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Design Consolidation: Integration Issues. Combine Tree and Pivot table interaction Allow users to quickly access statically formatted data charts and graphs Allow users to manipulate and design free-form charts and graphs Browser and Builder support different interaction types
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Design Consolidation: Integration Issues • Combine Tree and Pivot table interaction • Allow users to quickly access statically formatted data charts and graphs • Allow users to manipulate and design free-form charts and graphs • Browser and Builder support different interaction types • Browser is quick, analytical, and passive • Builder is task-directed, exploratory, and active • Modality is dangerous • Mistakes happen more easily • Often difficult to remember functionality (can I do X in this mode?) • Unclear mental models of how software functions
Design Consolidation: The Design • Browser functionality
Menus Search box for metrics Metrics “Browser Mode” Design Consolidation: The Design • Browser functionality • Search through the metrics using arrow keys • Search bar helps with finding particular metrics • Menus give users further options
Design Consolidation: The Design • Browser and Builder functionality • Option controls at left give further control • Chart-type radio buttons • Display years • Divisions to include • Includes toggle functionality to automatically select-all (and unselect-all) in a given box Select Chart Type Radio buttons Years to Compare Check boxes Add Divisions Check boxes
Design Consolidation: The Design • Key differences between Browser and Builder functionality Menus Search box for metrics Metrics “Browser Mode” Metrics “Builder Mode”
Design Consolidation: The Design • Builder functionality
Design Consolidation: The Design • Builder functionality • Mode selected at top • Yellow areas to drag metrics and time descriptions • Gray area for updating graph Mode Toggle Browser vs. Builder Drag and Drop Active areas