Patent ID: 6707454
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
A method for visually analyzing data of a multi-dimensional data structure having a plurality of dimensions and at least one measure, comprising:generating at least one perspective, each perspective having a dimensional view portion and a multi-dimensional view portion, the dimensional view portion having at least one dimensional view, each dimensional view displaying one of the at least one measure against one of the plurality of dimensions, the multi-dimensional view portion having a multi-dimensional view displaying data items of the multi-dimensional data structure corresponding to at least one of the at least one measure and at least two of the plurality of dimensions; displaying one of the at least one generated perspective; displaying a multi-dimensional analysis toolbar, wherein the toolbar comprises: a replace selection mode button that causes a new selection data set to replace the previous selection data set; an intersect selection mode button that combines the previous and current data sets to form a new, intersecting, data set; and an add selection mode button that extends the previous selection data set by forming a new effective selection set as a union with the previous selection data set and the new selection data set; selecting a portion of the data being displayed by selecting a portion of one of the multi-dimensional view and the at least one dimensional view of the displayed perspective; and altering, using the multi-dimensional analysis toolbar, the selected portion of the data being displayed.