User interface technology for displaying table data

摘要

The displaying of data from a table in a manner that at least some of the rows are each represented with row visualization, and in which the positioning of the row visualization conveys information regarding column values of the row. In particular, those row visualizations that correspond to rows in which one or more column values satisfy certain value characteristics are clustered within a common region. Thus, intuitive knowledge of the characteristics of the rows may be obtained by simply noticing the position of the row visualization within the user interface. In some cases, a given row visualization may have a control that may be interacted with to show a more detailed row representation, or a given region may have a control that may be interacted with to show further details regarding the rows represented within that region.

主权项

1. A method, implemented at a computer system that includes one or more processors, for representing data from a table within a user interface, the method comprising:
accessing a table data structure constituting a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and generating a user interface visualizing the table data structure, including:
identifying a particular one of the plurality of columns for use in sorting the plurality of rows into a plurality of regions of the user interface;identifying a plurality of different unique sets of values of the particular column within the table data structure, the plurality of different unique sets of values being equal in number to the plurality of regions;assigning each of the plurality of different unique sets of values to a different one of the plurality of regions;arranging the plurality of regions within at least two dimensions of the user interface, the arrangement being based on the particular one of the plurality of columns and without consideration for an other of the plurality of columns, including arranging at least two of the regions along a first dimension of the user interface, and arranging at least two of the regions along a second, different, dimension of the user interface; anddisplaying a visual representation of each of the plurality of rows in a corresponding one of the plurality of regions, including, for each of the plurality of rows:
identifying a value of the particular column within said row;identifying a particular one of the plurality of different unique sets of values to which the value belongs; andgenerating the visual representation of said row within the region to which the particular one of the plurality of different unique sets of values is assigned.