公开(公告)号：CA2194025A1

公开(公告)日：1998-06-24

申请号：CA2194025

申请日：1996-12-24

Applicant: IBM CANADA

Inventor： EISEN PAUL STEVEN ,  KNIGHT CHRISTINE NANCY

IPC: G06F3/14

Abstract: A user interface tool that permits users to configure categories for identifying , through display, attributes of stored data. A blank scale is provided to which the user can assign the units and ranges of measure. The user can then assign a visible coding, such as colour , to each range. The visible coding is then applied to the iconic representations of the stored d ata files as they fall into each of the identified ranges, so that the user can see which data files fa ll within which range of the scale. The scale is individually configurable by each user, so that a sub sequent user can configure and display the category information according to different units and ranges.