Patent ID: 11880378
Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A computer system, comprising:
a display generation component;
one or more input devices;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying a graphical user interface on the display, including (a) a schema region displaying a plurality of data field icons, each data field icon representing a respective data field from a user-selected data source, and (b) a canvas region;
receiving a first user input to select a first data field icon from the schema region and to place the first data field icon onto the canvas region; and
in response to receiving the first user input:
displaying a block card on the canvas region, the block card including a plurality of user interface affordances to designate (i) a layout type that specifies a row-based arrangement, a column-based arrangement, or an inline arrangement, (ii) a mark type that specifies a shape for visual data marks, and (iii) one or more visual encodings that specify one or more of color, size, shape, text, x-axis, y-axis, ascending sort, descending sort, or level of detail, according to data values for a first data field represented by the first data field icon; and
generating and displaying a data visualization for the data source according to the layout type, the mark type, and the visual encodings specified on the block card.