Enabling and Rendering Business Components in an Interactive Data Visualization Tool

• US 20070279416A1
• Filed: 06/06/2006
• Published: 12/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cobb, Glenn A., Wattenberg, Martin M., Page, Richard W.
• Application Number:
  US11/422,522
• Publication Number:
  US 20070279416A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for enabling and rendering business components in an interactive data visualization tool. A method in accordance with the present invention includes: importing a data set into a CBM visualization tool, the data set providing content and attributes related to the components; generating and displaying a CBM map based on the content, the CBM map displaying a plurality of the components; selecting at least one of the attributes via a user interface (UI); and dynamically displaying information regarding each selected attribute on corresponding components of the CBM map.

Claims

1. A method for rendering components in a component business model (CBM) map, comprising:

importing a data set into a CBM visualization tool, the data set providing content and attributes related to the components;

generating and displaying a CBM map based on the content, the CBM map displaying a plurality of the components;

selecting at least one of the attributes via a user interface (UI); and

dynamically displaying information regarding each selected attribute on corresponding components of the CBM map.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information regarding each selected attribute comprises an attribute icon.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the attribute icon displays a value associated with the attribute.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the attribute icon is color coded.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the components of the CBM map with thermal indicators.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

selecting the thermal indicators for the CBM map via the UI, wherein the thermal indicators are associated with an attribute.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the thermal indicators are dependent upon a value associated with the attribute.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically displaying information regarding a component in the CBM map by positioning a pointer on that component.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information is displayed in a pop-up window.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically expanding a column in the CBM map by clicking on a component in that column.

11. A system for rendering components in a component business model (CBM) map, comprising:

a system for importing a data set into a CBM visualization tool, the data set providing content and attributes related to the components;

a system for generating and displaying a CBM map based on the content, the CBM map displaying a plurality of the components;

a user interface (UI) for selecting at least one of the attributes; and

a system for dynamically displaying information regarding each selected attribute on corresponding components of the CBM map.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the information regarding each selected attribute comprises an attribute icon.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the attribute icon displays a value associated with the attribute.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the attribute icon is color coded.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a system for displaying the components of the CBM map with thermal indicators.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a UI for selecting the thermal indicators for the CBM map, wherein the thermal indicators are associated with an attribute.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the thermal indicators are dependent upon a value associated with the attribute.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a system for automatically displaying information regarding a component in the CBM map by positioning a pointer on that component.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the information is displayed in a pop-up window.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a system for automatically expanding a column in the CBM map by clicking on a component in that column.

21. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for rendering components in a component business model (CBM) map, the computer readable medium comprising program code for:

importing a data set into a CBM visualization tool, the data set providing content and attributes related to the components;

generating and displaying a CBM map based on the content, the CBM map displaying a plurality of the components;

selecting at least one of the attributes via a user interface (UI); and

dynamically displaying information regarding each selected attribute on corresponding components of the CBM map.