Methods and systems for data management and analysis

A method comprising:

• recalling a visualization of data into a portion of system memory of a first device, wherein the visualization comprises information relating to a first result data structure, and wherein the visualization comprises one or more graphical objects representing the first result data structure;
• determining additional information is required to be retrieved;
• determining identifying information for retrieving the additional information;
• retrieving, by the first device, the additional information;
• and
• appending, by joining the first result data structure and the second result data structure, the retrieved additional information to the recalled visualization to represent, by the one or more graphical objects, both the first results data structure and a second results data structure.

A method comprising:

• receiving a query for information from a database;
• identifying data element types relevant to the query and data element values relevant to the query;
• generating a query structure based on the identified data element types and data element values;
• identifying data in the database based on the query structure;
• and
• generating a results structure containing information relating to the identified data, wherein the query structure and the results structure represent a data state;
• selectively capturing one or more data states based upon the query structure and results structure, wherein the one or more data states reflect a current data state, wherein selectively capturing comprises storing, for later retrieval, a dynamic snapshot comprising 1) the one or more data states at the time of the capturing and 2) a visualization comprising one or more graphical objects representing the data, and wherein the one or more graphical objects comprise one or more of a graph or a chart, and wherein a user can modify how the data is displayed by the visualization by later interacting with the one or more graphical objects;
• and
• generating a current state structure for the captured one or more data states.

A method comprising:

• receiving a query for information from a database;
• identifying data element types relevant to the query and data element values relevant to the query;
• generating a query structure based on the identified data element types and data element values;
• identifying data in the database based on the query structure;
• generating a results structure containing information relating to the identified data;
• selectively capturing one or more first data states based upon the query structure and results structure, wherein the one or more first data states are an indicia of a current data state, wherein selectively capturing comprises storing, for later retrieval, a dynamic snapshot comprising 1) the one or more data states at the time of the capturing and 2) a visualization comprising one or more graphical objects representing the data, and wherein the one or more graphical objects comprise one or more of a graph or a chart, and wherein a user can modify how the data is displayed by the visualization by later interacting with the one or more graphical objects;
• selectively displaying one or more second data states of the query structure, the results structure, or a combination thereof;
• selectively capturing the displayed second data states along with the first data states that are the indicia of the current state;
• and
• modifying the displayed data states.

A method comprising:

• reading a plurality of records stored in a database comprising one or more database structures which collectively contain the plurality of records, wherein each record of the plurality of records comprises at least two data element types, wherein at least one of the data element types comprises a different data element value from the data element value for the corresponding data element type in at least one other record of the plurality of records;
• instantiating an initial data structure for each unique data element type within the plurality of records;
• creating an entry in the initial data structure for each data element type for each unique data element value within that data element type;
• selecting one or more database structures within the database;
• instantiating a final data structure for the selected database structures in which the data element value for each data element type reflects the entry made in the initial data structures for that data element value;
• receiving a query for information from the database;
• instantiating and storing in memory a query data structure containing the database element types, the database element values and the functions that are the subject of the query, using the entries stored in the initial data structures for the data element values of the query;
• identifying data within the database that contain one or more database element types and/or database element values that are included in the query data structure;
• instantiating and storing in memory a results data structure containing information relating to the identified data including the database element types and database element values of the identified one or more records;
• selectively capturing one or more data states of the query data structure and results data structure, wherein the one or more data states reflect the current data state, wherein selectively capturing comprises storing, for later retrieval, a dynamic snapshot comprising 1) the one or more data states at the time of the capturing and 2) a visualization comprising one or more graphical objects representing the data, and wherein the one or more graphical objects comprise one or more of a graph or a chart, and wherein a user can modify how the data is displayed by the visualization by later interacting with the one or more graphical objects;
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• instantiating a current state data structure for the captured one or more data states and saving the captured one or more data states in the current state data structure.