Searching data structures maintained by distributed data sources

A system comprising:

• one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to generate visual snapshot rendering data that, when rendered by a user device, provides a visual snapshot that describes a historical trend associated with an entity that correlates multiple data records from different distributed data sources into a single user interface of an application, the operations comprising:
• receiving, by an application programming interface and from the user device, a query that identifies an entity;
• obtaining, by the application programming interface, a first set of data structures representing first entity records from a first distributed data source that are responsive to the query, wherein each of the first entity records comprises a visual object that is responsive to the query and associated with a first time when the visual object was generated;
• obtaining, by the application programming interface, a second set of data structures representing second entity records from a second distributed data source that are responsive to the query, wherein each of the second entity records comprises an entity score that is associated with a second time when the entity score was generated;
• executing, by the application programming interface, computer program code that correlates the first entity records represented by the first set of data structures from the first distributed data source with the second entity records represented by the second set of data structures from the second distributed data source based on the first time and the second time;
• executing, by the application programming interface, computer program code that uses the correlated data to enhance the first entity records;
• and
• generating, by the application programming interface, visual snapshot rendering data based on the enhanced first entity records.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to generate visual snapshot rendering data that, when rendered by a user device, provides a visual snapshot that describes a historical trend associated with an entity that correlates multiple data records from different distributed data sources into a single user interface of an application, the operations comprising:

• receiving, by an application programming interface and from the user device, a query that identifies an entity;
• obtaining, by the application programming interface, a first set of data structures representing first entity records from a first distributed data source that are responsive to the query, wherein each of the first entity records comprises a visual object that is responsive to the query and associated with a first time when the visual object was generated;
• obtaining, by the application programming interface, a second set of data structures representing second entity records from a second distributed data source that are responsive to the query, wherein each of the second entity records comprises an entity score that is associated with a second time when the entity score was generated;
• executing, by the application programming interface, computer program code that correlates the first entity records represented by the first set of data structures from the first distributed data source with the second entity records represented by the second set of data structures from the second distributed data source based on the first time and the second time;
• executing, by the application programming interface, computer program code that uses the correlated data to enhance the first entity records;
• and
• generating, by the application programming interface, visual snapshot rendering data based on the enhanced first entity records.