Patent ID: 8214379
Filing Date: 2012-07-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. At a computer system including one or more processors and system memory, a method for configuring a composite data view, the method comprising: an act of detecting that a first data view and a second data view are to be combined in a composite data view, the first data view being configured to present first data elements from a database based on a first database query, the second data view being configured to present further data elements related to a selected data element of the first data elements, which is selected by a user from the first view, based on a second database query that uses a particular value that identifies the selected data element, such that the second data view depends from data in the first data view; in response to detecting that the first data view and the second data view are to be combined in the composite data view, an act of creating a configuration for the composite data view, including: an act of a processor automatically configuring a user-interface control to update the selection variable with the particular value, when received; and an act of the processor automatically re-writing the second database query to re-direct the second database query to use the particular value in the selection variable as the source location for the second database query; and an act of instantiating the created configuration to present the composite data view at a display device.