Patent ID: 11868343
Assignee: TABLEAU SOFTWARE, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 17:
18. A computer system for utilizing data discovery to support visual analysis of datasets, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory;
wherein the memory stores one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors, and the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
receiving user selection of a data source;
presenting a natural language interface for analysis of data in the selected data source;
receiving user input to specify an incomplete natural language command directed to the data source;
correlating one or more words in the incomplete natural language command with a data field in the selected data source;
determining a data type of the data field and a range of data values in the data source for the data field;
in accordance with the data type and the range of data values, presenting one or more autocompletion options for the incomplete natural language command, including displaying one or more widgets that show data previews, wherein each option includes respective text and a respective corresponding visual graphic; and
in response to user selection of an option of the one or more autocompletion options, forming a complete natural language command and displaying a data visualization according to the complete natural language command.