaying a second level region containing two or more query conditions and a second-level operator selection element for selecting a second-level operator from at least two logic operators, the selected second-level logic operator being applied to logically relate the one or more query conditions within the second-level region to produce a second query portion;
• wherein the first level region and the second level region are predefined to be logically related according to the selected first-level operator so that the one or more query conditions of the first query portion are individually logically related to the entire second query portion according to the selected first-level operator.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory containing at least an application;
• and
• a processor communicably connected to the memory, and which, when executing the application, performs an operation of generating a user interface for creating queries, the operation comprising:
• displaying a first-level region of the graphical user interface containing one or more query conditions and a first-level operator selection element for selecting a first-level logic operator from at least two logic operators, the selected first-level logic operator being applied to logically relate the one or more query conditions to produce a first query portion;
• and
• displaying a second level region containing two or more query conditions and a second-level operator selection element for selecting a second-level operator from at least two logic operators, the selected second-level logic operator being applied to logically relate the one or more query conditions within the second-level region to produce a second query portion;
• wherein the first level region and the second level region are predefined to be logically related according to the selected first-level operator so that the one or more query conditions of the first query portion are individually logically related to the entire second query portion according to the selected first-level operator.