Simultaneous display and formatting of disparate values in a tabular form
The present invention provides for simultaneous display of a tabular and a form view of the records, (b) displaying multiple disparate values in a single control, and (c) formatting the values based on characteristics of the records.
1. A method of displaying record data in a user interface comprising:
displaying a tabular portion of a user interface comprising plural data records;
displaying a form portion of the user interface comprising a display field that corresponds to a field of the plural data records;
determining whether to place a value in the display field; and,
formatting a value in the display field to reflect characteristics of data contained in the plural data records wherein said formatting a value further comprises:
(a) formatting the value for display using a first format when it is determined that the plural data records share the same value;
(b) formatting the value for display using a second format when it is determined that a portion of the plural data records include a common value and a remaining portion of the plural data records have no value;
(c) formatting multiple values using a third format when it is determined that the plural data records include multiple values;
(d) displaying a blank value when it is determined that none of the plural data records include a data value.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first format comprises a color of black.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second format comprises a color of blue.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the third format comprises a color of red.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein “n” of the multiple values are displayed in the display field.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein “n” is a total number of the multiple values.
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein “n” is less than a total number of the multiple values.
8. A computer-readable memory medium in which computer-executable process steps are stored, the process steps for displaying record data in a user interface, wherein the process steps comprise:
a displaying step to display a tabular portion of a user interface comprising plural data records;
a displaying step to display a form portion of the user interface comprising a display field that corresponds to a field of the plural data records;
a determining step to determine whether to place a value in the display field; and,
a formatting step to format the value in the display field to reflect characteristics of data contained in the plural data records wherein said formatting step further comprises:
(a) a formatting step to format the value for display using a first format when it is determined that the plural data records share the same value;
(b) a formatting step to format the value for display using a second format when it is determined that a portion of the plural data records include a common value and a remaining portion of the plural data records have no value;
(c) a formatting step to format multiple values using a third format when it is determined that the plural data records include multiple values; and,
(d) a displaying step to display a blank value when it is determined that none of the plural data records include a data value.
9. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8 , wherein the first format is a color of black.
10. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8 , wherein the second format is a color of blue.
11. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8 , wherein the third format is a color of red.
12. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8 , wherein “n” of the multiple values are displayed in the display field.
13. The computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein “n” is a total number of the multiple values.
14. The computer-readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein “n” is less than a total number of the multiple values.
15. Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer-readable medium, the process steps for displaying record data in a user interface, wherein the process steps comprise:
code to display a tabular portion of a user interface comprising plural data records;
code to display a form portion of the user interface comprising a display field that corresponds to a field of the plural data records;
code to determine whether to place a value in the display field; and,
code to format the value in the display field to reflect characteristics of data contained in the plural data records wherein the code to format thee value further comprises:
(a) code to format the value for display using a first format when it is determined that the plural data records share the same value;
(b) code to format the value for display using a second format when it is determined that a portion of the plural data records include a common value and a remaining portion of the plural data records have no value;
(c) code to format multiple values using a third formal when it is determined that the plural data records include multiple values; and,
(d) code to display a blank value when it is determined that none of the plural data records include data value.
16. The computer-executable process steps according to claim 15 , wherein the first format is a color of black.
17. The computer-executable process steps according to claim 15 , wherein the second format is a color of blue.
18. The computer-executable process steps according to claim 15 , wherein the third format is a color of red.
19. The computer-executable process steps according to claim 15 , wherein “n” of the multiple values are displayed in the display field.
20. The computer-executable process steps according to claim 19 , wherein “n” is a total number of the multiple values.
21. The computer-executable process steps according to claim 19 , wherein “n” is less than a total number of the multiple values.