Control for selecting data query and visual configuration

A method of facilitating drill down queries comprising:

• displaying a control in a computer user interface, the control presenting a plurality of selectable drill down options that a user can select for execution, the plurality of drill down options each specifying and displaying in the control both an associated drill down query to be performed on data gathered in a database query and an associated visual configuration for displaying results of the drill down query, parameters of the drill down query and of the visual configuration for each drill down option being determined absent any other input from the user to formulate the drill down query or define the visual configuration;
• receiving a command input by the user selecting one of the plurality of drill down options presented by the computer user interface control;
• performing the associated drill down query of the selected drill down option on the data and displaying the results of the associated drill down query for the selected drill down option using the associated visual configuration for the selected drill down option.

A computer program product comprising executable instructions that when executed instruct a processor to perform operations comprising:

• display a control in a computer user interface, the control presenting a plurality of selectable search options that a user can select for execution, the plurality of search options each specifying and displaying in the control both an associated query to be performed on a data repository and an associated visual configuration for displaying a result of the query, parameters of the associated query and of the associated visual configuration for each search option being determined absent any other input from the user to formulate the associated query or define the associated visual configuration;
• receive input from the user when the user, the input comprising selection by the user of one of the plurality of search options presented by the computer user interface control;
• perform the associated query of the selected search option and display the result of the associated query for the selected search option using the associated visual configuration for the selected search option.