METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES BY INTERACTIONS WITH VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF DATASETS

• US 20110283231A1
• Filed: 05/14/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Richstein, Hans-Juergen, Farrenkopf, Eckhard
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,978 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2423 Interactive query statement specification based on a database schema
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs

Abstract

This disclosure provides examples of computerized methods and software for performing analytical procedures by interacting with visual representations of datasets. In one aspect, a visualization of a first dataset is displayed in a first portion of a GUI, where that visualization is associated with a set of criteria applied to the first dataset. A visualization of a second dataset is displayed in a second portion of the GUI. A selection of at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset is received, the selection associated with at least one set of set of criteria from the first dataset. A request to apply the selection to the second dataset is received, and, based thereon, the set of criteria from the first dataset is applied to the second dataset to generate a third dataset. A visual representation of the third dataset is then displayed in the GUI.

Claims

1. A method for performing analytical procedures by interactions with visual representations of datasets, comprising:

displaying a visualization of a first dataset in a first portion of a graphical user interface (GUI), the visualization of the first dataset associated with at least one set of criteria applied to the first dataset;

displaying a visualization of a second dataset in a second portion of the GUI;

receiving a selection of at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset, the selection associated with at least one set of set of criteria from the first dataset;

receiving a request to apply the selection to the second dataset;

based on the received request, applying the at least one set of criteria from the first dataset to the second dataset to generate a third dataset; and

displaying a visual representation of the third dataset in the GUI.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual representation of the third dataset is displayed in a third portion of the GUI.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual representation of the third dataset is displayed in the second portion of the GUI.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first dataset and the second dataset are derived from a common dataset.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

after receiving the request to apply the selection of at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset to the second dataset, determining whether the first and second datasets contain compatible data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual representations of the first, second, and third datasets comprise graphical objects.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the graphical objects include at least one of the following:

a bar chart, a line graph, a pie chart, and a table.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the GUI is presented on a touch screen input/output display, and further wherein receiving the selection of at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset further comprises receiving a touch gesture via the touch screen identifying at least a portion of the visualization of the first dataset.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving a request to apply the selection to the second dataset comprises receiving a touch gesture dragging the selection from the first dataset over the visualization of the second dataset.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset comprises the entire visualization of the first dataset.

11. A method for performing analytical procedures by interactions with visual representations of datasets, comprising:

displaying a visualization of a first dataset in a first portion of a graphical user interface (GUI), the visualization of the first dataset associated with at least one set of criteria applied to the first dataset;

displaying a visualization of a second dataset in a second portion of the GUI, the visualization of the second dataset associated with at least one set of criteria applied to the second dataset;

receiving, via a multi-touch gesture, a request to combine the visualizations of the first and second datasets, the request associated with a third portion of the GUI;

generating a third dataset representing a merging of the first and second datasets, wherein the third dataset comprises a dataset filtered by at least one set of criteria applied to the first dataset and at least one set of criteria applied to the second dataset; and

displaying a visualization of the third dataset in a third portion of the GUI.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the multi-touch gesture comprises a simultaneous touch dragging of the visualization of the first dataset and the visualization of the second dataset to a location within the third portion of the GUI.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first dataset and the second dataset are derived from a common dataset.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

after receiving the request to combine visualizations of the first and second datasets, determining whether the first and second datasets contain compatible data.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the visual representations of the first, second, and third datasets comprise graphical objects.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the graphical objects include at least one of the following:

a bar chart, a line graph, a pie chart, and a table.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the visual representations of the first and second datasets comprise a first type of graphical object, and wherein the visual representation of the third dataset comprises a third type of graphical object.

18. An article comprising software for performing analytical procedures by interactions with visual representations of datasets, the software comprising instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium and operable when executed by a processor to:

display a visualization of a first dataset in a first portion of a graphical user interface (GUI), the visualization of the first dataset associated with at least one set of criteria applied to the first dataset;

display a visualization of a second dataset in a second portion of the GUI;

receive a selection of at least a portion of the data from the visualization of the first dataset, the selection associated with at least one set of set of criteria from the first dataset;

receive a request to apply the selection to the second dataset;

based on the received request, apply the at least one set of criteria from the first dataset to the second dataset to generate a third dataset; and

display a visual representation of the third dataset in the GUI.

19. The article of claim 18, wherein the visual representation of the third dataset is displayed in a third portion of the GUI.