METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER INTERFACE QUICK FILTER

• US 20120167006A1
• Filed: 12/28/2010
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Tillert, Peter, El Idrissi-Lamghari, Tahar
• Application Number:
  US12/979,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20120167006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2428 Query predicate definition using graphical user interfaces, including menus and forms G06F16/2423 takes precedence

Abstract

According to some embodiments, an initial set of data is presented in a user interface; an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the initial set of data is received, the selection being made by directly selecting a portion of the initial set of data in the user interface; automatically determining at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the initial data; and executing the at least one query statement against a collection of data to produce a result set of data. The at least one query statement functions to include data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial data, exclude data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial data, and combinations thereof.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

presenting an initial set of data in a user interface;

receiving an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the initial set of data, the selection made by directly selecting a portion of the initial set of data in the user interface;

automatically determining, by a processor, at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data; and

executing, by the processor, the at least one query statement against a collection of data to produce a result set of data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one query statement functions to include data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one query statement functions to exclude data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one query statement functions to include a data item similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial data and to exclude a data item similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the result set of data in the user interface.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically building, by the processor, the at least one query statement in a format compatible for the executing of the at least one query statement.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data includes selecting at least one of a characteristic and a value of a characteristic-value pair of the initial set of data presented in the user interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the collection of data includes the initial data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the result set of data, the selection made by directly selecting a portion of the result set of data in the user interface;

automatically determining, by the processor, at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the result set of data;

executing, by the processor, the at least one query statement against a second collection of data to produce a second result set of data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the second collection of data includes the result set of data.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the result set of data.

12. A computer-readable medium storing program code executable by a computer to:

present an initial set of data in a user interface;

receive an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the initial data, the selection made by directly selecting a portion of the initial set of data in the user interface;

automatically determine, by a processor, at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data; and

execute, by the processor, the at least one query statement against a collection of data to produce a result set of data.

13. The medium of claim 12, wherein the at least one query statement functions to include data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data or to exclude data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial data in the result set of data.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the at least one query statement functions to include a data item similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data and to exclude a data item similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data.

15. The medium of claim 12, further comprising program code executable by a computer to present the result set of data in the user interface.

16. The medium of claim 12, further comprising program code executable by a computer to automatically build the at least one query statement in a format compatible for the executing of the at least one query statement.

17. The medium of claim 12, wherein the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data includes selecting at least one of a characteristic and a value of a characteristic-value pair of the data presented in the user interface.

18. The medium of claim 12, wherein the collection of data includes the initial set of data.

19. The medium of claim 12, further comprising program code executable by a computer to:

receive an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the result set of data, the selection made by directly selecting a portion of the result set of data in the user interface;

automatically determine at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the result set of data;

execute the at least one query statement against a second collection of data to produce a second result set of data.

20. The medium of claim 19, wherein the second collection of data includes the result set of data.

21. The medium of claim 12, further comprising program code executable by a computer to:

store the result set of data.

22. A system, comprising:

an user interface engine to display a user interface to present an initial set of data in a user interface and to receive an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the initial data, the selection made by directly selecting a portion of the initial set of data in the user interface; and

a query engine to;

automatically determine at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data; and

execute, automatically, the at least one query statement against a collection of data to produce a result set of data.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the at least one query statement functions to include data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data or to exclude data items similar to the selection of the sub-set of the initial set of data in the result set of data.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the user interface engine further presents the result set of data in the user interface.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein:

the user interface engine further receives an indication of a selection of a sub-set of the result set of data, the selection made by directly selecting a portion of the result set of data in the user interface; and

the query engine further;

automatically determines at least one query statement based on the received indication of the selection of the sub-set of the result set of data; and

executes the at least one query statement against a collection of data to produce a second result set of data.

26. The system of claim 22, further comprising a memory to store the result set of data.