Visually representing queries of multi-source data

A computer program product for use at computer system, the computer system including a display device, the computer program product for implementing a method for visually representing a query of multi-source data, the computer program product comprising one or more computer storage devices having stored thereon computer-executable instructions that, when executed a processor, cause the computer system to perform the method, including the following:

• access a data set, the data set including data combined from a plurality of different sources;
• present a portion of the data set on the display device;
• receive a query term for searching the data set;
• assign a visual cue to the query term;
• and
• supplement presentation of the data set portion on the display device by using the visual cue to visually indicate any occurrences of the query term within the data set portion, visually indicating occurrences of the query term highlighting the volume of the query term within the data set portion.

At a computer system, the computer system including a display device, a method for visually representing a query of multi-source unstructured data, the method comprising:

• accessing a data set, the data set including unstructured data combined from a plurality of different sources;
• presenting a portion of the data set on the display device;
• receiving a query term for searching the data set;
• assigning a visual cue to the query term;
• and
• supplementing presentation of the data set portion by highlighting locations where the query term occurs with the visual cue, the visual cue visually indicating the volume of the query term within the data set portion such that a feature of the data set portion can be distilled for further use.