GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DATA MANAGEMENT

• US 20090043751A1
• Filed: 08/07/2007
• Published: 02/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bell, Denise Ann, York, Billy Brooks, Bandera, Deborah H., Little, Alex Dudley
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/217 Database tuning G06F16/2282 takes precedence; database performance monitoring G06F11/3409
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/242 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

The exemplary embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing data. A user interface is generated. A user makes a selection at the user interface of at least one data type of a set of data types to be measured for relevancy. The set of data types comprise an age of data, modification of data, and access of data. The user also selects, at the user interface a granularity of the at least one data type to be measured. Data is collected from multiple sources. The collected data is analyzed to determine a relevance for the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user, which forms a result. The result is displayed to the user, by the user interface. The result includes a visual representation of the relevance of the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.

Claims

1. A data processing system for managing data, the data processing system comprising:

a bus;

a communications unit connected to the bus;

a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device includes computer usable program code; and

a processor unit connected to the bus, wherein the processor unit executes the computer usable program code to generate a user interface;

receive, by the user interface, a selection from a user of at least one data type of a set of data types to be measured for relevancy, the set of data types comprising an age of data, modification of data, and access of data;

receive, by the user interface, a selection from the user for a granularity of the at least one data type to be measured;

collect data from multiple sources;

analyze the collected data to determine a relevance for the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user, which forms a result; and

display, by the user interface, the result to the user, wherein the result includes a visual representation of the relevance of the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.

2. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the visual representation is a circle.

3. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the visual representation is a horizontal bar.

4. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the granularity is based on frequency of occurrence.

5. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the granularity is based on a period of time.

6. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the granularity is chronological.

7. A computer implemented method for managing data, the computer implemented method comprising:

generating a user interface;

receiving, by the user interface, a selection from a user of at least one data type of a set of data types to be measured for relevancy, the set of data types comprising an age of data, modification of data, and access of data;

receiving, by the user interface, a selection from the user for a granularity of the at least one data type to be measured;

collecting data from multiple sources;

analyzing the collected data to determine a relevance for the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user, which forms a result; and

displaying, by the user interface, the result to the user, wherein the result includes a visual representation of the relevance of the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the visual representation is a circle.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the visual representation is a horizontal bar.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the granularity is based on frequency of occurrence.

11. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the granularity is based on a period of time.

12. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the granularity is chronological.

13. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code for managing data, the computer program product comprising;

computer usable program code for generating a user interface;

computer usable program code for receiving, by the user interface, a selection from a user of at least one data type of a set of data types to be measured for relevancy, the set of data types comprising an age of data, modification of data, and access of data;

computer usable program code for receiving, by the user interface, a selection from the user for a granularity of the at least one data type to be measured;

computer usable program code for collecting data from multiple sources;

computer usable program code for analyzing the collected data to determine a relevance for the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user, which forms a result; and

computer usable program code for displaying, by the user interface, the result to the user, wherein the result includes a visual representation of the relevance of the data type selected by the user based on the granularity selected by the user.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the visual representation is a circle.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the visual representation is a horizontal bar.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the granularity is based on frequency of occurrence.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the granularity is based on a period of time.

18. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the granularity is chronological.