Three-dimensional multi-vector tables

A computer system for optimizing a display of tabular data from a two-dimensional (2-D) table as a folding three-dimensional (3-D) table having a plurality of vectors in a graphic user interface (GUI), the computer system comprising:

• a memory medium comprising program instructions;
• a bus coupled to the memory medium;
• and
• a processor, for executing the program instructions, coupled to a tabular data display optimization engine via the bus that when executing the program instructions causes the system to:
• calculate a scaling ratio based on a cumulative width of the plurality of vectors and a width of a display area in the GUI;
• determine a maximum angle of rotation for at least one vector of the plurality of vectors based on a legibility of the at least one vector;
• determine a modified width of the at least one vector by applying the scaling ratio to a width of the at least one vector;
• calculate a proposed angle of rotation for the at least one vector of the plurality of vectors that, if applied to the at least one vector, would allow the at least one vector to be depicted as a modified vector angled between a horizontal and a vertical axis with respect to the 2-D table, the modified vector having an actual width equal to the modified width and a diagonal length equal to the width of the at least one vector;
• and
• adjust a rotation of at least one vector of the plurality of vectors in the case that the proposed angle of rotation for the at least one vector exceeds the maximum angle of rotation for the at least one vector.

A computer program product for optimizing a display of tabular data from a two-dimensional (2-D) table as a folding three-dimensional (3-D) table having a plurality of vectors in a graphic user interface (GUI), the computer program product comprising a computer readable hardware storage device, and program instructions stored on the computer readable hardware storage device, to:

• calculate a scaling ratio based on a cumulative width of the plurality of vectors and a width of a display area in the GUI;
• determine a maximum angle of rotation for at least one vector of the plurality of vectors based on a legibility of the at least one vector;
• determine modified width of the at least one vector by applying the scaling ratio to a width of the at least one vector;
• calculate a proposed angle of rotation for the at least one vector of the plurality of vectors that, if applied to the at least one vector, would allow the at least one vector to be depicted as a modified vector angled between a horizontal and a vertical axis with respect to the 2-D table, the modified vector having an actual width equal to the modified width and a diagonal length equal to the width of the at least one vector;
• and
• adjust a rotation of at least one vector of the plurality of vectors in the case that the proposed angle of rotation for the at least one vector exceeds the maximum angle of rotation for the at least one vector.