Method and system to provide composite view of components

摘要

Systems and methods for defining a composite view and using the definition of the composite view to obtain, aggregate, analyze, and present data from a variety of data sources to a user. These systems and methods may allow for the definition of a visual framework to aggregate and display related data. This visual framework, or composite view, may in turn be composed of a master view and a set of subviews, each of which may display data collected from a particular data source according to a particular format. By interacting with the master view data from a variety of data sources can be displayed.

主权项

1. A method for aggregating and displaying data from a plurality of data sources, comprising:
creating, by a computer, data models based on the plurality of data sources, the plurality of data sources storing data according to a variety of formats defining different data source fields, the data models containing data model fields corresponding to the different data source fields of the plurality of data sources, wherein the data model fields are user-selected. creating, by the computer, views based on a set of view fields, wherein the set of view fields are user-selected, each view field in the set of view fields corresponding to a data model field in one of the data models, one or more view fields of the set of view fields designated as searchable; creating, by the computer, a composite view utilizing the views, the composite view configured to display related data from different data sources of the plurality of data sources through the data model fields of the data models in a substantially similar format, regardless of the variety of formats of the plurality of data sources, the composite view including a master view and at least one subview from the views, the creating including:
designating a view field in the master view as searchable by a criterion;designating a view field in the at least one subview as searchable by the criterion; andmapping the view field in the master view that is designated as searchable by the criterion with the view field in the at least one subview that is also designated as searchable by the criterion,the searchable view field in the master view associated with data source fields from different data sources via data model fields such that a user interaction with the searchable view field in the master view causes display of the at least one subview or a change thereto based at least in part on data obtained from the different data sources using the data model fields and the data source fields; and sending the composite view to a user device.