Patent ID: 8935276
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for handling a data analysis, comprising: an editing device which adds user-specified one of a plurality of operation units to a user-specified layer in a data analysis in response to a user operation, each of the operation units performing a predetermined processing on an associated data source, wherein the editing device is further configured to delete a user specified operation unit or a user—specified layer from the data analysis in response to a user operation; a connecting device which connects at least one user-specified operation unit in the data analysis to an analysis path in response to a user operation wherein the connecting device is further configured to delete the connection from the deleted operation unit to the analysis path in the case that the user specified operation unit is deleted by the editing device located on the analysis path, and wherein the connecting device is further configured to delete the connection from an operation unit in the deleted layer to the analysis path in case the operation unit in the user—specified layer deleted by the editing device is connected on the analysis path; a converting device which, in response to a user operation, converts operation units connected in layers where the operation units connected on the analysis path are located into instructions which can be understood by an analysis execution engine of the data analysis system in order of the layers; and a user interface which receives the user operations and displays the data analysis by representing layers in the data analysis, operation units in the layers and connections on the analysis path in a visual manner, wherein the user interface is further configured to represent a change imposed by the editing device and the connecting device on the data analysis in a visual manner and further configured to represent an active analysis path in the data analysis in a visually distinguishable manner.