Multidata Display Element for Large Dataset Visualization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional data reporting systems are inefficient and user-unfriendly, requiring extensive interactions to navigate and visualize large datasets, leading to inaccurate conclusions and incorrect decisions due to overwhelming parameter options, time-consuming report generation, and inadequate presentation of insights.

Innovation Solution

A report management system that provides a graphical user interface with a multidata display element for simultaneous visualization of multiple data types, dynamically updating to show changes over time, and allowing users to interact with a hierarchy of sub-multidata display elements for granular insights with minimal interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional report builder interfaces provide numerous parameter options for comprehensive data analysis, then the system can generate detailed reports, but the user interaction time and interface complexity increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvereport customization capabilityVSAvoidreport generation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-generates multiple reports with different parameter configurations before the user needs them. When a user requests data visualization, the system can immediately display pre-computed reports without requiring the user to define parameters and wait for generation, thus resolving the contradiction between comprehensive report customization and rapid report delivery.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts the report generation process based on user behavior and preferences. By monitoring user interactions with pre-generated reports, the system learns which parameter combinations are most valuable to each user and prioritizes generating those reports first, enabling fast delivery of customized reports without requiring users to manually configure numerous parameters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Measurement precision

If conventional systems process large datasets to generate comprehensive reports, then accurate insights can be obtained, but processing time and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata analysis accuracyVSAvoiddata processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data processing and analysis before users request reports. Large datasets are pre-processed, aggregated, and transformed into intermediate results that can be quickly combined to generate final reports. This allows the system to maintain high data analysis accuracy while dramatically reducing the time required to generate reports when users request them.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Adaptability or versatility

If conventional report interfaces require multiple navigation steps to access different data views, then comprehensive data exploration is possible, but user ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata exploration capabilityVSAvoidinterface navigation simplicity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple data views and report types into a single unified interface. Instead of requiring users to navigate through separate pages and interfaces to access different data perspectives, the system consolidates tabular data, visualizations, and analytical insights into one integrated view that can be explored through simple interactions, thus maintaining comprehensive data exploration capability while dramatically improving ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Measurement precision

If conventional systems generate multiple reports to visualize data connections, then thorough analysis is achieved, but system productivity decreases due to repeated processing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata insight completenessVSAvoidreport generation efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system pre-computes and stores intermediate analytical results and data connections that would otherwise require repeated processing. When users request multiple reports to analyze different aspects of the same dataset, the system leverages these pre-computed intermediates to generate each report efficiently without re-processing the entire large dataset, thereby maintaining thorough analysis completeness while significantly improving report generation efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS11675850B2Providing efficient graphical user interfaces for visualizing large datasets

Publication Date: 2023.06.13 QUALTRICS LLC

AI summary

The present disclosure relates to systems, non-transitory computer-readable media, and methods for efficiently providing a graphical user interface for visualizing large amounts of data on a single interface. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems utilize topic hierarchies and multidata display elements to intuitively present many types of data for many topics on a single interface. The system also uses an activatable timeline to visualize changes to large amounts of data over time.