Drag and drop of graph elements

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9645727-B2
Application number	US-201514643372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2015
Priority date	Mar 11, 2014
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

In a method of rendering a plurality of graph elements, first sample data is generated to render an instance of a first graph element type in a first cell of a canvas panel. An indicator is received that indicates a second graph element type to present in the first cell overlaid with the instance of the first graph element type. Second sample data is generated to render an instance of the second graph element type in the first cell overlaid with the instance of the first graph element type. An indicator is received that indicates selection of a fourth indicator of the instance of the second graph element type. An indicator is received that indicates dropping of the fourth indicator into a second cell. Third sample data is generated to render a second instance of the second graph element type in the second cell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to:
receive a first indicator indicating a first graph element type selected by a user to present in a first cell of a canvas panel presented on a display;
after receiving the first indicator and based on the first graph element type, determine a number of columns and a number of rows of data values to generate for a first graph element instance;
generate first sample data to render the first graph element instance, wherein the generated first sample data includes a data value generated for each column and row of the determined number of columns and the determined number of rows;
render the first graph element instance in the first cell of the canvas panel using the generated first sample data, wherein the first graph element instance is a visual representation of the first graph element type using the generated first sample data;
receive a second indicator indicating a second graph element type selected by the user to present in the first cell of the canvas panel overlaid with the first graph element instance;
after receiving the second indicator, generate second sample data to render a second graph element instance and a third graph element instance in the first cell of the canvas panel, wherein the generated second sample data includes a second data value and a third data value generated for each row of the determined number of rows, wherein the generated second sample data is not generated using data stored on the computer-readable medium prior to receiving the second indicator;
render the second graph element instance in the first cell of the canvas panel using the second data value generated for each row of the determined number of rows overlaid with the third graph element instance using the third data value generated for each row of the determined number of rows, wherein the second graph element instance is a visual representation of the second graph element type using the generated second sample data and the third graph element instance is a second visual representation of the first graph element type using the generated second sample data;
receive a third indicator indicating the second graph element instance;
receive a fourth indicator indicating dropping of the third indicator into a second cell of the canvas panel presented on the display;
after receiving the fourth indicator and based on the second graph element type, determine a second number of columns and a second number of rows of data values to generate for a fourth graph element instance;
generate third sample data to render the fourth graph element instance, wherein the generated third sample data includes a fourth data value generated for each column and each row of the determined second number of columns and the determined second number of rows, wherein at least a portion of the third sample data is different than the second sample data;
render the fourth graph element instance in the second cell of the canvas panel using the generated third sample data, wherein the fourth graph element instance is a second visual representation of the second graph element type using the generated third sample data; and
store a graph design template that captures characteristics of the second visual representation of the second graph element type in the second cell of the canvas panel without any of the generated first sample data, the generated second sample data, or the generated third sample data and without an indicator of any of the generated first sample data, the generated second sample data, or the generated third sample data.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first graph element type and the second graph element type are a same graph element type.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first graph element type and the second graph element type are different graph element types.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein before generating the second sample data, the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to determine that the first graph element type and the second graph element type are compatible for overlaying in the first cell of the canvas panel.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 4 , wherein determining compatibility for overlaying in the first cell of the canvas panel is based on an axis role classification overlapping by at least one option for each axis of the first graph element type and the second graph element type.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 , wherein the axis role classification is selected from the group consisting of category, date-time, and measure.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
receive a fifth indicator indicating a third graph element type to present in the first cell of the canvas panel overlaid with the first graph element type;
determine that the first graph element type and the third graph element type are incompatible for overlaying in the first cell of the canvas panel; and
generate an incompatibility indicator that indicates the third graph element type is incompatible with the first graph element type.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 7 , further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
receive a sixth indicator indicating dropping of a seventh indicator of the third graph element type into a third cell of the canvas panel;
generate fourth sample data to render an instance of the third graph element type in the third cell of the canvas panel; and
render the instance of the third graph element type in the third cell of the canvas panel using the generated fourth sample data.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
receive a fifth indicator indicating a third graph element type to present in the first cell of the canvas panel;
determine that the first graph element type and the third graph element type are compatible for overlaying in the first cell of the canvas panel;
generate fourth sample data to render an instance of the third graph element type in the first cell of the canvas panel; and
render the instance of the third graph element type in the first cell of the canvas panel overlaid with the third graph element instance using the generated fourth sample data.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:
receive a sixth indicator indicating selection of a seventh indicator of the instance of the third graph element type;
receive an eighth indicator indicating dropping of the seventh indicator into the second cell of the canvas panel;
generate fifth sample data to render a second instance of the third graph element type; and
render the second instance of the third graph element type in the second cell of the canvas panel overlaid with the fourth graph element instance using the generated fifth sample data.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , further comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to:

Assignees

• Sas Inst Inc

Inventors

• Devarajan Ravinder
• Patel Himesh G
• Berryman Pat
• Everdyke Lisa Hope
• Morris Bradley Edward
• Edwards Christopher Kendrick
• Benson Jordan Riley
• Erikson Timothy Joel

Classifications

• G06T11/26 Primary

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G06F16/248

  Presentation of query results · CPC title

• G06T2211/428

  Real-time · CPC title

• G06T2200/24

  involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs] · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title