Patent ID: 8612887
Filing Date: 2013-12-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of aligning tables comprising: determining, using a microprocessor, correspondence among i) groups in a first version of one or more groups of related tables and ii) groups in a second version of one or more groups of related tables, wherein the tables have schema and table names and the determining correspondence among groups in the first and second versions includes: matching groups that have matching tables, wherein the matching tables have matching schema and table names; displaying a user interface on a display device, wherein the displaying includes displaying first and second portions of the user interface; displaying a group name list for the one or more groups of the first version in the first user interface portion; displaying a group name list for the one or more groups of the second version in the second user interface portion; displaying a table name list of one or more tables within each respectively displayed group, wherein within each group of the first version, the one or more table names are in visual alignment with respective corresponding one or more table names of the respective corresponding group of the second version; identifying as an added table, using the microprocessor, each table in the second version that does not have a corresponding table in the first version; and for each added table in the second version, inserting padding in the table name list in the corresponding group of the first version opposite the listed name of the added table in the second version, so that each added table listed within its group of the second version is displayed in visual alignment with padding in the corresponding group of the first version.