Patent ID: 8825649

Claim:
A method executed at least in part in a computing device for providing default layout elements in data visualization, the method comprising: receiving a user connection indication; automatically retrieving user and usage information associated with the connecting user, the user information including an inferred relationship between the connecting user and at least one similar user by submitting an identifier as a token associated with the user within a context of the user's organization to a data source; determining relevant layout elements based on the user and usage information, wherein the layout elements include at least one from a set of: a row definition, a column definition, a filter definition, a measure definition, and a formatting element definition; binding the relevant layout elements to associated controls in a data visualization user interface by executing a visualization query against the data source and returning results of the visualization query to a visualization application for visualization of the relevant layout elements; and presenting the data visualization user interface employing the bound relevant layout elements.