GUI with axes having directional indicators of the absence of data
A method of displaying a GUI including a multidimensional array of axes includes constructing a multidimensional array of axes, each axis comprising a plurality of entities located therealong, each entity configured to contain data for display on the axis; for a particular axis of the axes of the array, determining an entity first encountered in a first direction along the particular axis which contains data for display on the particular axis; displaying a view of the array of axes, which view comprises at least a portion of the particular axis that precedes the first encountered data-containing entity in the first direction; and, in conjunction with the displaying of the view of the array of axes, providing an indicator of an absence of data for display being contained in each entity of the particular axis preceding the first data-containing entity encountered in the first direction.
1. A client computing device comprising:
a processor;
a display; and
memory that has an application loaded therein, wherein the application, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform acts comprising:
causing display of a spreadsheet at the display of the client computing device by way of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application;
evaluating the spreadsheet being displayed at the client computing device, wherein the spreadsheet comprises a first spreadsheet portion presently being displayed at the display of the client computing device and a second spreadsheet portion not being displayed at the display of the client computing device;
identifying that a cell in a row of the spreadsheet comprises data within the first spreadsheet portion;
identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, where the row comprises first cells to the right of the cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion, and second cells to the right of the cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the first cells that is to the right of the cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the right of the displayed cell in the row fails to comprise data.
2. The client computing device of claim 1 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that a second cell of the spreadsheet comprises data, wherein the second cell is in a column of the spreadsheet;
identifying that all cells below the second cell in the column fail to comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that all cells below the second cell in the column fail to comprise data.
3. The client computing device of claim 1 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that a second cell of the spreadsheet comprises data, wherein the second cell is in a column of the spreadsheet;
identifying that multiple cells below the second cell in the column comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that a third cell below the second cell in the column comprises data.
4. The client computing device of claim 1 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that a second cell of the spreadsheet comprises data, wherein the second cell is in a column of the spreadsheet;
identifying that all cells above the second cell in the column fail to comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that all cells above the second cell in the column fail to comprise data.
5. The client computing device of claim 1 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that all cells to the left of a second cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, wherein the row comprises third cells to the left of the second cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion and fourth cells to the left of the second cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the left of the second cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the third cells that is to the left of the second cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the left of the displayed second cell in the row fails to comprise data.
6. The client computing device of claim 1 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that multiple cells to the left of a second cell in the row comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that a third cell to the left of the second cell in the row comprises data.
7. The client computing device of claim 1 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that multiple cells to the right of a second cell in the row comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that a third cell to the right of the second cell in the row comprises data.
8. The client computing device of claim 1 , wherein the cell in the row has a second indicator therein that indicates that each cell in a second row of the spreadsheet fails to comprise data.
9. The client computing device of claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises:
a symbol;
a color; or
a pattern.
10. A method executed by a client computing device, wherein the client computing device executes an application that is configured to display one or more spreadsheets, the method comprising:
causing display of a spreadsheet at a display of the client computing device by way of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application;
evaluating the spreadsheet being displayed at the client computing device, wherein the spreadsheet comprises a first spreadsheet portion presently being displayed at the display of the client computing device and a second spreadsheet portion not being displayed at the display of the client computing device;
identifying that a cell in a row of the spreadsheet comprises data within the first spreadsheet portion;
identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, where the row comprises first cells to the right of the cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion, and second cells to the right of the cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the first cells that is to the right of the cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the right of the displayed cell in the row fails to comprise data.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
identifying that a second cell of the spreadsheet comprises data, wherein the second cell is in a column of the spreadsheet;
identifying that multiple cells above the second cell in the column comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that a third cell above the second cell in the column comprises data.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the cell is in a column, the method further comprising:
identifying that all cells below the cell in the column fail to comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the cell in the column, wherein the cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that all cells below the cell fail to comprise data.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the cell is in a column, the method further comprising:
identifying that all cells above the cell in the column fail to comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the cell in the column, wherein the cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that all cells above the cell in the column and all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
identifying that all cells to the left of a second cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, wherein the row comprises third cells to the left of the second cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion and fourth cells to the left of the second cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the left of the second cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the third cells that is to the left of the second cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the left of the displayed second cell in the row fails to comprise data.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
identifying that multiple cells to the left of a second cell in the row comprise data;
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that a third cell to the left of the second cell in the row comprises data.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein a second cell in a second row of the spreadsheet has a second indicator therein that indicates that each cell in the second row of the spreadsheet to the right or to the left of the second cell fails to comprise data.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a client electronic health records application (client EHR), wherein the client EHR, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform acts comprising:
causing display of a spreadsheet at a display of a client computing device executing the client EHR, by way of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the client EHR;
evaluating the spreadsheet being displayed at the client computing device, wherein the spreadsheet comprises a first spreadsheet portion presently being displayed at the display of the client computing device and a second spreadsheet portion not being displayed at the display of the client computing device;
identifying that a cell in a row of the spreadsheet comprises clinical data pertaining to a patient within the first spreadsheet portion;
identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, where the row comprises first cells to the right of the cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion, and second cells to the right of the cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the right of the cell in the row fail to comprise data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the first cells that is to the right of the cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the right of the displayed cell in the row fails to comprise data.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that multiple cells to the left of a second cell in the row comprise data;
displaying, within the GUI, the second cell, wherein the second cell has a second indicator therein that indicates that a third cell to the left of the second cell in the row comprises data;
identifying that multiple cells to the right of a fourth cell in the row comprise data; and
displaying, within the GUI, the fourth cell, wherein the fourth cell has a third indicator therein that indicates that a fifth cell to the right of the fourth cell in the row comprises data.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the acts further comprising:
identifying that all cells to the left of a second cell in the row fail to comprise clinical data within the second spreadsheet portion, wherein the row comprises third cells to the left of the second cell that are within the first spreadsheet portion and fourth cells to the left of the second cell that are within the second spreadsheet portion; and
subsequent to identifying that all cells to the left of the second cell in the row fail to comprise clinical data within the second spreadsheet portion, displaying, in each cell in the third cells that is to the left of the second cell in the row, an indicator that indicates that each cell in the first cells and the second cells to the left of the displayed second cell in the row fails to comprise clinical data.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , the acts further comprising identifying that each cell in a second row of the spreadsheet fails to comprise clinical data, and wherein a second cell in a second row of the spreadsheet has a second indicator therein that indicates that each cell to the right or to the left of the second cell in the second row of the spreadsheet fails to comprise clinical data.