Patent ID: 8576218

Claim:
A computer-implemented data viewing system, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory comprising and computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: retrieve at least a portion of data in a database, generate a grid based upon the at least a portion of the data, send the grid for display, accept a request to display at least a portion of the data in the grid in a graphical format, send a data page with the grid data and with a placeholder for a graphical format, determine graphical formats available to display the grid data, send a listing of the available graphical formats, accept a designation of an available graphical format, accept a designation of grid data to be represented in the designated graphical format, retrieve data from the database corresponding to the designated grid data, generate a graphical representation of the retrieved data in the designated graphical format, and send the graphical representation to replace the placeholder in the data page.