Widgets in digital dashboards

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10089120-B2
Application number	US-201514865505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2015
Priority date	Sep 25, 2015
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Dashboard data representing a digital dashboard generated by a dashboard editor may be received. The digital dashboard may include a data widget to display metric data related to a metric. The data widget may be associated with a data source to receive the metric data from the data source. In response to the dashboard data representing the digital dashboard being loaded by a dashboard viewer for display, the metric data may be sent from the data source to the dashboard viewer so that the dashboard viewer is to display the metric data in the data widget.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive dashboard data in a vector format representing a digital dashboard generated by a dashboard editor, the digital dashboard including a first data widget, and a second data widget to display metric data related to a metric, the first data widget associated with a first marker selected in the dashboard editor, and the second data widget associated with a second marker selected in the dashboard editor, the first marker indicating that the first data widget is to be displayed as a static data widget, and the second marker indicating that the second data widget is to be displayed as a dynamic data widget;
responsive to the second marker selected to be associated with the second data widget in the dashboard data, integrate the second data widget with a data channel to receive the metric data from a data source, wherein the second data widget is associated with the data source based on user selection using a dashboard integrator after associating the dashboard data with the first and second markers, the dashboard integrator communicatively coupled to the data channel and the data source; and
in response to the dashboard data in the vector format representing the digital dashboard being loaded by a dashboard viewer for display, send the metric data from the data source through the data channel to the dashboard viewer so that the dashboard viewer is to dynamically display the metric data in the second data widget.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the vector format comprises a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard viewer comprises a web browser.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the dashboard editor comprises Microsoft Visio, Inkscape, or Adobe Illustrator.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the first data widget is to be statically displayed by the dashboard viewer responsive to the first marker.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising another widget, wherein the second data widget overlaps the other widget, wherein the second data widget or the other widget is at least partially transparent.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the digital dashboard includes another data widget to display other metric data related to another metric that is different from the metric, and further comprising instructions that when executed, cause the processor to:
associate the other data widget with another data source to receive the other metric data from the other data source; and
in response to the dashboard data representing the digital dashboard being loaded by the dashboard viewer for display, send the other metric data from the other data source to the dashboard viewer so that the dashboard viewer is to display the other metric data in the other data widget.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that when executed, cause the processor to, in response to the dashboard data representing the digital dashboard being loaded by the dashboard viewer for display, cause the second data widget generated by the dashboard editor to be hidden and replaced with a dynamic data widget that displays the metric data.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the dashboard data representing the digital dashboard being loaded by the dashboard viewer for display, the metric data is to be periodically sent from the data source to the dashboard viewer so that the dashboard viewer is to display the metric data in the second data widget such that the metric data displayed changes each time the metric data is sent.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions that when executed, cause the processor to receive a selection, by a user, of the data source from a list of available data sources to associate the second data widget with the data source.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the second data widget comprises a chart or graph in which the metric data is to be displayed.

12. A system comprising:
a memory comprising instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory and to execute the instructions to:
receive a digital dashboard in a vector format created by a dashboard editor, the digital dashboard including a first widget, and a second widget to display metric data related to a metric, the first widget associated with a first marker selected in the dashboard editor, and the second widget associated with a second marker selected in the dashboard editor, the first marker indicating that the first widget is to be displayed as a static widget, and the second marker indicating that the second widget is to be displayed as a dynamic widget;
responsive to the second marker selected to be associated with the second widget, integrate the second widget with a data channel to receive the metric data from a data source, wherein the second widget is integrated with the data channel based on user selection using a dashboard integrator after associating the digital dashboard with the first and second markers, the dashboard integrator communicatively coupled to the data channel and the data source; and
when the digital dashboard in the vector format is loaded by a dashboard viewer for display, send the metric data from the data source through the data channel to the dashboard viewer so that the dashboard viewer is to dynamically display the metric data within the second widget.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the vector format comprises a Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format.

14. The system of claim 12 , further comprising the dashboard editor executable on the processor to:
present a canvas in a display;
add the first widget and the second widget to the canvas using a drawing tool of the dashboard editor; and
associate the first marker with the first widget and associate the second marker with the second widget using a marking tool of the dashboard editor.

15. A method executed by a system comprising a processor, comprising:
selecting a first widget and a second widget to include in a digital dashboard using a dashboard editor, the second widget to display metric data related to a metric, the digital dashboard in a vector format;
using the dashboard editor, associating the first widget with a first marker, and associating the second widget with a second marker, the first marker indicating that the first widget is to be displayed as a static widget, and the second marker indicating that the second widget is to be displayed as a dynamic widget;
responsive to the second marker selected to be associated with the second widget, integrating the second widget with a data channel to receive the metric data from a data source, wherein the second widget is integrated with the data channel based on user selection using a dashboard integrator after the associating of the first widget with the first marker and the second widget with the second marker using the dashboard editor, the dashboard integrator communicatively coupled to the data channel and the data source; and
displaying the digital dashboard in the vector format in a dashboard viewer such the metric data is dynamically displayed in the second wi

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp
• Entit Software Llc

Inventors

• Baumecker Klaus
• Weber Andreas
• Edelmann Falk

Classifications

• G06F9/451 Primary

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title

• G06Q10/063

  Operations research, analysis or management · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F2203/04804

  Transparency, e.g. transparent or translucent windows · CPC title

• G06Q10/0639

  Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations · CPC title