Visualization and interaction with financial data using sunburst visualization
First Claim
1. A method for displaying data, the method executing on a computer system, the method comprising:
- grouping data according to plural user-specified dimensions;
determining one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships between the plural user-specified dimensions;
displaying plural concentric bands or portions thereof in a first order based on the one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships, and providing a visualization in response thereto, wherein each band is concentric about a center of the visualization, wherein each band includes one or more sectors, wherein a line drawn from a sector of an outer band to the center crosses one or more sectors of inner bands such that each inner-band sector crossed has a higher hierarchical relationship to the outer-band sector; and
providing a first user option to change the first order to a second order by exchanging a first concentric band at a first distance to the center with a second concentric band at a second distance to the center, thereby selectively creating or changing one or more intrinsic hierarchies while preserving the one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships.
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Abstract
A system and method for illustrating and interacting with data. An example method includes grouping data according to two or more user-specified dimensions and determining one or more hierarchical relationships between the two or more user-specified dimensions. Plural bands are depicted in a first order based on the one or more intrinsic hierarchical relationships. A first user option enables a user to selectively change the first order to a second order, thereby selectively changing the one or more hierarchical relationships. In an illustrative embodiment, the data includes financial data. The plural bands illustrate only those bands that the user has access permissions or privileges to view. A second user option enables a user to selectively omit one or more of the plural bands while maintaining the one or more hierarchical relationships between remaining displayed bands. Additional user options enable a user to adjust a hierarchical relationship used to depict the plural bands; to trigger tabular view of underlying data, and so on. In a specific embodiment, the bands include concentric bands or rings displayed in a sunburst visualization.
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1. A method for displaying data, the method executing on a computer system, the method comprising:
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grouping data according to plural user-specified dimensions; determining one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships between the plural user-specified dimensions; displaying plural concentric bands or portions thereof in a first order based on the one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships, and providing a visualization in response thereto, wherein each band is concentric about a center of the visualization, wherein each band includes one or more sectors, wherein a line drawn from a sector of an outer band to the center crosses one or more sectors of inner bands such that each inner-band sector crossed has a higher hierarchical relationship to the outer-band sector; and providing a first user option to change the first order to a second order by exchanging a first concentric band at a first distance to the center with a second concentric band at a second distance to the center, thereby selectively creating or changing one or more intrinsic hierarchies while preserving the one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for illustrating data, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; a processor readable storage device coupled to the one or more processors, the processor-readable storage device including one or more instructions for; grouping data according to plural user-specified dimensions; determining one or more hierarchical relationships between the plural user-specified dimensions; displaying plural concentric bands or portions thereof in a first order based on the one or more hierarchical relationships, and providing a visualization in response thereto, wherein each band is concentric about a center of the visualization, wherein each band includes one or more sectors, wherein a line drawn from a sector of an outer band to the center crosses one or more sectors of inner bands such that each inner-band sector crossed has a higher hierarchical relationship to the outer-band sector; and providing a first user option to change the first order to a second order by exchanging a first concentric band at a first distance to the center with a second concentric band at a second distance to the center, thereby selectively creating or changing one or more intrinsic hierarchies while preserving the one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships.
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15. A processor-readable storage device including instructions executable by a digital processor, the processor-readable storage device including one or more instructions for:
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grouping data according to plural user-specified dimensions; determining one or more hierarchical relationships between the plural user-specified dimensions; displaying plural concentric bands or portions thereof in a first order based on the one or more hierarchical relationships, and providing a visualization in response thereto, wherein each band is concentric about a center of the visualization, wherein each band includes one or more sectors, wherein a line drawn from a sector of an outer band to the center crosses one or more sectors of inner bands such that each inner-band sector crossed has a higher hierarchical relationship to the outer-band sector; and providing a first user option to change the first order to a second order by exchanging a first concentric band at a first distance to the center with a second concentric band at a second distance to the center, thereby selectively creating or changing one or more intrinsic hierarchies while preserving the one or more extrinsic hierarchical relationships. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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