ANALYZING VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF DATA

• US 20130166337A1
• Filed: 12/26/2011
• Published: 06/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Business Objects Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: John Macgregor
• Inventors: MACGREGOR, JOHN
• Application Number:
  US13/337,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20130166337A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

In an embodiment, a plurality of representations of business data is rendered on a user interface. The representations of business data may include various graphical representations of the business data. A type of the plurality of representations rendered on the user interface is determined. Based upon the type of the representations, a corresponding statistical analysis is determined and applied to the business data associated with the plurality of representations. Applying the statistical analysis includes computing a resultant for the business data associated with each representation. The resultant of the business data of each representation is compared to determine one or more representations that are statistically distinct. The statistically distinct representations include visually distinct representations in the plurality of representations.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method to analyze a plurality of representations of business data, comprising:

a processor of the computer, determining a type of the plurality of representations rendered on a user interface;

based upon the type of the plurality of representations, the processor of the computer, applying a corresponding statistical analysis to the business data associated with the plurality of representations; and

based upon the statistical analysis, the processor of the computer, determining one or more representations of the plurality of representations as statistically distinct representations of business data, wherein the determined statistically distinct representations are identified as visually distinct from the plurality of representations.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of representations of business data comprises:

a plurality of visual representations of business data.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein analyzing a plurality of representations comprise:

determining one or more visually distinct representations from the plurality of representations.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 wherein the type of the plurality of representations comprises:

a class of the plurality of visual representations of the business data associated with one or more common features.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein applying a statistical analysis further comprises:

determining a type of statistical analysis based upon the type of representations;

executing the determined type of statistical analysis to compute a resultant for the business data associated with each representation; and

comparing the resultant of the business data associated with each representation to determine one or more representations that are statistically distinct.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5, wherein executing the determined statistical analysis further comprises:

based upon the determined statistical analysis, processing the business data associated with the representations;

computing the resultant for the business data corresponding to each representation;

comparing the resultant of each business data to determine one or more business data that are statistically distinct from the business data corresponding to the plurality of representations; and

determining the representation corresponding to the statistically distinct business data.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the statistically distinct representations comprise:

highlighting the statistically distinct representations on the user interface.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user interface comprises a computer generated user interface executable on the computer, the computer generated user interface comprising:

at least one page displayed as a current page on the computer generated user interface, wherein the current page renders the plurality of representations of the business data; and

a user interface element to render one or more representations of the plurality of representations as statistically distinct, based upon a statistical analysis applied to the business data associated with the plurality of representations, wherein the rendered statistical distinct representations are visually distinct from the plurality or representations.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 8, wherein the user interface element renders the statistically distinct representations by marking the statistically distinct representations on the computer generated user interface.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a class of one or more graphical representations rendered on the user interface;

based upon the class of the graphical representations, implementing a statistical analysis to the business data corresponding to the graphical representations, to compute an resultant, by

determining the statistical analysis based upon the class of the graphical representations,

executing the statistical analysis to compute the resultant for each business data associated with the graphical representation;

comparing the resultant of each representation to determine one or more business data that are statistically distinct; and

labeling the statistically distinct determined graphical representations on the user interface.

11. An article of manufacture including a computer readable storage medium to tangibly store instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

to transform a type of the plurality of representations rendered on a user interface;

based upon the type of the plurality of representations, to apply a corresponding statistical analysis to the business data associated with the plurality of representations; and

based upon the statistical analysis, to determine one or more representations of the plurality of representations as statistically distinct representations of business data, wherein the determined statistically distinct representations are visually distinct from the plurality of representations.

12. The article of manufacture of claim 11 further comprising instructions which when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

determine a class of one or more graphical representations rendered on the user interface;

based upon the class of the graphical representations, implement a statistical analysis to the business data corresponding to the graphical representations, to compute an resultant, by

determining the statistical analysis based upon the class of the graphical representations,

executing the statistical analysis to compute the resultant for each business data associated with the graphical representation;

compare the resultant of each representation to determine one or more business data that are statistically distinct; and

label the statistically distinct determined graphical representations on the user interface.

13. The article of manufacture of claim 11, wherein the user interface comprises a computer generated user interface executable on the computer, the computer generated user interface causes comprises:

at least one page displayed as a current page on the computer generated user interface, wherein the current page renders the plurality of representations of the business data;

a user interface element to render one or more representations of the plurality of representations as statistically distinct based upon a statistical analysis applied to the business data associated with the plurality of representations, wherein the rendered statistical distinct representations are visually distinct from the plurality or representations.

14. A computer system to analyze a plurality of representations of business data, comprising:

a processor to read and execute instructions stored in one or more memory elements; and

the one or more memory elements storing instructions to;

a user interface engine, to render the plurality of representations of business data on a user interface;

an identification module, to determine a type of the plurality of representations rendered on the user interface;

an analysis module, to statistically analyze the business data associated with the plurality of representations, based upon the type of analysis;

the processor, to determine one or more representations of the plurality of representations as statistically distinct based upon the statistical analysis, wherein the determined statistically distinct representations are visually distinct from the plurality of representations.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the user interface engine renders a plurality of visual representations of business data on the user interface.

16. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the analysis module

determines a type of statistical analysis based upon the type of representations;

executes the determined type of statistical analysis to compute an resultant for the business data associated with each representation; and

compares the resultant of the business data associated with each representation to determine one or more representations that are statistically distinct.

17. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the user interface engine highlights the statistically distinct representations on the user interface.

18. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the user interface engine renders a computer generated user interface executable on the computer, the computer generated user interface includes:

at least one page rendered by the user interface engine as a current page on the computer generated user interface, wherein the current page renders the plurality of representations of the business data; and

a user interface element to render one or more representations of the plurality of representations as statistically distinct, based upon a statistical analysis applied to the business data associated with the plurality of representations, wherein the rendered statistical distinct representations are visually distinct from the plurality or representations.

19. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the processor determines a class of one or more graphical representations rendered on the user interface;

based upon the class of the graphical representations, implements a statistical analysis to the business data corresponding to the graphical representations, to compute an resultant, by

determining the statistical analysis based upon the class of the graphical representations,

executing the statistical analysis to compute the resultant for each business data associated with the graphical representation;

compares the resultant of each representation to determine one or more business data that are statistically distinct; and

labels the statistically distinct determined graphical representations on the user interface.