Patent ID: 9558169
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a selection of a column from columns of a table to change a primary grouping of rows from the table based on grouping row entries for the selected column; displaying the table with a changed primary grouping of rows in the table; receiving a call indicating the table with the changed primary grouping of rows and requesting restoring of a column hierarchy order for the table; automatically determining, by a computer, a hierarchy of the table based on analyzing tally counts associated correspondingly with the columns of the table, wherein determining the hierarchy further comprises: reorganizing the table to establish the column hierarchy order by reordering the columns displayed, based on the determined hierarchy of the table; maintaining relative column order within the column hierarchy order when two or more tally counts associated correspondingly with two or more of the columns from the table are equal; and displaying the table as reorganized.