Abstract:
The present technology may provide data visualization with the capability to interactively select the orientation of one or more axis used to display data. Data to be visualized is accessed by a data visualization application. The data may be structured or unstructured, filtered and analyzed. The accessed data may be displayed through an interface of the visualization application for a user. The coordinate system for displaying the data may also be displayed. A user may orient an axis of the coordinate system by providing input within a graphics portion of an interface rather than navigating to a control button or other portion of the interface provided by the visualization application. The input may be associated with a particular axis. For example, to move a particular axis from its current position to a vertical position, the axis may be selected within the graphical portion of the interface using a cursor.
Abstract:
A data visualization technique is provided with the capability of manipulating bins of data through an interactive graphical presentation of displayed data. When a histogram is generated from stored data, a user may interact directly with the histogram columns to change columns position, width and height. A user, for example, may click and drag a particular side of a bin to change the lower or upper limit of the bin, click and drag the top of a bin to change the size/height of the bin (i.e., number of data points/elements within the bin), or click and drag the center of the bin to move or reposition the bin. The techniques may be applied to other graphical representations of data as well, such as splat graphical displays of data.
Abstract:
Data visualization is provided with the capability to substitute elements for groups of clustered data in a graphical interface. When large numbers of data points are to be displayed in an interface, one or more groupings of data existing close together in coordinate space may be identified within the data. Once the groupings are identified and created, an element representing each grouping may be displayed in the visualization interface along with data points not associated with a grouping. A user may select a grouping to see additional information about the grouping, such as a zoomed-in view of the data points making up the grouping. Similarly, a user may select a portion of the data points that make up a grouping to display the element and zoom out for a broader view of the data.
Abstract:
Data visualization that interactively rotates data about a particular axis or translates data in a particular plane based on input received outside the axis space. Data to be visualized is accessed by a data visualization application. The data may be structured or unstructured, filtered and analyzed. The accessed data may be displayed through an interface of the visualization application for a user. The coordinate system for displaying the data may also be displayed. A user may rotate data about a particular axis of the coordinate system or translate data in a particular plane by providing a continuous input within a graphics portion of an interface. The input may be associated with a virtual track ball.
Abstract:
Data visualization is provided with the capability to interactively rotate data about a particular co-ordinate axis or other axis. Data to be visualized is accessed by a data visualization application. The accessed data may be displayed through an interface of the visualization application for a user. A user may rotate data about a particular axis of the coordinate system by providing a continuous input within a graphics portion of an interface. The input may be associated with the particular axis. The data displayed in the interface will rotate about the coordinate axis as the user drags the cursor.
Abstract:
A system provides data visualization with the capability of combining parallel coordinates and histograms. Parallel coordinates typically display lines between two or more vertical lines representing a coordinate element. In addition to displaying lines between coordinate element axes, histograms are provided at each element line to indicate the instances of data associated with line values. To create parallel coordinates with histograms, bin values may be determined for the parallel coordinates. Data is then accessed, and a particular bin value is incremented for each data point that falls within the bin. The parallel coordinates are then displayed with the histograms indicating a quantity of data associated with each coordinate value.