GENERATING TREEMAPS BASED ON GRAPHICAL SELECTIONS

• US 20120317518A1
• Filed: 06/07/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Wittig, Frank, Kirsch, Sabine
• Application Number:
  US13/155,147
• Publication Number:
  US 20120317518A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/853
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, the instructions may be configured to cause the at least one processor to provide a treemap module and a tile module. The treemap module may be configured to generate treemaps within or in association with a first treemap within a first treemap graphical user interface (GUI). The treemaps may include sets of tiles, the tiles in the each set representing subsets of records in a database, based on filtered results obtained from application of groups of filters to the records. The tile module may be configured configured to process the selections of the sets of tiles in the first treemap.

Claims

1. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause the at least one processor to provide:

a treemap module configured to generate

a first treemap within a first treemap graphical user interface (GUI), the first treemap including a first set of tiles, the tiles in the first set representing subsets of records in a database, based on first filtered results obtained from application of a first group of filters to the records; and

at least a second treemap in association with the first treemap GUI, the second treemap including a second set of tiles, the tiles in the second set representing subsets of one or more of the subsets of records represented by one or more of the first set of tiles which are selected from the first treemap, based on second filtered results obtained from application of a second group of filters to the one or more of the subsets of records represented by the selected one or more of the first set of tiles; and

a tile module configured to process at least

the selection of the one or more of the first set of tiles in the first treemap; and

.

a selection of one or more of the second set of tiles in the second treemap.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the treemap module is configured to:

generate the tiles in the first set with sizes proportional to the number of records in the subsets that they respectively represent; and

generate the tiles in the second set with sizes proportional to the number of records in the subsets that they respectively represent.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the treemap module is configured to divide the first set of tiles into vertical columns based on a first filter from the first group of filters.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the treemap module is configured to indicate values for a subset of records represented by a tile in which a cursor is located.

5. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the tile module is configured to receive the selections of the first and second sets of tiles via a mouse input.

6. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the tile module is configured to receive the selections of the first and second sets of tiles via a MouseListener interface or a MouseMotionListener interface.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the tile module is configured to process the selection of the one or more of the first set of tiles in the first treemap by a user dragging the one or more of the first set of tiles off of the first GUI.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further configured to cause the at least one processor to provide:

a filter GUI module configured to receive and process

a first filter selection of the first group of filters; and

a second filter selection of the second group of filters.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further configured to cause the at least one processor to provide:

a filter option module configured to determine

first filter options based on attributes of the records in the database; and

second filter options based on attributes of the records represented by the one or more of the first set of tiles which are selected from the first treemap; and

a filter GUI module configured to receive and process;

a first filter selection of the first group of filters, the first group of filters being selected from the first filter options; and

a second filter selection of the second group of filters, the second group of filters being selected from the second filter options.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 1, further configured to cause the at least one processor to provide:

a filter option module configured to determine

first filter options based on attributes of the records in the database; and

second filter options based on attributes of the records represented by the one or more of the first set of tiles which are selected from the first treemap; and

a filter GUI module configured to receive and process

a first filter selection of the first group of filters, the first group of filters being selected from the first filter options via two or more drop-down menus; and

a second filter selection of the second group of filters, the second group of filters being selected from the second filter options via two or more drop-down menus.

11. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory device comprising computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, are configured to cause the at least one processor to provide at least

a treemap module configured to generate

a first treemap within a first treemap graphical user interface (GUI), the first treemap including a first set of tiles, the tiles in the first set representing subsets of records in a database, based on first filtered results obtained from application of a first group of filters to the records; and

at least a second treemap in association with the first treemap GUI, the second treemap including a second set of tiles, the tiles in the second set representing subsets of one or more of the subsets of records represented by one or more of the first set of tiles which are selected from the first treemap, based on second filtered results obtained from application of a second group of filters to the one or more of the subsets of records represented by the selected one or more of the first set of tiles; and

a tile module configured to process at least;

the selection of the one or more of the first set of tiles in the first treemap; and

.

a selection of one or more of the second set of tiles in the second treemap.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the treemap module is configured to:

generate the tiles in the first set with sizes proportional to the number of records in the subsets that they respectively represent; and

generate the tiles in the second set with sizes proportional to the number of records in the subsets that they respectively represent.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the treemap module is configured to divide the first set of tiles into vertical columns based on a first filter from the first group of filters.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the treemap module is configured to indicate values for a subset of records represented by a tile in which a cursor is located.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the tile module is configured to receive the selections of the first and second sets of tiles via a mouse input.

16. A computer-implemented method comprising:

generating, by a processor, a first treemap within a first treemap graphical user interface (GUI), the first treemap including a first set of tiles representing subsets of records in a database based on first filtered results obtained from an application of a first group of filters to the records, the first treemap GUI being configured to process a selection of one or more of the set of tiles;

receiving a tile selection of at least one tile from the first set of tiles from the first treemap via the first treemap GUI;

generating a second treemap within either the first treemap GUI or a second treemap GUI, the second treemap including a second set of tiles representing records based on second filtered results obtained from an application of a second group of filters to the records represented by the at least one selected tile.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein:

generating the first treemap includes generating the first treemap within the first treemap GUI, the first treemap including the first set of tiles representing subsets of records in the database based on the first filtered results obtained from the application of the first group of filters to the records, the first treemap GUI being configured to process a selection of one or more of the set of tiles, the first group of filters being based on a first filter selection from a first filter GUI; and

the generating the second treemap comprises generating the second treemap in association with the first treemap GUI the second treemap including the second set of tiles representing records based on the second filtered results obtained from the application of the second group of filters to the records represented by the at least one selected tile, the second group of filters being based on a second filter selection from either the first filter GUI or a second filter GUI.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving the tile selection includes receiving the tile selection of at least one tile from the first set of tiles from the first treemap via the first treemap GUI via a mouse input.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving the tile selection includes receiving the tile selection of at least one tile from the first set of tiles from the first treemap via the first treemap GUI via a MouseListener interface or a MouseMotionListener interface.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the generating the first treemap comprises generating the first treemap within the first treemap GUI, the first treemap including the first set of tiles representing subsets of records in the database based on the first filtered results obtained from the application of the first group of filters to the records, the first treemap GUI being configured to process the selection of one or more of the set of tiles, the first treemap dividing the first set of tiles into vertical columns based on a first filter from the first group of filters.