Direct manipulation of visualizations is a powerful technique for performing exploratory data operations such as navigation, aggregation, and filtering.Its immediacy facilitates rapid, incremental, and ,reversible forays.into the *(data.However it does not provide for!reuse or modification of exploration sessions.This paper describes a visual query language, VQE, that adds these capabilities to a direct manipulation exploration environment called Visage.Queries and visualizations are' dynamically linked: operations on either one immediately update the other, in contrast to the feedforward sequence of database query followed by .visualization of results common in traditional systems.8, These features are supported by the architectural concept of threads,, which represent a sequence of navigation steps on particular objects.Because they are tied to, particular data objects, they can.be directly manipulated.: Because they represent operations, they can be generalized into queries.We expect this technique to apply to direct manipulation interfaces to any object-oriented system that represents both objects and the relationships among them.

Currently, there are many hypertext-like tools and database retrieval systems that use keyword search as a means of navigation. While useful for certain tasks, keyword search is insufficient for browsing databases of data-graphics. SageBook is a system that searches among existing datagraphics, so that they can be reused with new data. In order to fulfill the needs of retrieval and reuse, it provides: 1) a direct manipulation, graphical query interface; 2) a content description language that can express important relationships for retrieving data-graphics; 3) automatic description of stored data-graphics based on their content; 4) search techniques sensitive to the structure and similarity among data-graphics; 5) manual and automatic adaptation tools for altering data-graphics so that they can be reused with new data.

Article SDM: selective dynamic manipulation of visualizations Share on Authors: Mei C. Chuah School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAView Profile , Steven F. Roth School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAView Profile , Joe Mattis School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAView Profile , John Kolojejchick School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAView Profile Authors Info & Claims UIST '95: Proceedings of the 8th annual ACM symposium on User interface and software technologyDecember 1995 Pages 61–70https://doi.org/10.1145/215585.215654Online:01 December 1995Publication History 45citation585DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations45Total Downloads585Last 12 Months24Last 6 weeks3 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteGet Access

We present three novel tools for creating data graphics: (1) SageBrush, for assembling graphics from primitive objects like bars, lines and axes, (2) SageBook, for browsing previously created graphics relevant to current needs, and (3) SAGE, a knowledge-based presentation system that automatically designs graphics and also interprets a user's specifications conveyed with the other tools. The combination of these tools supports two complementary processes in a single environment: design as a constructive process of selecting and arranging graphical elements, and design as a process of browsing and customizing previous cases. SAGE enhances userdirected design by completing partial specifications, by retrieving previously created graphics based on their appearance and data content, by creating the novel displays that users specify, and by designing alternatives when users request them. Our approach was to propose interfaces employing styles of interaction that appear to support graphic design. Knowledge-based techniques were then applied to enable the interfaces and enhance their usability.