Systems and Methods for Natural Language Querying

A method for natural language querying a data visualization system, comprising:

• obtaining a database from a user;
• obtaining a natural language query (NLQ) directed at the database;
• parsing the NLQ using a core grammar library to identify a system function and a set of one or more parameters, where the core grammar library comprises a list of regular expression—system function pairs;
• and
• performing the system function using the set of one or more parameters to visualize at least a portion of the database.

A natural language query enabled database visualization system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory, the memory comprising:
• a core grammar library, comprising a list of regular expression—system function pairs;
• and
• a natural language query (NLQ) application;
• where the NLQ application configures the processor to:
• receive an NLQ;
• identify key words in the NLQ if it is not able to be parsed using the core grammar library;
• generate a plurality of suggested queries based on the key words;
• provide the suggested queries;
• receive a selection of one of the suggested queries;
• resolve unspecified parameters if present in the selected suggested query;
• and
• execute the selected suggested query.