Patent ID: 9183561
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method to be executed in a computing device to generate a trend chart to perform trend analysis on a selected dataset, the method comprising: detecting selected cells in a data representation; identifying the selected cells as active cells, wherein the selected active cells include a time period gap in response to a user selection of a noncontiguous time period in the data representation; filling the time period gap with data associated with the active cells; identifying metadata in a data source associated with the active cells without one or more from a set of: an input from a user and a configuration action from the user; identifying a time hierarchy associated with the active cells from the data source; identifying one or more data attributes included in the data source associated with the active cells; determining a time hierarchy level based on a number of data points of the one or more data attributes to generate trend lines, wherein the time hierarchy level includes at least three data points; generating the trend chart displaying the trend lines for the one or more data attributes in the selected active cells over an analogous time period based on the identified metadata and the time hierarchy, wherein a first trend line includes a category data set from the selected active cells and a second trend line includes a subcategory data set from the selected active cells; and enabling the user to select the active cells associated with a dimension in the data source.