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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2024
Tableau Software, Llc, Seattle, WA (US);
Allison Anne Whilden, Redmond, WA (US);
Dirk Karis, Seattle, WA (US);
Vidya Raghavan Setlur, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Rodion Degtyar, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan D. Que, Seattle, WA (US);
Filippos Lymperopoulos, Seattle, WA (US);
Tableau Software, LLC, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A plurality of interrelated block objects are obtained. Each block object having a respective specification that includes (i) a layout type; (ii) a mark type; (iii) one or more visual encodings; and (iv) one or more data fields of a data source. A respective data field of the one or more data fields is associated with a respective visual encoding of the one or more visual encodings. A respective query generated for each block object of the plurality of block objects is executed to retrieve a respective set of tuples from the data source. Each tuple comprising data values for the respective one or more data fields of the block object. A data visualization is generated in accordance with the respective specifications of the interrelated block objects. Each tuple in each of the respective set of tuples is represented as a visual mark in the data visualization.