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Computer systems and methods for automatically viewing multidimensional databases

  • US 8,099,674 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2005
  • Issued: 01/17/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer implemented method for displaying a graphical representation of a dataset, comprising:

  • at a computer having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors;

    displaying a graphical user interface window including a schema display region and a data visualization region, wherein the schema display region includes multiple terms corresponding to a plurality of fields of the dataset, wherein each field defines a respective category of the dataset;

    receiving a user selection of at least a subset of the multiple terms in the schema display region and a user ordering of the user-selected terms in the data visualization region, each of the user-selected terms having an associated data type; and

    in response to the user selection and the user ordering,forming a plurality of alternative views using the dataset based on the user ordering of the user-selected terms;

    determining a rank for each of the plurality of alternative views based on the user-specified order and the associated data types of the user-selected terms and a rating system;

    selecting from among the plurality of alternative views a resulting view for displaying the dataset based on comparing the rank of the resulting view with the rank of at least another view of the plurality of alternative views; and

    displaying the dataset or a transformation of the dataset in the data visualization region according to the resulting view.

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