Alternative People Charting for Organizational Charts

• US 20160132215A1
• Filed: 11/12/2014
• Published: 05/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Successfactors Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Successfactors Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Zhang, Kit Yue, Hsia, David, Haine, Dominic Philip
• Granted Patent: US 10,565,560 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/105 Human resources

Abstract

Techniques are described for generating and presenting alternative organizational views for an organizational chart being presented inside a browser window. These different organizational views can organize the contents of the organizational chart based on different dimensions, thus allowing the user to group employees within the organizational chart across different dimensions. Advantages of presenting these different groupings is to allow the managers to quickly check the status of their direct reports.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

presenting, by a processor, a filter menu within a window of a graphical user interface, the filter menu containing a plurality of dimensions associated with employees within an organizational chart;

detecting, by the processor, a first user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of selecting a first dimension from the plurality of dimensions; and

presenting, by the processor, a first organizational view configured to group employees within the organizational chart based on the selected first dimension.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first organizational view is further configured as a data table divided into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections is associated with a value for the selected first dimension and is configured to present a group of employees within the organizational chart having the value for the selected first dimension.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the group of employees within the organization are presented as a plurality of clusters, wherein a cluster from the plurality of clusters contains at least one employee from the group of employees that reside within a hierarchical level of the organizational chart.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the processor, a second user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of selecting a second dimension from the plurality of dimensions; and

replacing, by the processor, the first organizational view with a second organizational view configured to group employees within the organizational chart based on the selected first dimension and the selected second dimension.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the second organizational view is further configured as a matrix table divided into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections is associated with a first value for the selected first dimension and a second value for the selected second dimension and is configured to present a group of employees within the organizational chart having the first value for the selected first dimension and the second value for the selected second dimension.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first organization view is a geographical map, the selected first dimension is a location dimension and employees within the organization chart that share a location for the location dimension are grouped together and represented using a single tile.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

detecting, by the processor, a second user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of zooming into the geographical map; and

presenting, by the processor, a plurality of tiles adjacent to the single tile, wherein each tile in the plurality of tiles represents an employee within the organizational chart that share the location.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

presenting a filter menu within a window of a graphical user interface, the filter menu containing a plurality of dimensions associated with employees within an organizational chart;

detecting a first user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of selecting a first dimension from the plurality of dimensions; and

presenting a first organizational view configured to group employees within the organizational chart based on the selected first dimension.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first organizational view is further configured as a data table divided into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections is associated with a value for the selected first dimension and is configured to present a group of employees within the organizational chart having the value for the selected first dimension.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the group of employees within the organization are presented as a plurality of clusters, wherein a cluster from the plurality of clusters contains at least one employee from the group of employees that reside within a hierarchical level of the organizational chart.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, further comprising:

detecting a second user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of selecting a second dimension from the plurality of dimensions; and

replacing the first organizational view with a second organizational view configured to group employees within the organizational chart based on the selected first dimension and the selected second dimension.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the second organizational view is further configured as a matrix table divided into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections is associated with a first value for the selected first dimension and a second value for the selected second dimension and is configured to present a group of employees within the organizational chart having the first value for the selected first dimension and the second value for the selected second dimension.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the first organization view is a geographical map, the selected first dimension is a location dimension and employees within the organization chart that share a location for the location dimension are grouped together and represented using a single tile.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising:

detecting a second user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of zooming into the geographical map; and

presenting a plurality of tiles adjacent to the single tile, wherein each tile in the plurality of tiles represents an employee within the organizational chart that share the location.

15. A computer implemented system, comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when executed, control the one or more computer processors to be configured for;

presenting a filter menu within a window of a graphical user interface, the filter menu containing a plurality of dimensions associated with employees within an organizational chart;

detecting a first user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of selecting a first dimension from the plurality of dimensions; and

presenting a first organizational view configured to group employees within the organizational chart based on the selected first dimension.

16. The computer implemented system of claim 15, wherein the first organizational view is further configured as a data table divided into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections is associated with a value for the selected first dimension and is configured to present a group of employees within the organizational chart having the value for the selected first dimension.

17. The computer implemented system of claim 16, wherein the group of employees within the organization are presented as a plurality of clusters, wherein a cluster from the plurality of clusters contains at least one employee from the group of employees that reside within a hierarchical level of the organizational chart.

18. The computer implemented system of claim 15, further comprising:

detecting a second user input on the graphical user interface that is representative of selecting a second dimension from the plurality of dimensions; and

replacing the first organizational view with a second organizational view configured to group employees within the organizational chart based on the selected first dimension and the selected second dimension.

19. The computer implemented system of claim 18, wherein the second organizational view is further configured as a matrix table divided into a plurality of sections, wherein a section of the plurality of sections is associated with a first value for the selected first dimension and a second value for the selected second dimension and is configured to present a group of employees within the organizational chart having the first value for the selected first dimension and the second value for the selected second dimension.

20. The computer implemented system of claim 15, wherein the first organization view is a geographical map, the selected first dimension is a location dimension and employees within the organization chart that share a location for the location dimension are grouped together and represented using a single tile.