Patent ID: 8316318
Filing Date: 2012-11-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of displaying data in an enterprise application for a user, the method comprising: accessing a database comprising information about a plurality of product lots, the information organized in a plurality of sets of lot entities, each set of lot entities comprising data about a particular product lot, each lot entity comprising a plurality of data fields generating a plurality of named calculations, each of the named calculations defining a configured column for use in a display grid and, wherein generating each of the plurality of named calculations comprises: receiving first input from a web browser regarding a first display grid format; defining the first display grid format, based at least in part on the first input, the first display grid format comprising a first ordering of a first set of columns, the first set of columns comprising a first configured column defined by a first named calculation from the plurality of named calculations; receiving second input from the web browser regarding a second display grid format; defining the second display grid format, based at least in part on the second input, the second display grid format comprising a second ordering of a second set of columns, the second set of columns comprising a second configured column defined by a second named calculation from the plurality of named calculations; receiving third input from the web browser regarding a display grid format path; defining the display grid format path, the display grid format path comprising a list of a plurality of display grid formats, the plurality of display grid formats comprising the first display grid format and the second display grid format, the format path further defining an order in which the plurality of display grid formats are to be listed; displaying, on the web browser for a user, the display grid format path; receiving, from the web browser, a selection of one of the plurality of display grid formats; displaying, on the web browser for the user, a first display grid having the selected display grid format;