MAPPING DATA IN ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS FOR OPERATIONAL VISIBILITY
First Claim
1. A computer system, comprising:
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memory in communication with the one or more processors, the memory having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the computer system to at least;
access revenue data, created by an enterprise application and stored in a database, about a plurality of revenue transactions, the revenue data about each revenue transaction identifying an amount of revenue generated by a sale of one or more products by an enterprise;
provide a user interface for a user to interact with a data presentation system in communication with the database;
define a geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, the geographical hierarchy defining a plurality of regions organized hierarchically;
categorize the revenue data according to the geographical hierarchy;
define a ranking scheme for the revenue data, the ranking scheme comprising a plurality of thresholds for segmenting the plurality of regions into a plurality of ranks, according to a revenue characteristic for each region;
define a coloration scheme for the revenue data, the coloration scheme defining a coloration pattern corresponding to each of the plurality of ranks;
generate a map display in the user interface, the map display displaying at least a subset of the plurality of regions defined by the geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, each displayed region having a rank defined by the ranking scheme and a corresponding coloration pattern defined by the coloration scheme.
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques for generating map displays to graphically illustrate financial performance. In one aspect, a map display might employ a coloration scheme that distinguishes among various ranked regions to illustrate, for example, revenue performance (which can be measured by any of a number of metrics), to allow a user to quickly understand the relative performance of a product line across a number of regions. In another aspect, a map display might correlate a first set of revenue information (or other financial information) with other data sets, such as sales force data, competitive sales data, and/or the like, to allow a user to quickly identify correlative patterns in the two data sets. Such map displays might feature two maps side-by-side, or might superimpose a map of one data set over a map of another data set, to assist in the user'"'"'s visual analysis.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory in communication with the one or more processors, the memory having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the computer system to at least; access revenue data, created by an enterprise application and stored in a database, about a plurality of revenue transactions, the revenue data about each revenue transaction identifying an amount of revenue generated by a sale of one or more products by an enterprise; provide a user interface for a user to interact with a data presentation system in communication with the database; define a geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, the geographical hierarchy defining a plurality of regions organized hierarchically; categorize the revenue data according to the geographical hierarchy; define a ranking scheme for the revenue data, the ranking scheme comprising a plurality of thresholds for segmenting the plurality of regions into a plurality of ranks, according to a revenue characteristic for each region; define a coloration scheme for the revenue data, the coloration scheme defining a coloration pattern corresponding to each of the plurality of ranks; generate a map display in the user interface, the map display displaying at least a subset of the plurality of regions defined by the geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, each displayed region having a rank defined by the ranking scheme and a corresponding coloration pattern defined by the coloration scheme.
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2. A method, comprising:
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accessing revenue data, stored in a database, about a plurality of revenue transactions; providing, at a computer system, a user interface for a user to interact with a data presentation system in communication with the database; defining, at the computer system, a geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, the geographical hierarchy defining a plurality of regions organized hierarchically; categorizing, at the computer system, the revenue data according to the geographical hierarchy; defining, at the computer system, a ranking scheme for the revenue data, the ranking scheme comprising a plurality of thresholds for segmenting the plurality of regions into a plurality of ranks, according to a revenue characteristic for each region; defining, at the computer system, a coloration scheme for the revenue data, the coloration scheme defining a coloration pattern corresponding to each of the plurality of ranks; generating a map display in the user interface, the map display displaying at least a subset of the plurality of regions defined by the geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, each displayed region having a rank defined by the ranking scheme and a corresponding coloration pattern defined by the coloration scheme.
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3. A computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by one or more computers to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
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instructions for accessing revenue data, stored in a database, about a plurality of revenue transactions; instructions for providing a user interface for a user to interact with a data presentation system in communication with the database; instructions for defining a geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, the geographical hierarchy defining a plurality of regions organized hierarchically; instructions for categorizing the revenue data according to the geographical hierarchy; instructions for defining a ranking scheme for the revenue data, the ranking scheme comprising a plurality of thresholds for segmenting the plurality of regions into a plurality of ranks, according to a revenue characteristic for each region; instructions for defining a coloration scheme for the revenue data, the coloration scheme defining a coloration pattern corresponding to each of the plurality of ranks; instructions for generating a map display in the user interface, the map display displaying at least a subset of the plurality of regions defined by the geographical hierarchy for the revenue data, each displayed region having a rank defined by the ranking scheme and a corresponding coloration pattern defined by the coloration scheme. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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