CONTROLLING VISUALIZATION OF DATA BY A DASHBOARD WIDGET

• US 20160224232A1
• Filed: 04/19/2016
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Pourshahid, Alireza
• Granted Patent: US 9,582,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]

Abstract

Display data in a data graphical user interface (GUI) on a display device and display, by a processor, a control GUI on the display device representing the data. The control GUI includes a range defining visual element, corresponding to a data value, that is moveable via input received by the control GUI and defines two ranges of the data. The processor displays indicia associated with the range defining visual element indicating the corresponding data value. The processor receives input from the control GUI indicating the range defining visual element has been moved. In response, the processor visually emphasizes data in the data GUI having data values in a selected one of the defined data range.

Claims

1. A method for visualization of data, the method comprising:

sending, by the display device, data that is to be organized to a computing device;

receiving, by the display device, managed data values and formatting information as to how the data is to be displayed from the computing device, wherein the managed data is how the data that is to be organized should be displayed;

displaying, by the display device, the managed data in a gauge in accordance to the received formatting, wherein the display is a user graphical interface, wherein the gauge is a control graphical interface representing the managed data including a plurality of values that breaks the gauge into regions, wherein each region is displayed in a different colors;

receiving, by the display device, that at least one of the plurality values that breaks the gauge into regions has been altered, wherein the gauge allows for the user to alter the different values that breaks the gauge into region;

sending, by the display device, the at least one value of the plurality of values for that breaks the gauge into regions that was altered to the computing device;

receiving, by the display device, new managed data values and formatting information as to how the data is to be displayed from the computing device based on the at least one value of the plurality of values for that breaks the gauge into regions that was altered, wherein the new managed data adjust the managed data to reflect the at least one value of the plurality of values for that breaks the gauge into regions that was altered; and

in response, visually emphasizing data in the display gauge having data values in a selected one of the defined regions.