Data filtering based on a cell entry
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRyan L Brissette, Sameer V. Jorapur, Somil Kulkarni, Michael L Pauser
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Abstract
A data filtering system includes a display device and a data filtering engine coupled to the display device. The data filtering engine is configured to display a cell set containing data of a common data type on a display device with at least one cell containing a cell entry. The data filtering engine is further configured to display a filter icon within at least one cell of the cell set and apply a filter to the cell set in response to selection of the filter icon by a user.
Claims11
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer useable storage medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program includes instructions that, when executed by a processing device within a computer, cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
- displaying on a display device a cell set comprising data of a common data type,
- displaying a first filter icon within a first cell of the cell set and a second filter icon within a second cell of the cell set, the first cell comprising a first cell entry and the second cell comprising a second cell entry, wherein the first filter icon filters based on the first cell entry and the second filter icon filters based on the second cell entry, and
- applying a filter to the cell set in response to selection of the first filter icon by a user, wherein the filter is based on the first cell entry, and
- displaying a filter dialog in response to the selection of one of the first filter icon or second filter icon by the user, wherein the filter dialog is populated automatically with the first cell entry in response to selection of the first filter icon and populated automatically with the second cell entry in response to selection of the second filter icon.
A data filtering system comprising:
- a display device comprising a user interface,
- a data filtering engine coupled to the display device, wherein the data filtering engine:
- displays on the display device a cell set comprising data of a common data type,
- displays a first filter icon within a first cell of the cell set and a second filter icon within a second cell of the cell set, the first cell comprising a first cell entry and the second cell comprising a second cell entry, wherein the first filter icon filters based on the first cell entry and the second filter icon filters based on the second cell entry, and
- applies a filter to the cell set in response to selection of the first filter icon by a user, wherein the filter is based on the first cell entry, and
- a filter dialog engine displays a filter dialog in response to the selection of one of the first filter icon or the second filter icon by the user, wherein the filter dialog is populated automatically with the first cell entry in response to selection of the first filter icon and populated automatically with the second cell entry in response to selection of the second filter icon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.