Real-time visualization of transactional data objects

• US 9,472,015 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Issued: 10/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Sikka, Vishal, Yen, Samuel J., Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Kim, Jeong H.
• Primary Examiner(s): HAJNIK, DANIEL F
• Application Number:
  US13/692,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20130307843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/00 3D [Three Dimensional] image rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/003 Navigation within 3D models or images

Abstract

A business management system for visualizing transactional data objects in real time is provided. An example system accesses a stream of transactional data objects and generates a in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm. A viewer may manipulate the presentation of the transactional data objects by engaging gestures and visual controls that may be provided on a display screen.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing a database that resides in-memory and provides, simultaneously, transactional and analytical capabilities by embedding application logic into the database itself, the database storing and processing transactional data representing respective real-time events;

accessing a real-time stream of transactional data objects logged into the database, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event;

generating, using at least one processor coupled to a memory, a visualization of transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm, respective depth spacing between the visualized transactional data objects being proportional to respective amounts of time elapsed between events represented by the respective visualized transactional objects;

detecting one or more navigation instructions directed to the three-dimensional graphical paradigm; and

based on the one or more navigation instructions, generating a new representation of the stream of transactional data objects associated with a new focal point with respect to the three-dimensional graphical paradigm, the new focal point determined based on the one or more navigational instructions.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising determining placement of a transactional data object from the stream of transactional data objects in the three-dimensional graphical paradigm based on one or more attributes of the transactional data object.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more navigation instructions are associated with one or more gestures.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising:

detecting a request to activate a filter; and

responsive to the request suppressing rendering of transactional data objects representing events of a certain type, based on criteria associated with the filter.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the criteria associated with, the filter is a type of a transactional data object or one or more values stored in a transactional data object.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising;

based on a first and a second attributes of the transactional data objects, generating a heat map representation of the transactional data objects, the heat map representation illustrating relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute with respect to the transactional data objects.

7. The method of claim 6, comprising representing the relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute using color representation of respective transactional data objects.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first attribute is associated with a geographical location and the second attribute Is associated with a monetary value.

9. A system comprising:

an access module, implemented using at least one processor, to;

access a database that resides in-memory and provides, simultaneously, transactional and analytical capabilities by embedding application logic into the database itself, the database storing and processing transactional data representing respective real-time events;

access a real-time stream of transactional data objects logged into the database, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event;

a visualization module, implemented using at least one processor, to visualize, using the at least one processor, transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm, respective depth spacing between the visualized transactional data objects being proportional to respective amounts of time elapsed between events represented by the respective visualized transactional objects; and

a navigation module configured to;

detect, using the at least one processor, one or more navigation instructions directed to the three-dimensional graphical paradigm, and

based on the one or more navigation instructions, generate, using the at least one processor, a new representation of the stream of transactional data objects associated with a new focal point with respect to the three-dimensional graphical paradigm, the new focal point determined based on the one or more navigational instructions.

10. The system of claim 9, comprising a placement module to determine, using the at least one processor, placement of a transactional data object from the stream of transactional data objects in the three-dimensional graphical paradigm based on one or more attributes of the transactional data object.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more navigation instructions are associated with one or more gestures.

12. The system of claim 9, comprising a filter module to:

detect, using the at least one processor, a request to activate a filter; and

responsive to the request, suppress, using the at least one processor, rendering of transactional data objects representing events of a certain type, based on criteria associated with the filter.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the criteria associated with the filter is a type of a transactional data object or one or more values stored in a transactional data object.

14. The system of claim 9, comprising a heat map module to:

based on a first and a second attributes of the transactional data objects, generate, using the at least one processor, a heat map representation of the transactional data objects, the heat map representation illustrating relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute with respect to the transactional data objects.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the first attribute is associated with a geographical location and the second attribute is associated with a monetary value.

16. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing a database that resides in-memory and provides, simultaneously, transactional and analytical capabilities by embedding application logic into the database itself, the database storing and processing transactional data representing respective real-time events;

accessing a real-time stream of transactional data objects logged into the database, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event;

visualizing transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm, respective depth spacing between the visualized transactional data objects being proportional to respective amounts of time elapsed between events represented by the respective visualized transactional objects;

detecting one or more navigation instructions directed to the three-dimensional graphical paradigm; and

based on the one or more navigation instructions, generating a new representation of the stream of transactional data objects associated with a new focal point with respect to the three-dimensional graphical paradigm, the new focal point determined based on the one or more navigational instructions.

17. A method comprising:

accessing a database that resides in-memory and provides, simultaneously, transactional and analytical capabilities by embedding application logic into the database itself, the database storing and processing transactional data representing respective real-time events;

accessing a real-time stream of transactional data objects logged into the database, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event;

generating, using at least one processor coupled to a memory, a visualization of transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm, respective depth spacing between the visualized transactional data objects being proportional to respective amounts of time elapsed between events represented by the respective visualized transactional objects; and

based on a first and a second attributes of the transactional data objects, generating a heat map representation of the transactional data objects, the heat map representation illustrating relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute with respect to the transactional data objects.

18. The method of claim 17, comprising representing the relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute using color representation of respective transactional data objects.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the first attribute is associated with a geographical location and the second attribute is associated with a monetary value.

20. A system comprising:

an access module, implemented using at least one processor, to;

access a database that resides in-memory and provides, simultaneously, transactional and analytical capabilities by embedding application logic into the database itself, the database storing and processing transactional data representing respective real-time events;

access a real-time stream of transactional data objects logged into the database, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event;

a visualization module, implemented using at least one processor, to visualize, using the at least one processor, transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm, respective depth spacing between the visualized transactional data objects being proportional to respective amounts of time elapsed between events represented by the respective visualized transactional objects; and

a heat map module to;

based on a first and a second attributes of the transactional data objects, generate, using the at least one processor, a heat map representation of the transactional data objects, the heat map representation illustrating relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute with respect to the transactional data objects.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the first attribute is associated with a geographical location and the second attribute is associated with a monetary value.

22. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

accessing a database that resides in-memory and provides, simultaneously, transactional and analytical capabilities by embedding application logic into the database itself, the database storing and processing transactional data representing respective real-time events;

accessing a real-time stream of transactional data objects logged into the database, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event;

generating, using at least one processor coupled to a memory, a visualization of transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm, respective depth spacing between the visualized transactional data objects being proportional to respective amounts of time elapsed between events represented by the respective visualized transactional objects; and

based on a first and a second attributes of the transactional data objects, generating a heat map representation of the transactional data objects, the heat map representation illustrating relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute with respect to the transactional data objects.