AUTOMATIC PRESENTATIONAL LEVEL COMPOSITIONS OF DATA VISUALIZATIONS

• US 20140152667A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: LI, Yunyao, ZHOU, Michelle X., YANG, Huahai
• Granted Patent: US 8,963,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/440
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/00 General purpose image data processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/20 Drawing from basic elements, e.g. lines or circles
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide for generating a data presentation artifact. In one aspect of the invention a first data presentation object and a second data presentation object are received from a repository. The first data presentation object defines a first data presentation artifact. The second data presentation object defines a second data presentation artifact. At least one mashup operation is identified that may be performed using the first data presentation object and the second data presentation object. One or more mashup operations are selected from the identified mashup operations. A third data presentation artifact is then generated by applying the selected mashup operations to the first and the second data presentation objects.

Claims

1. A method for generating a data presentation artifact, the method comprising:

receiving from a repository a first data presentation object defining a first data presentation artifact and a second data presentation object defining a second data presentation artifact;

identifying at least one mashup operation that may be performed using the first data presentation object and the second data presentation object;

selecting one or more mashup operations from the identified mashup operations; and

generating a third data presentation artifact by applying the selected mashup operations to the first and the second data presentation objects.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising searching the repository based on a user defined search criteria.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first, the second, and the third data presentation artifacts are selected from the group consisting of a pie chart, a bar chart, a line chart, a tree graph, a spreadsheet chart, a scatter plot, and a table.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the third data presentation artifact comprises generating a third data presentation object defining the third data presentation artifact and storing the third data presentation object in the repository.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first, the second, and the third data presentation objects comprise a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) document.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the first, the second, and the third data presentation objects comprise a first component and a second component, the first component and the second component containing data collectively describing a corresponding data presentation artifact and wherein the data is organized in a tree structure.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first component comprises a data component having a data source attribute and the second component comprises a display component having a dimension attribute and an element attribute.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the element attribute further comprises a geometry attribute and an aesthetics attribute.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein:

the one or more mashup operations include one or more data mashup operations and one or more display mashup operations, the one or more data mashup operation comprises a data modification of the data component of the first data presentation object based on the data contained in the data component of the second data presentation object, and the one or more display mashup operation comprises a modification of the display component of the first data presentation object based on the data contained in the display component of the second data presentation object.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more mashup operations are selected for application based on a user identifying the one or more mashup operations.

11. A computer program product for generating a data presentation artifact, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable/executable by a processor to:

receive from a repository a first data presentation object defining a first data presentation artifact and a second data presentation object defining a second data presentation artifact;

identify at least one mashup operation that may be performed using the first data presentation object and the second data presentation object;

select one or more mashup operations from the identified mashup operations; and

generate a third data presentation artifact by applying the selected mashup operations to the first and the second data presentation objects.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising the program code to search the repository based on a user defined search criteria.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the first, the second, and the third data presentation artifacts are selected from the group consisting of a pie chart, a bar chart, a line chart, a tree graph, a spreadsheet chart, a scatter plot, and a table.

14. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the program code to generate the third data presentation artifact comprises program code to generate a third data presentation object defining the third data presentation artifact and program code to store the third data presentation object in the repository.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first, the second, and the third data presentation objects comprise a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) document.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein the first, the second, and the third data presentation objects comprise a first component and a second component, the first component and the second component containing data collectively describing a corresponding data presentation artifact and wherein the data is organized in a tree structure.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the first component comprises a data component having a data source attribute and the second component comprises a display component having a dimension attribute and an element attribute.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the element attribute further comprises a geometry attribute and an aesthetics attribute.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein:

the one or more mashup operations include one or more data mashup operations and one or more display mashup operations, the one or more data mashup operation comprises a data modification of the data component of the first data presentation object based on the data contained in the data component of the second data presentation object, and the one or more display mashup operation comprises a modification of the display component of the first data presentation object based on the data contained in the display component of the second data presentation object.

20. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the program code to select the one or more mashup operations comprises program code to select the mashup operations based on a user input.