Patent ID: 8972421
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a computing system having a processor, a dashboard component that summarizes a set of records, each record having a plurality of fields; receiving, by the computing system, a filter specifying a field, and a filter option; applying, by the computing system, the filter to the dashboard component by examining the fields of the set of records to identify a field that matches the specified field; selecting automatically by the computing system, based on a set of rules, a field, different from the specified field, as a default field to filter when the set of records does not include a field that matches the specified field, wherein selecting the default field comprises: comparing, by the computing system, values from the default field using the specified filter option; and generating, by the computing system, based on the comparison, a subset of records from the set of records for the dashboard component to summarize.