Integrated developer workflow for data visualization development

• US 9,727,623 B1
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Solutions Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Catania, Jeffrey, Dharma, Tiffany, Pang, Aaron, Tung, Teresa Sheausan
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wu, Junchun
• Application Number:
  US15/016,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 550 Days
• Field of Search: 717120
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A development platform system is disclosed that provides a development platform configured to create new and modified web-based applications. The development platform may be configured to search for and select a design layout template from available design layout templates stored on a database library. The development platform may further be configured to search for and select a data visualization template from available data visualization templates stored on a database library. The development platform may further be configured to generate a data visualization modification interface and accept a client device customization input to modify attributes of a data visualization. Templates that are modified by the development platform may be stored for subsequent look-up on a database library according to metadata describing attributes of the templates.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a database interface configured to communicate with a database library and a data source server;

a communication interface configured to communicate with a client device;

a processor configured to communicate with the database interface and the communication interface, the processor further configured to;

obtain, through the database interface, a layout template from the database library, the layout template including a data visualization panel;

obtain, through the database interface, a data visualization template from the database library, the data visualization template identifying the data source server;

receive, through the database interface, updateable data from the data source server;

determine a standard data visualization structure for rendering the updateable data;

render the updateable data into a data visualization according to the determined standard data visualization structure;

control display of the data visualization in the data visualization panel within the layout template;

generate a data visualization modification interface and accept a client device customization input of data visualization rendering logic implemented by the data visualization; and

modify the data visualization rendering logic responsive to the client device customization.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the updateable data is updated in real-time by the data source server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to control display of the data visualization by:

receiving updates to the updateable data from the data source server; and

rendering the data visualization according to the updates to the updateable data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the standard data visualization structure is one of a tabular data structure, a geospatial data structure, a hierarchical data structure, and a time-series data structure.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate metadata identifying attributes of the data visualization template;

correlate the metadata to the data visualization template; and

transmit the metadata and the data visualization template to the database library for storage.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

generate metadata identifying attributes of the layout template;

correlate the metadata to the layout template; and

transmit the metadata and the layout template to the database library for storage.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to accept client device modification inputs directed to a dimensional attribute of the data visualization, a color attribute of the data visualization, the standard data visualization structure, a database source for receiving the updateable data, or any combination thereof.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the layout template by:

receiving, through the communication interface, a layout template search query from the client device requesting the layout template satisfying a layout template attribute identified in the layout template search query;

parsing, through the database interface, the database library;

identifying a set of layout templates satisfying the layout template attribute based on parsing the database library;

presenting, through the communication interface, the set of layout templates to the client device;

receiving, through the communication interface, a layout template selection from the client device identifying the layout template from the set of layout templates; and

retrieving, through the database interface, the layout template from the database library based on the layout template selection.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to obtain the data visualization template by:

receiving, through the communication interface, a data visualization template search query from the client device requesting the data visualization template satisfying a data visualization template attribute identified in the data visualization template search query;

parsing, through the database interface, the database library;

identifying a set of data visualization templates satisfying the data visualization template attribute based on parsing the database library;

presenting, through the communication interface, the set of data visualization templates to the client device;

receiving, through the communication interface, a data visualization template selection from the client device identifying the data visualization template from the set of data visualization templates; and

retrieving, through the database interface, the data visualization template from the database library based on the data visualization template selection, wherein the data visualization template identifies the standard data visualization structure and the data source server.

10. A method, comprising:

receiving, through a communication interface, an access request from a client device, the access request including authentication information corresponding to a user;

authenticating the access request based on the authentication information;

obtaining, through a database interface, a layout template from a database library, the layout template including a data visualization panel;

obtaining, through the database interface, a data visualization template from the database library, the data visualization template identifying a data source server;

receiving, through the database interface, updateable data from the data source server;

determining a standard data visualization structure for rendering the updateable data;

rendering the updateable data into a data visualization according to the determined standard data visualization structure;

controlling display of the data visualization in the data visualization panel within the layout template;

generating a data visualization modification interface and accepting a client device customization input of data visualization rendering logic implemented by the data visualization; and

modifying the data visualization rendering logic responsive to the client device customization.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the updateable data is updated in real-time by the data source server.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein controlling display of the data visualization comprises:

receiving updates to the updateable data from the data source server; and

rendering the data visualization according to the updates to the updateable data.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the standard data visualization structure is one of a tabular data structure, a geospatial data structure, a hierarchical data structure, and a time-series data structure.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating metadata identifying attributes of the data visualization template;

correlating the metadata to the data visualization template; and

transmitting the metadata and the data visualization template to the database library for storage.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

generating metadata identifying attributes of the layout template;

correlate the metadata to the layout template; and

transmit the metadata and the layout template to the database library for storage.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the client device customization input is directed to modifying a dimensional attribute of the data visualization, a color attribute of the data visualization, the standard data visualization structure, a database source for receiving the updateable data, or any combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining the layout template comprises:

receiving, through the communication interface, a layout template search query from the client device requesting the layout template satisfying a layout template attribute identified in the layout template search query;

parsing, through the database interface, the database library;

identifying a set of layout templates satisfying the layout template attribute based on parsing the database library;

presenting, through the communication interface, the set of layout templates to the client device;

receiving, through the communication interface, a layout template selection from the client device identifying the layout template from the set of layout templates; and

retrieving, through the database interface, the layout template from the database library based on the layout template selection.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining the data visualization template comprises:

receiving, through the communication interface, a data visualization template search query from the client device requesting the data visualization template satisfying a data visualization template attribute identified in the data visualization template search query;

parsing, through the database interface, the database library;

identifying a set of data visualization templates satisfying the data visualization template attribute based on parsing the database library;

presenting, through the communication interface, the set of data visualization templates to the client device;

receiving, through the communication interface, a data visualization template selection from the client device identifying the data visualization template from the set of data visualization templates; and

retrieving, through the database interface, the data visualization template from the database library based on the data visualization template selection, wherein the data visualization template identifies the standard data visualization structure and the data source server.

19. A development platform system, comprising:

a database library configured to store a plurality of layout templates and a plurality of data visualization templates;

a data source server configured to store updateable data for rendering into a data visualization;

a client device comprising;

a communication interface;

a memory configured to store instructions for operating a web application browser; and

a processor configured to execute the instructions for operating the web application browser;

an application server comprising;

a database interface configured to communicate with the database library and the data source server;

a communication interface configured to communicate with the client device; and

a processor configured to communicate with the database interface and the communication database, the processor further configured to;

obtain, through the database interface, a layout template from the database library, the layout template including a data visualization panel;

obtain, through the database interface, a data visualization template from the database library, the data visualization template identifying the data source server and a data visualization structure;

receive, through the database interface, updateable data from the data source server;

render the updateable data into a data visualization according to the data visualization structure;

control display of the data visualization in the data visualization panel within the layout template;

generate a data visualization modification interface and accept a client device customization input of data visualization rendering logic implemented by the data visualization; and

modify the data visualization rendering logic responsive to the client device customization.