IDE Interface for Persistent Query Visualization History
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Solution Overview
Problem
Modern data centers face challenges in processing and visualizing large volumes of machine-generated data due to its unstructured nature, leading to difficulties in indexing and searching, and existing solutions often provide outdated or incomplete query results as data sets evolve over time.
Innovation Solution
An interactive development environment (IDE) interface that provides a persistent, integrated display for historical visualization of queries and query results, allowing real-time updates and dynamic referencing to maintain accurate data exploration, using a late binding schema for data processing and visualization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If queries are processed and visualized individually in virtual dashboards or notebook environments, then each query can be displayed with its results, but the results of previous queries are replaced entirely requiring users to instantiate a new instance to view multiple queries simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple query visualizations into a single persistent display area, allowing users to view results from multiple queries simultaneously without creating new instances. The system merges individual query results into a unified historical visualization that maintains all previous query outputs in chronological order.
Solution Approach 2:
The persistent display area serves multiple functions: it displays individual query results, maintains historical records of all queries, allows comparison across queries, and provides a unified interface for viewing evolving data sets. This single component replaces the need for multiple separate dashboard instances.
2Reliability
If queries are processed individually with static visualizations, then the query results are captured at processing time, but updates to the underlying data set are not reflected making the visualizations outdated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic visualizations that automatically update when the underlying data set changes. Instead of static snapshots, the visualizations continuously reflect current data states while maintaining their position in the historical display. This allows the same visualization to serve both historical and real-time purposes.
Solution Approach 2:
The system establishes a feedback mechanism where changes in the underlying data set are detected and automatically propagated to the visualizations. When data updates occur, the visualizations receive feedback signals and refresh themselves to display the latest information, ensuring continuous data accuracy without user intervention.
3Loss of information
If a persistent integrated display shows the entire history of queries and results, then users can view chronological exploration history, but the display area becomes too large to fit on a single screen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces temporal dimensionality to the display by organizing queries and results chronologically in a scrollable or paginated format. Instead of expanding horizontally or vertically beyond screen limits, the historical data is arranged along a time axis, allowing users to navigate through history while maintaining a compact on-screen footprint.
Solution Approach 2:
The persistent display area is segmented into discrete query blocks or time-based sections. Each query and its results are contained in separate manageable units that can be individually sized and positioned. This segmentation allows the overall history to extend beyond the immediate view while keeping each visible portion compact and screen-friendly.
4Productivity
If visualizations are updated in real-time with dynamically changing values, then current data can be viewed without resubmitting queries, but the system complexity increases with dynamic pointers and mapping registries
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a simplified copy or representation of the dynamic pointer system within the persistent display context. Instead of implementing a full-featured dynamic pointer infrastructure, the system uses lightweight references or placeholders that automatically resolve to current data values, achieving real-time updates with reduced architectural complexity.
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AI summary
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an interactive development environment (IDE) interface that provides historical visualization of queries and query result information iteratively and intuitively. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a process is provided to generate visualizations of queries and processed query result information in a single, persistent, integrated display. Each query and resultant search data information is presented iteratively in chronological order, and maintain a persistent, viewable history of a search data exploration session.