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

Claim 14:
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the block card is a first block card, and the method further comprises:
receiving a third user input selecting a third data field icon from the schema region;
in response to receiving the third 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 third 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 third data field icon onto an unoccupied area on the canvas region, outside of any of the displayed drop targets:
generating a third block card, which is independent of other block cards, including the first block card, according to data values for a third data field represented by the third data field icon; and
generating and displaying a second data visualization according to a layout type, a mark type, and visual encodings specified on the third block card, wherein the second data visualization is separate from the first data visualization, and is displayed concurrently with the first data visualization.