Patent ID: 8364724

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for visualizing a multidimensional dataset having a plurality of dimensions and measures, wherein one of the dimensions includes a first dimension level and a second dimension level, comprising: at a computer having one or more processors and memory storing programs executed by the one or more processors: displaying a graphical user interface window that includes a schema display region and a data visualization region that is distinct from the schema display region, wherein: the schema display region includes a display of metadata for the plurality of dimensions and measures, the metadata identifying the first dimension level and the second dimension level, and the data visualization region includes a first axis shelf, a second axis shelf, and a visual table; detecting user requests to associate the metadata identifying the first dimension level in the schema display region with the first axis shelf and associate the metadata identifying the second dimension level in the schema display region with the second axis shelf; in response to the user requests, generating one or more panes in the visual table, each pane having a first axis corresponding to the first dimension level associated with the first axis shelf and a second axis corresponding to the second dimension level associated with the second axis shelf, wherein the first and second axes have different directions; and populating each pane in the visual table with one or more displayed marks, wherein each displayed mark corresponds to a respective tuple in the multidimensional dataset and the displayed mark is positioned along the first axis in accordance with a first field of the tuple that is associated with the first dimension level and along the second axis in accordance with a second field of the tuple that is associated with the second dimension level.