Intelligent Assistant for Automating Recommendations for Analytics Programs

A computer, comprising:

• a processor designed to execute instructions from a memory;
• a nontransitory memory having stored therein instructions to cause the processor to:
• as users of a programming system use the programming system to create programs, store into a computer memory data describing actions of the users in creating the programs, the programming system having a graphical user interface and a library of templates for functions, the graphical user interface designed to present to users functions depicted as templates of blocks to be selected for incorporation into programs, the graphical user interface being programmed to receive input from the users to direct the system to assemble functions from the library into the programs, the functions being functions for processing of data, the graphical user interface designed to depict the incorporated functions as graphical elements for manipulation in the graphical user interface;
• the graphical user interface designed to present an ability to graphically connect data output connection points of incorporated function graphical elements to input connection points of incorporated function graphical elements;
• and
• as a user from among the users uses the graphical user interface to assemble a program, compute suggestions to the user for user data flow paths to be added to connect an output of one function to an input of another function, the computation of data flow suggestions to be based at least in part on the stored actions.