Patent ID: 8935301
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for changing data context in a business analytics report, the method comprising: providing a business analytics report, the business analytics report comprising data and current metadata categories describing the data; selecting a current metadata category in the business analytics report that comprises the data and the current metadata categories describing the data, wherein the current metadata category is associated with a first metadata hierarchy, and the first metadata hierarchy is a first portion of a second metadata hierarchy; responsive to determining that the second metadata hierarchy does not fit completely within a screen that is operatively coupled to a computing device, displaying the first metadata hierarchy as superimposed over at least a portion of the data in the business analytics report, the first metadata hierarchy comprising the current metadata category and related metadata categories arranged in a tree-like structure, wherein the first metadata hierarchy is overlaid on at least the portion of the data in the business analytics report without the first metadata hierarchy overlapping the current metadata categories describing the data; selecting a related metadata category from the first metadata hierarchy to apply to the business analytics report; automatically updating the business analytics report with data associated with the related metadata category; responsive to receiving a first indication of user input, displaying a second portion of the second metadata hierarchy and the first metadata hierarchy included within the second metadata hierarchy; and responsive to receiving a second indication of user input, displaying, by the computing device, the second metadata hierarchy without the second portion of the second metadata hierarchy that is different than the first metadata hierarchy.