US 8,576,218 B2 · Bi-directional update of a grid and associated visualizations

Abstract

Architecture that facilitates the attachment of multiple visualization types (e.g., charts) to the data of a grid and the presentation of the visualization next to the grid. The infrastructure allows each data view to be associated with a set of visualizations. These visualizations are rendered along with the grid (in a separate presentation pane) so that the user does not have to switch context to perform analysis. The visualizations available include charts that show aggregate and/or non-aggregate data. In a server farm scenario, all user interactions such as drill-downs are provided. Server farm drill-downs for these visualizations can be obtained using MHTML (MIME hypertext markup language). The visualizations can be automatically updated when filters are applied on the grid, and when drill-down is performed on the visualization, the grid is automatically updated. The visualizations can be consumed from a web-based browser client and/or thick client, for example.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented data viewing system, the system comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising and computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
retrieve at least a portion of data in a database,
generate a grid based upon the at least a portion of the data,
send the grid for display,
accept a request to display at least a portion of the data in the grid in a graphical format,
send a data page with the grid data and with a placeholder for a graphical format,
determine graphical formats available to display the grid data,
send a listing of the available graphical formats,
accept a designation of an available graphical format,
accept a designation of grid data to be represented in the designated graphical format,
retrieve data from the database corresponding to the designated grid data,
generate a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the designated graphical format, and
send the graphical representation to replace the placeholder in the data page.

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A computer-readable storage medium that is not a signal, the computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

generate one or more grids, each grid being based upon at least a portion of data retrieved from a database;
send at least one grid for display;
accept a request to display at least a portion of the data in the at least one grid in a graphical format;
send a data page with the at least one grid and with a placeholder for a graphical format;
determine graphical formats available to display the data in the at least one grid;
send a listing of the available graphical formats;
accept a designation of an available graphical format;
accept a designation of data to be represented in the designated graphical format;
retrieve from the database data corresponding to the designated data;
generate a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the designated graphical format;
and
send the graphical representation to replace the placeholder in the data page.

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A computer-implemented method of viewing data, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:

obtaining data from a database;
generating a grid based upon the data;
sending the grid of the data for display;
accepting a request to display the data in a graphical format;
sending a data page with the grid and with a placeholder for a graphical format;
determining graphical formats available to display the data;
sending a listing of the available graphical formats;
accepting a designation of an available graphical format;
accepting a designation of data to be represented in the designated format;
retrieving from the database data corresponding to the designated data;
generating a graphical representation of the designated data in the designated graphical format;
and
sending the graphical representation to replace the placeholder in the data page.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Bi-directional update of a grid and associated visualizations

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Bi-directional update of a grid and associated visualizations

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Abstract

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