Patent ID: 8301993
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, with an information processing system, for graphically representing data in a spreadsheet, the method comprising: displaying a set of tabular data visually arranged at least in rows and columns; receiving a user selection of a first dimension of data in a series, wherein the first dimension of data is visually included in a first column in the set of tabular data; receiving a user selection of a second dimension of data in the series, wherein the second dimension of data is visually included in a second column in the set of tabular data; receiving a user selection of at least one series identifier, wherein the at least one series identifier is visually included in a third column in the set of tabular data, and wherein the at least one series identifier is separate and distinct from a set of data under the third column; automatically finding, without manual intervention and in response to receiving the user selection of the at least one series identifier, a plurality of distinct sets of data entries within the third column, wherein each distinct set of data entries in the plurality of distinct sets identifies a separate data series in the tabular data comprising a plurality of entries within the first column and a plurality of entries in the second column, wherein each distinct set of data entries in the plurality of distinct sets of data entries is free from association with a separate data series identifier; and automatically creating, without manual intervention, a graphical representation of the user selected tabular data based on wherein for each separate data series, the graphical representation includes a data point at an intersection of the first dimension of data and the second dimension of data, data values of the first dimension of data and the second dimension of data being found at respective first and second intersections of a row in the visually arranged tabular data intersecting with the first column and the second column, and further wherein the selected series identifier is found at the intersection of the row and the third column.