Tableau Software, Inc.

David Pace

Thomas Nhan

Jeffrey Mark Booth, Jr

Jun Ho Kim

Justin Talbot

Daniel Cory

Christian Gabriel Eubank

Elaine Weatherfield Sulc

Susan Denise Doan

Amy Nicole Forstrom

Mathew Henry Luebbert

Iain Clifford Heath

Minkyeong Kim

Nicolas Ratigan Borden

A computer system displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface. In response to detecting a user input that selects a subset of visual data marks from the data visualization, the computer system displays a summary of the selected subset of visual data marks in a summary tab of a view data window. When the computer system determines that the selected subset of visual marks (1) corresponds to a plurality of data fields and (2) references a row-level calculation that uses logical fields from at least two logical tables of a plurality of logical tables of a data model, the computer system (i) generates a representation of the row-level calculation and (ii) displays the representation of the row-level calculation as a first tab in the view data window, distinct from the summary tab.

System and method for visually analyzing row-level calculations for data visualizations across multiple data tables including displaying separate tabs for the row-level calculations and visual data marks summary

A computing device generates and displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface. The data visualization includes a plurality of visual data marks representing data from a data source. The computing device detects a first user input to select a visual data mark of the plurality of visual data marks. In response to detecting the first user input, the computing device identifies a first aggregated data value, for the visual data mark, corresponding to a first data field in the data source. The computing device retrieves a first disaggregated set of data rows corresponding to the first aggregated data value, from a first table, in the data source, containing the first data field. The computing device displays, in the data visualization user interface, a plurality of data rows from the first disaggregated set of data rows.

Using an object model to view data associated with data marks in a data visualization

A user selects a data source, and a computer displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface according to the data source. The data visualization includes visual data marks representing data from the data source. The user selects a subset of the visual data marks. In response, the computer displays a view data window having a summary of the selected data marks. The computer obtains a data model encoding the data source as a tree of logical tables. The computer identifies aggregate measures corresponding to the selected data marks, where each aggregate measure is aggregated from logical tables of the data model. The computer displays each aggregate measure in the view data window. The computer also displays, in the view data window, one or more level of detail calculations referenced in the selected subset of visual data marks.

Methods and user interfaces for visually analyzing data visualizations with row-level calculations

A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user selection of a data source and displaying an interface that includes a schema region and a plurality of shelf regions. Each data field in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source. In a first display mode, each data field is displayed as associated with a respective system-defined object. In a second display mode, each data field is displayed in a respective user-defined folder. The method also includes displaying a data visualization according to a user placement of first and second data fields into the first and second shelf regions.

Analyzing data using data fields from multiple objects in an object model

A computer generates and displays a data visualization in a data visualization user interface according to placement of data fields, from a data source. The data visualization includes visual data marks representing data from the data source. The computer detects a user input to select a visual data mark. In response to detecting the user input, the computer obtains a data model encoding the data source as a tree of logical tables. The computer identifies one or more aggregated data values for the visual data mark, each of the aggregated data values corresponding to a respective data field in the data model. For each of the aggregated data values, the computer retrieves a respective disaggregated set of data rows from a respective logical table containing the respective data field. The computer displays a summary grid, with a respective tab corresponding to each of the retrieved disaggregated sets of data rows.

A method for analyzing data from data sources includes receiving user selection of a data source and displaying an interface that includes a schema region and a plurality of shelf regions. Each data field in the schema region is associated with a respective system-defined object from the data source. In a first display mode, each data field is displayed as associated with a respective system-defined object. The method also includes receiving, in the first display mode, user placement of a first data field into a first shelf region. In a second display mode, each data field is displayed in a respective user-defined folder. The user-defined folders are distinct from the system-defined objects. The method also includes generating a data visualization according to the user placement of the first and second data fields into the first and second shelf regions.

A computer-implemented method of visualizing a dataset is implemented on a computer having memory, one or more processors, and a display. The method includes: rendering multiple objects on the display in a tiled manner, wherein each object is a visualization of a respective set of fields of the dataset and there is no overlap between the objects; in response to detecting a first user instruction, switching the rendition of at least one of the objects from the tiled manner to a floating manner; in response to detecting a second user instruction, moving a first object to a location on top of a second object, wherein the location is determined by the second user instruction such that at least a portion of the second object is covered by the first object; and in response to detecting a third user instruction, updating both the first object and the second object.

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