Patent ID: 7849396

Claim:
A computer implemented method for displaying a plurality of different metric values, the computer implemented method comprising: executing on a processor residing on an information processing system the following: forming a plurality of cells within a two-dimensional array having a horizontal dimension and a vertical dimension; and generating, within the plurality of cells, an indication of mutual importance for a first set of metric values associated with a first entity and a second set of metric values associated with a second entity, wherein the first set of metric values comprises a first set of attributes and represents a set of goals associated with the first entity, and where the second set of metric values comprises a second set of attributes and represents a set of goals associated with the second entity, wherein the horizontal dimension is associated with the first set of metric values and wherein the vertical dimension is associated with the second set of metric values, wherein the indication of mutual importance indicates a relationship between at least one goal of the first entity and at least one goal of the second entity, wherein a set of differences is calculated between each corresponding attribute in the first set of attributes and the second set of attributes, and wherein this set of differences is summed to arrive at a numerical value indicating the mutual importance of the first set of metric values and the second set of metric values.