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

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the block card is a first block card, and the method further comprises:
receiving a second user input selecting a second data field icon from the schema region;
in response to receiving the second user input:
displaying drop targets on the first block card, each drop target on the first block card specifying a respective visual encoding that may be selected for association with the second data field icon; and
displaying drop targets adjacent to the first block card, each adjacent drop target specifying a distinct option to create a child block card or parent block card related to the block card; and

in response to user placement of the second data field icon onto (i) one of the drop targets for the first block card or (ii) one of the adjacent drop targets, generating and displaying an updated data visualization, wherein layout type, mark type, and visual encodings are determined according to the user placement of the second data field icon.