Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Ahmed K Kamal

George G Robertson

Bongshin Lee

Roland Lucas Fernandez

Danyel Aharon Fisher

Murali R Krishnan

Christian Olaf Abeln

Stella Yick Chan

Gur Kimchi

Matthew Jay Kotler

Curtis Glenn Wong

Benjamin Edward Rampson

Greg D Schechter

Jason Joseph Weber

David Francis Gainer

Brian L Welcker

B Scott Ruble

Christian Bernd Schormann

Michael Victor Ehrenberg

Morten Holm-Petersen

Jakob Peter Nielsen

William Guthrie Morein

Benjamin L Chronister

Joshua W Lee

Ian Michael Dunmore

Barry James Givens

Alexandre Gorev

Morten Holm-Peterson

Thomas Michael Casey

A system (and corresponding methodology) by which a user can interact directly with visual data is provided. The system employs associations and relationships between visual data objects to automatically update objects based upon a change in other objects. The innovation also provides specialized controls (e.g., dashboard tools/controls) that facilitate manipulation of visual data. As there can be numerous manners in which a user can interact with visualization data, the innovation enables a specialized set of controls to be identified and provided to a user thereby reducing overwhelming effects of a large number of controls.

Dashboard controls to manipulate visual data

The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can construct a map for summarizing analyses with respect to data included in a database. In addition, the architecture can display the map in a special canvas area. Generally, the map is a hub-and-spoke-style map in which a hub is associated with an entity (e.g., a related set of records) included in a database. Likewise, the spokes are typically representative of operations (e.g., filter, join, transform) that act upon the hub/entity from which it extends. The map can aid with open-ended analysis on complex databases by recording and ordering competing hypotheses and can also further collaborative efforts with respect to analysis.

Canvas approach for analytics

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Ahmed K Kamal