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

Claim 0:
1. A method for visual exploration of data, comprising:
at a computer system having one or more processors, a display, and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors:
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.