Patent ID: 8723870

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program to configure objects in a distributed system, the program executable by a processor, comprising: associating a data set with a first object for graphical visualization; storing a first list of options corresponding to the first object; replacing the first object with a second object for graphical visualization; copying at least one of the options from the first list of options corresponding to the first object to a second list of options corresponding to the second object wherein the copying further comprises: copying the at least one of the options from the first list of options to the second list of options based on a first set of rules; copying the at least one of the options from the first list of options to the second list of options based on a second set of rules, wherein the first set of rules define a list of options available for transfer, and the second set of rules defines a list of options and object pairs not available for transfer; and generating a graphical visualization of the data set based on the second object corresponding to the second list of options.