Spectrum bar control
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1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components comprising:
- a graphical user interface control located within a window that is operable to switch between a statistical view of data and a discrete view of the data while maintaining a same size of the graphical user interface control;
at least one of a plurality of data elements is displayed in the statistical view having a different size than at least one other of the plurality of data elements being displayed in the statistical view; and
the switch between the statistical view and the discrete view is performed dynamically based upon a data set size of the data.
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Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a graphical user interface control in a spectrum bar. The spectrum bar control is operable to switch between a statistical view of data and a discrete view of the data while maintaining a same size of the graphical user interface control. The spectrum bar control is operable to display data for multiple data elements, with different colors being used to represent different categories of the data elements. The spectrum bar control also enables three or more dimensions of data to be displayed in a small space.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components comprising:
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a graphical user interface control located within a window that is operable to switch between a statistical view of data and a discrete view of the data while maintaining a same size of the graphical user interface control; at least one of a plurality of data elements is displayed in the statistical view having a different size than at least one other of the plurality of data elements being displayed in the statistical view; and the switch between the statistical view and the discrete view is performed dynamically based upon a data set size of the data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components comprising:
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a graphical user interface control that is operable to display data in a spectrum bar located within the graphical user interface control for a plurality of data elements with different colors being used to represent different categories of the data elements, the spectrum bar displaying the plurality of data elements in a single row, the spectrum bar being operable to switch between a statistical view of data and a discrete view of the data while maintaining a same size of the spectrum bar, and at least one of the plurality of data elements being displayed in the statistical view having a different size than at least one other of the plurality of data elements being displayed in the statistical view; and the switch between the statistical view and the discrete view is performed dynamically based upon a data set size of the data. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing a graphical user interface control that displays multiple dimensions of data in a small space comprising the steps of:
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displaying a plurality of dimensions of data elements in a spectrum bar control located within the graphical user interface control, with a first dimension of the data elements being visually represented by different colors used for each category of the data elements, with a second dimension of the data elements being visually represented by a position of the data elements within the spectrum bar control, and with a third dimension of the data elements being visually represented by a physical size of the data elements as shown in the spectrum bar control, the spectrum bar control displaying the plurality of dimensions of data elements in a single row, the spectrum bar control being operable to switch between a statistical view of the data and a discrete view of the data while maintaining a same size of the spectrum bar control, and at least one of the data elements being displayed in the statistical view having a different size than at least one other of the data elements being displayed in the statistical view; and dynamically switching between the statistical view and the discrete view based upon a data set size of the data. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components comprising:
a graphical user interface control that is operable to display data in a spectrum bar for a plurality of data elements with different colors being used to represent different categories of the data elements, wherein the data is database table compression data.
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