Drill-through lens for generating different types of reports
View Patent ↗Provided are techniques for providing drill-through information. User input of locations of one or more target documents and values of parameters for those one or more target documents is received. A user is allowed to move a drill-through lens window across a source document, wherein the drill-through lens window displays a floating, transparent target document. In response to the drill-through lens window floating over the data in the source document, in real time: the data is selected in the source document, the selected data is identified as a parameter for a target document, the parameter is used to obtain further details from the target document, and the drill-through lens window is displayed showing the further details.
1. A method for providing drill-through information, comprising:
defining multiple types of reports, wherein each of the multiple types of reports is represented by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes a parameter;
in response to receiving selection of a first type of report among the multiple types of reports using a report selector that is part of a drill-through lens window and receiving an indication that the drill-through lens window is floating over first data in a source document, in real time:
generating a first target report using the first data as a first value of the parameter in the URL representing the first type of report to obtain drill-through data for the first data and the first type of report from a first target document; and
displaying the first target report in the drill-through lens window as transparent and as floating over the source document; and
in response to receiving selection of a second type of report among the multiple types of reports using the report selector and receiving an indication that the drill-through lens window is floating over the first data in the source document, in real time:
generating a second target report using the first data as a second value of the parameter in the URL representing the second type of report to obtain drill-through data for the first data and the second type of report from a second target document; and
displaying the second target report in the drill-through lens window as transparent and as floating over the source document.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a location of the first target document comprises a URL and further comprising:
using the URL to generate the first target report.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the drill-through lens window without leaving a current view of the source document and without changing a layout of the source document.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing pre-configured drill-through lens windows.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing a report selector combo box as the report selector for selecting the type of report to be displayed in the drill-through lens window.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying the drill-through lens window with an associated graphic, wherein the associated graphic is used to select the first data.
7. A system for providing drill-through information, comprising:
a processor; and
storage coupled to the processor, wherein the storage stores a computer program, and wherein the computer program is executed by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
defining multiple types of reports, wherein each of the multiple types of reports is represented by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes a parameter;
in response to receiving selection of a first type of report among the multiple types of reports using a report selector that is part of a drill-through lens window and receiving an indication that the drill-through lens window is floating over first data in a source document, in real time:
generating a first target report using the first data as a first value of the parameter in the URL representing the first type of report to obtain drill-through data for the first data and the first type of report from a first target document; and
displaying the first target report in the drill-through lens window as transparent and as floating over the source document; and
in response to receiving selection of a second type of report among the multiple types of reports using the report selector and receiving an indication that the drill-through lens window is floating over the first data in the source document, in real time:
generating a second target report using the first data as a second value of the parameter in the URL representing the second type of report to obtain drill-through data for the first data and the second type of report from a second target document; and
displaying the second target report in the drill-through lens window as transparent and as floating over the source document.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein a location of the first target document comprises a URL, and wherein the operations further comprise:
using the URL to generate the first target report.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
displaying the drill-through lens window without leaving a current view of the source document and without changing a layout of the source document.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing pre-configured drill-through lens windows.
11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
providing a report selector combo box as the report selector for selecting the type of report to be displayed in the drill-through lens window.
12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the operations further comprise:
displaying the drill-through lens window with an associated graphic, wherein the associated graphic is used to select the first data.
13. A computer program product for providing drill-through information, the computer program product comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable program code, when executed by a processor of a computer, is configured to perform:
defining multiple types of reports, wherein each of the multiple types of reports is represented by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes a parameter;
in response to receiving selection of a first type of report among the multiple types of reports using a report selector that is part of a drill-through lens window and receiving an indication that the drill-through lens window is floating over first data in a source document, in real time:
generating a first target report using the first data as a first value of the parameter in the URL representing the first type of report to obtain drill-through data for the first data and the first type of report from a first target document; and
displaying the first target report in the drill-through lens window as transparent and as floating over the source document; and
in response to receiving selection of a second type of report among the multiple types of reports using the report selector and receiving an indication that the drill-through lens window is floating over the first data in the source document, in real time:
generating a second target report using the first data as a second value of the parameter in the URL representing the second type of report to obtain drill-through data for the first data and the second type of report from a second target document; and
displaying the second target report in the drill-through lens window as transparent and as floating over the source document.
14. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein a location of the first target document comprises a URL, and wherein the computer readable program code, when executed by the processor of the computer, is configured to perform:
using the URL to generate the first target report.
15. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable program code, when executed by the processor of the computer, is configured to perform:
displaying the drill-through lens window without leaving a current view of the source document and without changing a layout of the source document.
16. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable program code, when executed by the processor of the computer, is configured to perform:
providing pre-configured drill-through lens windows.
17. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable program code, when executed by the processor of the computer, is configured to perform:
providing a report selector combo box as the report selector for selecting the type of report to be displayed in the drill-through lens window.
18. The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the computer readable program code, when executed by the processor of the computer, is configured to perform:
displaying the drill-through lens window with an associated graphic, wherein the associated graphic is used to select the first data.