Virtual widget container

1. A system comprising:

a memory storing processor-executable process steps; and

a processor to execute the processor-executable process steps to:

receive a request to render an interactive data visualization including one or more widgets, the widgets being defined by metadata information comprising one or more dimensions, measures and filters;

based on the metadata information defining the widgets, build all queries required by the interactive data visualization on a background thread;

receive a query response associated with each of the queries built on the background thread;

build, on the background thread, a final response result set including all of the query responses to all of the queries required by the interactive data visualization; and

render, on a main thread, the interactive data visualization based on the final response result set.

2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization comprises:

loading only rendering layers of a rendering object having multiple layers; and

rendering the interactive data visualization using only the rendering layers.

3. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization comprises:

rendering the interactive data visualization natively.

4. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization on the main thread does not comprise building a query associated with the interactive data visualization.

5. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor further executes the processor-executable process steps to:

receive a user command to retrieve a story;

request the story from a remote server in response to the user command; and

in response to the request, receive a story definition comprising the metadata information of the one or more widgets of the interactive data visualization and second metadata information of a second one or more widgets of a second interactive data visualization.

6. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the reception of the request, the building of the queries, and the building of the final response are executed by an environment capable of execution on the background thread.

7. A system according to claim 6 , wherein the environment does not include any user interface dependencies.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a request to render an interactive data visualization including one or more widgets, the widgets being defined by metadata information comprising one or more dimensions, measures and filters;

based on the metadata information defining the widgets, building all queries required by the interactive data visualization on a background thread;

receiving a query response associated with each of the built on the background thread;

building, on the background thread, a final response result set including all of the received query responses to all of the queries required by the interactive data visualization; and

rendering, on a main thread, the interactive data visualization based on the final response result set.

9. A computer-implemented method according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization comprises:

loading only rendering layers of a rendering object having multiple layers; and

rendering the interactive data visualization using only the loaded rendering layers.

10. A computer-implemented method according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization comprises:

rendering the interactive data visualization natively.

11. A computer-implemented method according to claim 8 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization on the main thread does not comprise building a query associated with the interactive data visualization.

12. A computer-implemented method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving a user command to retrieve a story;

requesting the story from a remote server in response to the user command; and

in response to the request, receiving a story definition comprising metadata information of the one or more widgets of the interactive data visualization and second metadata information of a second one or more widgets of a second interactive data visualization.

13. A computer-implemented method according to claim 8 , wherein the reception of the request, the building of the queries, and the building of the final response are executed by an environment capable of execution on the background thread.

14. A computer-implemented method according to claim 13 , wherein the environment does not include any user interface dependencies.

15. A system comprising:

executable code of a virtual widget environment, the virtual widget environment to:

receive a request to render an interactive data visualization including one or more widgets, the widgets being defined by metadata information comprising one or more dimensions, measures and filters;

build all queries required by the interactive data visualization on a background thread based on the metadata information defining the widgets;

receive a query response associated with each of the queries built on the background thread; and

build, on the background thread, a final response result set including all of the received query responses to all of the queries required by the interactive data visualization; and

executable code of a widget rendering component, the widget rendering component to:

render, on a main thread, the interactive data visualization based on the final response result set.

16. A system according to claim 15 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization comprises:

loading only rendering layers of a rendering object having multiple layers; and

rendering the interactive data visualization using only the loaded rendering layers.

17. A system according to claim 15 , wherein the rendering of the interactive data visualization on the main thread does not comprise building a query associated with the interactive data visualization.

18. A system according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a user interface component to:

receive a user command to retrieve a story;

request the story from a remote server in response to the user command; and

in response to the request, receive a story definition comprising metadata information of the one or more widgets of the interactive data visualization and second metadata information of a second one or more widgets of a second interactive data visualization.

19. A system according to claim 15 , wherein the virtual widget environment does not include any user interface dependencies.