Data change alerts in a collaborative environment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsQi Feng Huo, Wen Min Dou, Hua Shao, Jonathan Dunne
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Abstract
A method for generating data change alerts in a collaboration environment and highlighting changes. The method generates a message that contains information on a data change event, in response to a first user changing data in a cell of a data table. The method further determines whether there is a representational object that is based on the data being changed, and if so, alerting a second user, who is associated with the representational object, of the data change. Moreover, the data change is highlighted in the representational object.
Claims20
A method for highlighting a data change in a collaborative environment, the method comprising:
- detecting a first data change, made by a first user, in a cell of a data table;
- in response to detecting the first data change, generating a first message that contains information pertaining to the first data change;
- determining that there exists a representational object that is based on information within the cell of the data table;
- in response to the determination:
- determining that there is a second user associated with the representational object, and
- sending a first alert to a user interface, where the first alert is based on information in the first message, and wherein the first alert comprises rendering a visual clue in the user interface.
A computer program product for generating data change alerts in a collaborative environment comprising:
- one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising instructions to perform:
- detecting a first data change, made by a first user, in a cell of a data table;
- in response to detecting the first data change, generating a first message that contains information pertaining to the first data change;
- determining that there exists a representational object that is based on information within the cell of the data table;
- in response to the determination:
- determining that there is a second user associated with the representational object, and
- sending a first alert to a user interface, where the first alert is based on information in the first message, and wherein the first alert comprises rendering a visual clue in the user interface.
A computer system for generating data change alerts in a collaboration environment comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer-readable storage media;
- program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to perform:
- detecting a first data change, made by a first user, in a cell of a data table;
- in response to detecting the first data change, generating a first message that contains information pertaining to the first data change;
- determining that there exists a representational object that is based on information within the cell of the data table;
- in response to the determination:
- determining that there is a second user associated with the representational object, and
- sending a first alert to a user interface, where the first alert is based on information in the first message, and wherein the first alert comprises rendering a visual clue in the user interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.