Data Discovery Dashboard With Filter Cards for Real-Time Log Analysis

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems require expert knowledge to understand and visualize large data sets in real-time, making it difficult for users to derive actionable insights and perform contextual actions in cloud-based environments.

Innovation Solution

A data discovery dashboard with a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows users to manipulate and visualize large data sets through filter cards and tiles, providing real-time data manipulation and visualization capabilities.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If expert knowledge is required to understand and visualize large data sets, then measurement precision and data analysis capability are improved, but ease of operation and accessibility deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata analysis capabilityVSAvoiduser accessibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an automated data discovery dashboard that acts as an intermediary between users and complex data sets. The system automatically discovers patterns, correlations, and insights from large data sets without requiring users to have expert knowledge. The dashboard translates complex data relationships into visual representations that are easily interpretable by non-experts, thereby maintaining high measurement precision while dramatically improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Measurement precision

If manual configuration of custom lookups is required, then measurement precision and data accuracy are improved, but productivity and time efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidtime efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a self-service data discovery system that automatically performs data analysis, pattern recognition, and insight generation without requiring manual configuration. The system autonomously discovers correlations and relationships in the data, eliminating the need for users to manually create custom lookups while maintaining high data accuracy through automated validation and analysis algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If complex data manipulation is performed manually, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and operational difficulty increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata manipulation accuracyVSAvoidinterface complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical data manipulation operations with automated computational processes. The system uses algorithms and automated processing to perform data manipulation tasks that would otherwise require complex manual configuration and interpretation. This substitution maintains high measurement precision while dramatically reducing the complexity of the user interface and operational difficulty.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS12563099B2Data discovery dashboard for real-time data manipulation and visualization
Publication Date: 2026.02.24 ZSCALER INC
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AI summary

Systems and methods for visualization monitoring data from a cloud-based system include obtaining monitoring data from a cloud-based system, wherein the monitoring data is based on transactions associated with a plurality of users of a cloud environment; providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) comprising a plurality of columns wherein each column comprises a plurality of filter cards; obtaining a plurality of filter card selections as inputs from the GUI; and displaying log data based on the plurality of filter card selections. The monitoring data can be for one or more of cloud security service transactions, application access via a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) service, user experience metrics, and files accessed via the cloud environment.