SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING OF HIERARCHICAL DATA STRUCTURES

摘要

The rendering of hierarchical data having large number of nodes, such as organizational charts, can present challenges based upon the browser technology utilized. Rendering of thousands of nodes can be memory intensive and provide poor performance when rendered in a browser. A method of rendering hierarchical data in a browser is provided. Node data from a datastore associated with human resources management software is retrieved. Each item of node data is associated with an employee of the associated organization. A viewport for the hierarchical data structure is determined based upon the computing device used for viewing the hierarchical data structure. Coordinates for nodes in the hierarchical structure based upon their relative position in the hierarchy and a configuration of the view port can then be determined and rendered.

主权项

1. A method of rendering hierarchical data structures, the method comprising:
retrieving node data from a datastore, the datastore associated with a human resources management software, each item of node data representing an employee within an organization defining a hierarchical data structure; determining a viewport for the hierarchical data structure based upon parameters of a browser used for viewing the hierarchical data structure; determining coordinates for nodes in the hierarchical structure based upon relative positions in the hierarchy and a configuration of the viewport; and rendering each node of the data structure defined within the viewport using the parameters for rending the hierarchical data structure to generate an organizational chart on a display of a computing device.