REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF TRANSACTIONAL DATA OBJECTS

• US 20130307843A1
• Filed: 12/03/2012
• Published: 11/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Sikka, Vishal, Yen, Samuel J., Rajagopalan, Sanjay, Kim, Jeong H.
• Granted Patent: US 9,472,015 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/419
• 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, in real-time, a stream of transactional data objects, each object from the stream of transactional data objects representing a particular real-time event, the stream of transactional data objects is accessed from an in-memory data management platform; and

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.

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, comprising:

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.

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

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the new representation of the stream of transactional data objects is 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.

6. 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.

7. The method of claim 6, 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.

8. 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.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising representing the relationship between the first attribute and the second attribute using color representation of respective transactional data objects.

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

11. A system, comprising:

at least one processor coupled to a memory;

an access module, to access, using the at least one processor, a stream of transactional data objects, each object representing a real-time event, wherein the stream of transactional data objects is accessed from an in-memory data management platform; and

a visualization module, to visualize, using the at least one processor, transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm.

12. The system of claim 11, 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.

13. The system of claim 11, comprising a navigation module 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.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more navigation instructions are associated with one or more gestures.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the new representation of the stream of transactional data objects is 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.

16. The system of claim 11, 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.

17. The system of claim 16, 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.

18. The system of claim 11, 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.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the first attribute is associated with a geographical location and the second attribute is associated, with a monetary value.

20. A machine-readable non-transitory storage medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

access a stream of transactional data objects representing real-time events; and

visualize transactional data objects from the stream in a three-dimensional graphical paradigm.