Three dimensional conditional formatting
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsIgor Peev, Brian Scott Ruble
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Abstract
Three dimensional, conditional formatting based data visualization is provided. Received underlying data may be analyzed and one or more portions of the underlying data that are of interest to a user determined. The portions may be selected actively by a user of automatically determined based on a variation of values in each portion, values of data points in each portion, a usage history of the user, and/or a credential of the user. A background image may be generated by converting the tabular data into a three dimensional image or selecting and image or a graphic associated with the underlying data. The visualization(s) may then be displayed over the background. Scenes may be selected for animated slide shows or movies.
Claims20
A method executed on a computing device for three dimensional, conditional formatting based data visualization, the method comprising:
- receiving underlying data;
- analyzing the underlying data;
- determining a portion of the underlying data to be visualized;
- determining a background for a visualization;
- and
- presenting the visualization of the portion of the underlying data over the determined background.
A computing device configured to provide three dimensional, conditional formatting based data visualization, the computing device comprising:
- a memory;
- a display device;
- and
- a processor coupled to the memory and the display device, the processor adapted to execute a data processing application in conjunction with instructions stored in the memory, wherein the data processing application is configured to:
- receive underlying data;
- analyze the underlying data;
- determine one or more portions of the underlying data that are of interest to a user based on one or more of a variation of values in each portion, values of data points in each portion, a usage history of the user, and a credential of the user;
- determine a background image for a visualization;
- and
- present the visualization of the portion of the underlying data over the determined background, wherein the visualization is conditionally formatted such that the visualization and one or more format characteristics of the visualization represent different aspects of the portion of the underlying data.
A computer-readable memory device with instructions stored thereon for providing three dimensional, conditional formatting based data visualization, the instructions comprising:
- receiving underlying data;
- analyzing the underlying data;
- determining one or more portions of the underlying data that are of interest to a user based on one or more of a variation of values in each portion, values of data points in each portion, a usage history of the user, and a credential of the user;
- determining a background image for a chart based visualization;
- and
- presenting the visualization of the portion of the underlying data over the determined background, wherein the visualization is conditionally formatted such that the visualization and one or more format characteristics of the visualization represent different aspects of the portion of the underlying data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.