Visual display of data from a plurality of data sources

A method for viewing data in a visual display from a plurality of data sources, the method comprising:

• identifying the plurality of data sources from a plurality of data management systems;
• displaying data obtained from the plurality of data sources together as graphical cells using a common timeline as a reference for cell columns, the data being displayed on a display device, the displayed data being a representation of actual data obtained;
• selecting a first graphical cell in an attribute column associated with a first one of the plurality of data sources at a time position on the common timeline, the first graphical cell representing a data record for a first time measurement interval;
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• displaying the actual data corresponding to the displayed data in the first graphical cell at the time position.

A method for correlating data in a visual display from a plurality of data sources, the method comprising:

• identifying the plurality of data sources from a plurality of data management systems;
• displaying data attributes obtained from the plurality of data sources together as graphical cells over a common timeline as a reference for cell attribute columns, the data attributes being displayed on a display device;
• selecting a first graphical cell in an attribute column associated with a first one of the plurality of data sources at a time position on the common timeline, the first graphical cell representing a data record for a first time measurement interval;
• correlating a second graphical cell associated with at least one of the plurality of data sources with the first graphical cell using a processor based on the time position, the second graphical cell being positioned in a same cell column as the first graphical cell and representing data obtained at a substantially same time as the obtained data represented by the first graphical cell;
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• displaying the correlation of the first graphical cell and the second graphical cell graphically on the display device at the time position on the common timeline.