Patent ID: 11874877
Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of using natural language for visual analysis of a dataset, comprising:
at a computer having a display, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors:
displaying, in a graphical user interface, a first data visualization based on a dataset retrieved from a database;
receiving a first natural language command related to the displayed first data visualization;
extracting a first keyword from the first natural language command;
in accordance with a determination that a relatedness metric between the first keyword and a first data field of the dataset exceeds a predetermined threshold:
determining an initial parameter value for the first keyword based on the displayed first data visualization and data values of the first data field; and
generating and displaying, in the graphical user interface:
(i) an editable user interface control showing an initial range of data values for the first data field based on the determined initial parameter value for the first keyword; and
(ii) a second data visualization responsive to the first natural language command.