摘要 |
The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for elaborating and representing data analysis in a decision support system, the system comprising: an electronic data base which is daily updated; a data server managing said data base and comprising linking interfaces to allow on line and/or batch connections to external data suppliers or providers; display means for displaying information and data and for allowing to the user to define data selection criteria; the method including the following steps: presenting on said display means a selection panel or menu reporting a list or table of data from said data base; detecting a pointer of a user's data selection; scanning said data base according to a mask or filter selected by the user; presenting on said display means a view or history chart showing to the user the variations versus time of the selected data, while maintaining the selection panel as a side or background view; automatically and immediately refreshing said view or history chart at each different detected pointer of the user's data selection. Advantageously, a plurality of different information data may be selected one after the other through said selection panel and a corresponding plurality of history charts are shown on said display means with the same time base and in an overlapping format. |