Creating, updating, saving, and propagating customized views of table and grid information

摘要

Systems, methods, and computer products that create, update, save, and propagate customized views of table and grid information, including spreadsheets. The embodiment of the invention comprises associating at least one column as a first view of the table, associating at least one column as a second view of the table; and combining the first view with the second view, thereby efficiently creating a third view. Further, the combining includes dragging the second view; and dropping the dragged second view into the first view. The combining also includes creating a thumbnail image representing the first view or the second view. It also comprises updating columns that are shared between views. Additionally, the views may be stored, and new views may be propagated from the stored views.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for efficiently creating views from columns of a table, comprising:
associating a first column having first values in a set of rows from said table as a first view of said table that displays said first column with said first values in said set of rows; associating a second column having second values in said set of rows from said table as a second view of said table that displays said second column with said second values in said set of rows; combining said first view with said second view, thereby efficiently creating a third view that displays said first column and said second column with said first values and said second values in said rows; and displaying in full one of said first view, said second view, and said third view with a thumbnail image of each of said first view, said second view, and said third view that is not displayed in full, wherein said thumbnail image provides an indication of columns in that thumbnail image, and wherein selection of said thumbnail image displays the columns in that thumbnail image in full.