JP4933967B2 - Information display device, information display method, and information display program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display device, an information display method, and an information display program that display various types of information based on master information acquired from a system master database used in an information system, and in particular, how to link and display various types of information. The present invention relates to an information display device, an information display method, and an information display program that can improve operability and visibility.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a tree structure display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 below is known as a device that displays various types of information used in an information system. This tree structure display device collapses a virtual display area for displaying a whole node group when a predetermined node group is designated as a non-display node among the whole node group having the same node as a parent. The entire node group is stored in the display area of the display.

  Then, a boundary icon is displayed at a position where a node group that should not be displayed after being folded is displayed, and a display mode of any one non-display node selected as a representative node among the nodes included in the node group Change from non-display to display and display on the screen. Thereby, it is set as the structure which can improve the operativity or visibility at the time of displaying the node which has a hierarchical relationship by a tree structure.

JP 2007-18187 A

  However, in the conventional tree structure display device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a predetermined node group is not displayed, so that all information included in the parent node cannot be easily grasped. was there. Further, there is a problem that the relevance (for example, how to connect) of the parent nodes when the plurality of parent nodes are displayed and the relevance of each of the entire node groups to the parent node cannot be easily visually recognized. Furthermore, since all node groups included in the parent node are displayed in a tree structure, for example, it is difficult to grasp at a glance the node group of the highest hierarchy and the node group of the lowest hierarchy, and the operability of the node group is also good. I could not say.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and is an information display that can improve the operability and visibility related to how to connect and display each item element included in the master information of the information system. An object is to provide an apparatus, an information display method, and an information display program.

  The information display device (for example, the information processing server 110) according to the present invention has item information (for example, item information on a plurality of item elements classified in the information system) from a system master database (for example, the storage unit 210) used in the information system. , Master information acquisition means (for example, data acquisition unit 202) for acquiring master information (for example, system master data 300) in which master items 320 to 390) are stored, and master information acquired by the master information acquisition means. Association information generating means (for example, control unit) for generating association information (for example, association table 212) representing the association in the master information of the connection relationship between the item elements of the stored item information and the subordinate relationship of the upper and lower layers 201) and the master information is displayed on the display screen in a selectable manner. Display means (for example, the display processing unit 203), input reception means (for example, the input reception unit 205) for receiving a selection operation input related to the selection operation of the master information displayed on the display screen by the display unit, and the input When a selection operation input is received by the receiving unit, each item element associated with the master information is associated in a diffuse radial manner around the master information based on the association information generated by the association information generating unit. And a control unit (for example, the control unit 201) that performs display processing so as to perform distributed display in a state of being expanded and connected via a connection line (for example, the connection line 902).

  The information display device according to the present invention is configured as described above, so that each item element stored in the master information is centered on the master information only by selecting and operating the master information displayed on the display screen. Since it is possible to display dispersedly in a state of being expanded and connected through connection lines that indicate the association in a diffuse radial manner, it is possible to improve the operability and visibility regarding how to connect and display each item element Become.

  The association information generating means, when a plurality of master information is obtained from a plurality of information systems by the master information obtaining means, an association representing an association between the plurality of master information together with the association in each of the plurality of master information. Information is generated, and the display means displays the plurality of master information so as to be selectable in a state of being connected via a connecting line indicating that each of the plurality of master information is associated with each other. When a selection operation input for at least one master information among the plurality of master information is accepted, the master information is associated with the one master information while maintaining a state in which the master information is connected via the connection line. In a state where each item element is expanded and connected through the connection line in a diffusing manner around the one master information. It may be configured to perform display processing to distributed display.

  The control means is configured to perform a display process for adjusting a display position so that the item elements are not overlapped with each other when the item elements associated with the plurality of master information are distributed and displayed in a diffuse radial manner. May be.

  The input receiving unit further receives a connection operation input related to a connection operation between arbitrary item elements among the item elements distributed and displayed on the display screen by the control unit, and the connection operation input is received by the input reception unit. The association information update unit (e.g., the control unit 201) that updates the association between the arbitrary item elements included in the association information generated by the association information generation unit. Based on the association information updated by the association information updating means, the connection line with an arrow (for example, with an arrow) representing the connection state between the item elements and the connection state between the item elements and the direction of the upper and lower layers of the item elements. It is configured to perform a display process of displaying a connection in a state of being connected via a connection line 910). Good.

  The association information generation unit generates an intermediate file that stores the association information together with the master information acquired by the master information acquisition unit, and among any item elements linked and displayed by the control unit, When editing related to predetermined item information of one item element represented in the same hierarchy is made, the predetermined file information of another item element connected via the connecting line with an arrow is referred to the intermediate file. The configuration may further include item information editing means (for example, the control unit 210) that reflects the edited content in the item information corresponding to the item information.

  The master information and the item elements are displayed by, for example, images representing icons or character strings on the display screen.

  In the information display method according to the present invention, master information (for example, master items 320 to 390) in which item information (for example, master items 320 to 390) related to a plurality of classified item elements in the information system is stored from a system master database used in the information system. The master information acquisition step of acquiring system master data 300), the connection relationship between the item elements of the item information stored in the master information acquired in the master information acquisition step, and the subordinate relationship of the upper and lower layers An association information generation step for generating association information (eg, association table 212) representing the association in the master information, a display step for selectively displaying the master information on the display screen, and a display screen for the display step. The input reception which receives the selection operation input regarding the selection operation of the master information displayed on When the selection operation input is received in the input receiving step, each item element associated with the master information is changed to the master information based on the association information generated in the association information generating step. And a control step of performing display processing so as to display in a distributed manner in a state of being expanded and connected via connection lines (for example, connection lines 902) that indicate associations in a diffused manner with respect to each other.

  An information display program according to the present invention is a master in which item information (for example, master items 320 to 390) relating to a plurality of item elements classified in the information system is stored in a computer from a system master database used in the information system. A master information acquisition step for acquiring information (for example, system master data 300), a connection relationship between item elements of the item information stored in the master information acquired in the master information acquisition step, and subordinates of upper and lower layers An association information generation step for generating association information (eg, association table 212) representing an association in the master information of the relationship, a display step for selectively displaying the master information on a display screen, and the display step Selection related to the selection operation of the master information displayed on the display screen An input receiving step for accepting a work input, and each selection associated with the master information based on the association information generated in the association information generating step when a selection operation input is received in the input receiving step. And a control process for performing display processing so that the item elements are displayed in a distributed manner in a state where the item elements are expanded and connected via connection lines indicating the association in a diffuse radial manner with the master information as a center. .

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the operability and visibility related to how to link and display each item element included in the master information of the information system.

  Exemplary embodiments of an information display device, an information display method, and an information display program according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the overall configuration of an information processing system including an information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the information processing server of the information processing system. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of system master data in the information processing server. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the information processing server.

  As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing system 100 includes an information processing server 110 and a plurality of client terminals 101 to 10N (N is an arbitrary integer). The information processing server 110 and the client terminals 101 to 10N constituting the information processing system 100 are connected to a communication network 119 such as the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network), for example. Note that other information systems (system 1 to system N) different from the information processing system 100 are connected to the communication network 119, and various information can be exchanged with the information processing system 100. is there.

  The information processing server 110 is managed by a system administrator of the information processing system 100, for example, and has various functions for performing information processing in cooperation with the client terminals 101 to 10N and the systems 1 to N. The information processing server 110 is configured by an information processing device such as a WWW server, and includes a display device having an image display unit (display screen) configured by a television device, a liquid crystal display device, or the like inside or outside. Yes.

  Each of the client terminals 101 to 10N is managed by a user who performs information processing, and includes, for example, an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a workstation, or a portable information terminal. Each of the client terminals 101 to 10N includes hardware such as a communication module for connecting to the communication network 119 and software such as communication software. Each of these client terminals 101 to 10N, like the information processing server 110, includes a display device having an image display unit (display screen) configured by a television device, a liquid crystal display device, or the like inside or outside. Yes.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the information processing server 110 includes a processing execution unit 200 and a storage unit 210. The processing execution unit 200 includes a control unit 201, a data acquisition unit 202, a display processing unit 203, and items. It has a processing unit 204 and an input receiving unit 205, and is configured to include setting information 206 regarding various settings.

  The storage unit 210 includes a system master table 211, an association table 212, and an intermediate generation DB (database) 213. The control unit 201 of the process execution unit 200 controls the entire information processing server 110. The data acquisition unit 202 acquires various data transmitted from the client terminals 101 to 10N, various data stored in the storage unit 210, and various data from the systems 1 to N connected to the communication network 119.

  The display processing unit 203 displays various data calculated by the control unit 201 and various data acquired by the data acquisition unit 202 on the display screen of the display device in various forms such as characters, figures, symbols, and icons. The item processing unit 204 performs various processes relating to item elements (for example, master items and detailed items in the master items) of various data displayed on the display screen of the display device by the display processing unit 203.

  The input receiving unit 205 receives input information associated with operation input from an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse. Specifically, the input receiving unit 205 receives input information by a user's selection operation on various data displayed on the display screen of the display device by the display processing unit 203.

  The system master table 211 of the storage unit 210 stores system master data for managing the entire system of the information processing system 100, for example, system master data of the systems 1 to N acquired by the data acquisition unit 202, and the like. The association table 212 includes master items included in each system master data stored in the system master table 211 and detailed items in the master items (for example, employee code, name, address, etc. when the employee master is the master item). The association information such as the connection relation of the system hierarchy, the subordinate relation of the upper and lower layers, and the connection relation between the system master data is stored.

  The intermediate generation DB 213 stores an intermediate generation file that is temporarily generated when various processes are executed by the process execution unit 200. The intermediate generation file stored in the intermediate generation DB 213 is specifically an XML format file, for example, and mapping information indicating the display position of various data displayed on the display screen of the display device by the display processing unit 203. Etc. are included.

  Here, the system master data stored in the system master table 211 will be described. The system master data table 211 stores system master data 300 as shown in FIG. The system master data 300 includes a master item 310 as each item element.

  The master item 310 includes, for example, an employee master 610, a product master 630, a supplier master 710, a warehouse master 820, a product master 620, a department master 720, and other masters. Each of these masters stores various kinds of detailed information related to the respective items.

  That is, the employee master 610 includes, as detailed information, for example, an employee code 321 that is an employee's unique identification code, an employee's name 322, an employee's home address 323, and various other information 324 regarding the employee. The warehouse master 820 includes, for example, a warehouse code 351, a warehouse name 352, a warehouse location 353, a warehouse person 354, and various other information 355 related to the warehouse as detailed information. The system master data table 211 may store a plurality of system master data having different item elements such as master items and detailed information for each of various data acquired from the systems 1 to N. The system master data is also executed between the business requester or instructor (person, department, section, group, etc.) and the person executing the business (same person, department, section, group, etc.). Each item element related to the business (not the entire activity of a company or the like, but a component constituting the activity, for example, a transaction such as an order, shipment, billing, purchase, and arrival) may be stored.

  The hardware configuration of the information processing server 110 functionally configured as described above is, for example, as follows. That is, the information processing server 110 includes a CPU 121, a ROM 122, a RAM 123, a magnetic disk drive 124, a magnetic disk 125, an optical disk drive 126, an optical disk 127, an input device 128, and a scanner, as shown in FIG. 129, a display 130, a printer 131, and a communication interface (I / F) 132. The components 121 to 124, 126, and 128 to 132 are connected by a system bus 140.

  The CPU 121 governs overall control of the information processing server 110. The ROM 122 stores various programs such as a boot program, an information display program, a communication program, a file creation program, and a data analysis program. The RAM 123 is used as a work area when the CPU 121 is executing processing.

  Here, the information display program is based on the system master data 300 stored in the system master data table 211, the association information stored in the association table 212, the intermediate generation file stored in the intermediate generation DB, and the like. Various types of information are displayed on 130 display screens.

  The magnetic disk drive 124 controls reading and writing of data with respect to the magnetic disk 125 according to the control of the CPU 121. The magnetic disk 125 records data written under the control of the magnetic disk drive 124. As the magnetic disk 125, for example, a hard disk (HD) or a flexible disk (FD) can be used.

  The optical disk drive 126 controls reading and writing of data with respect to the optical disk 127 according to the control of the CPU 121. The optical disk 127 is a detachable recording medium from which data is read according to the control of the optical disk drive 126. As this optical disk 127, a writable recording medium can also be used. In addition to the optical disk 127, an MO, a memory card, or the like may be used as the removable recording medium. In this case, a corresponding drive device may be provided.

  Examples of data recorded on the magnetic disk 125 and the optical disk 127 include various data (for example, system master data, association information, intermediate generation files, etc.) stored in the storage unit 210 shown in FIG. Examples of data recorded on the magnetic disk 125 and the optical disk 127 include various types of information used in the information processing system 100.

  The input device 128 includes a keyboard, a mouse, a touch panel, a remote controller, and the like that are provided with a plurality of keys for inputting characters, numerical values, various instructions and operations, and the information input from the input device 128 is input by the CPU 121. Accepted and input to the information processing server 110.

  The scanner 129 includes an imaging device such as a CCD or a CMOS, and outputs captured image information to the information processing server 110. The display 130 displays a cursor, menu, window, icon, or various data such as characters and images on the display screen. The display 130 is configured by, for example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, an organic EL display, or the like. The printer 131 prints various data such as characters and images on a print medium such as paper.

  The communication I / F 132 is responsible for overall communication processing of various data transmitted and received between the CPU 121 of the information processing server 110 and the communication network 119. The communication I / F 132 is configured by a communication module having a wired or wireless communication function, for example. The various data recorded on the magnetic disk 125 and the optical disk 127 described above may be acquired from the outside via the communication network 119 connected to the communication I / F 132, for example.

  Note that the functional configuration and hardware configuration of each of the client terminals 101 to 10N can adopt the same configuration as the functional configuration and hardware configuration of the information processing server 110 described above, and thus description thereof is omitted here. . Also, the control unit 201 and the item processing unit 204 of the processing execution unit 200 illustrated in FIG. 2 realize their functions by, for example, the CPU 121, and the data acquisition unit 202 has, for example, the CPU 121, the magnetic disk drive 124, the optical disk drive 126, and the communication. The function is realized by the I / F 132 or the like.

  Further, the display processing unit 203 of the processing execution unit 200 shown in FIG. 2 realizes its function by, for example, the CPU 121 and the display 130, and the input receiving unit 205 realizes its function by the input device 128. The storage unit 210 illustrated in FIG. 2 realizes its function by, for example, the ROM 122, the RAM 123, the magnetic disk 125, the optical disk 127, and the like.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an information display processing procedure in the information processing system 100 of the present example. 6 to 9 are explanatory diagrams for explaining examples of display modes on the display screen of the display 130. FIG. Here, the case where information display processing is performed in the information processing server 110 based on the system master data acquired from the systems 1 to 3 among the systems 1 to N will be described as an example. However, the client terminals 101 to 10N and the system It goes without saying that the information display processing may be similarly performed in 1 to N. In the following description, the same parts as those already described are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In addition, descriptions other than those particularly related to the information display process of this example are omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 5, first, the system master data of the plurality of systems 1 to 3 stored in the system master data table 211 of the storage unit 210 by the control unit 201 of the information processing server 110 is stored in the association table 212. The association information and the like thus read out are read out, and based on these pieces of information, for example, the system master data of each system 1 to 3 is read into the processing execution unit 200 on the display screen of the display 130 by the display processing unit 203. Is displayed (step S101).

  In this case, each system master data of the systems 1 to 3 is displayed as shown in FIG. 6, for example. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, at a predetermined position on the display screen 500 of the display 130, a system icon indicating system master data of a plurality of systems (system 1 to system 3) that performs display processing by the processing execution unit 200. 600, 700, and 800 are displayed. Here, since the systems 1 to 3 are associated with each other by the read association information, these system icons 600, 700, and 800 are displayed in a state of being coupled by, for example, a coupling line 901 representing the correlation. Is done.

  When the system icons 600, 700, and 800 are displayed, the control unit 201 causes the input receiving unit 205 to select the system icons 600, 700, and 800 on the display screen 500, for example, by a selection operation such as a mouse click of an operator (user). It is determined whether or not an expanded display selection based on the selection has been accepted (step S102). When it is determined that the selection has been accepted (Y in step S102), information indicating each master item that is each item element included in the system master data of the selected system icons 600, 700, and 800 that has been accepted for selection. As shown in FIG. 7, for example, the selected system icons 600, 700, and 800 are distributedly displayed in a state where they are expanded and connected via connection lines 902 indicating that they are respectively associated in a diffuse radial manner (step S103).

  Here, the example shown in FIG. 7 shows a case where each of the system icons 600, 700, and 800 is selected, and maintains the state where the system icons 600, 700, and 800 are coupled by the coupling line 901. On the other hand, for example, in the system icon 600 indicating the system 1, master icons 610 to 640 respectively indicating an employee master, a product master, a product master, and a financial master are connected lines 902 as master items included in the system master data of the system 1. Connected via deployment.

  The system icon 700 indicating the system 2 includes master icons 710 to 730 respectively indicating a supplier master, a department master, and a catalog master as master items included in the system master data of the system 2 via the connection line 902. Expanded and connected. Furthermore, master icons 810 and 820 respectively indicating a customer master and a warehouse master as master items included in the system master data of the system 3 are expanded and connected to the system icon 800 indicating the system 3 via a connection line 902. .

  In the information display process of this example, the system master data of each of the systems 1 to 3 and the master items included in these system master data can be easily visually recognized by a simple selection operation. As described above, since the display is distributed and displayed in a diffused radial manner, it is possible to improve the operability and visibility of information related to how the item elements are linked and when each item element is displayed.

  When each master item is displayed in a distributed manner, the control unit 201 causes the input receiving unit 205 to select, for example, the master icons 610 to 640, 710 to 730, 810, and 820 on the display screen 500, such as a mouse click as described above. It is determined whether or not the selection of the expanded display based on the selection is accepted (step S104). If it is determined that the selection has been accepted (Y in step S104), each of the item elements included in the master items of the selected master icons 610 to 640, 710 to 730, 810, and 820 for which the selection has been accepted. As shown in FIG. 8, information indicating detailed items is connected via a connection line 903 indicating that the selected master icons 610 to 640, 710 to 730, 810, and 820 are associated with each other in a diffuse radial manner, for example. The distributed display is performed in the expanded connection state (step S105).

  Here, the example shown in FIG. 8 mainly shows a case where the master icons 620, 630, and 820 of the product master of the system 1, the product master, and the warehouse master of the system 3 are selected. , 700, 800 are connected with a connection line 901. For example, a master icon 620 indicating a product master has a product code, a product name, a product overview, and a part classification code as detailed items included in the product master. In addition, character areas respectively indicating rated power, storage location telephone number, and the like are expanded and connected via a connection line 903.

  In addition, in the master icon 630 indicating the product master, character areas each indicating a product name, a product code, a manufacturer name, a product storage location telephone number, and the like as expanded items included in the product master are expanded and connected via a connection line 903. Has been. Further, in the master icon 820 indicating the warehouse master, character areas respectively indicating a warehouse name, a warehouse code, a location, a warehouse telephone number, a handled product name, and the like as detailed items included in the warehouse master are expanded via the connection line 903. It is connected.

  In the information display process of this example, by a simple selection operation, each master item and the detailed items included in each master item are diffused radially so that the relevance of each master item can be easily visually confirmed. Since the information is further distributed and displayed in the expanded state, it is possible to improve the operability and visibility of the information.

  Then, after each detail item is displayed in a distributed manner, the control unit 201 uses the input receiving unit 205 to link the character areas indicating arbitrary detail items on the display screen 500 by connecting operations such as mouse dragging. It is determined whether or not an operation input has been accepted and an information linking operation has been performed (step S106). If it is determined that there has been a linking operation (Y in step S106), as shown in FIG. 8, the character areas selected in accordance with the linking operation input are connected via an linking line 910 with an arrow. Connection display is performed (step S107), and a series of information display processing according to this flowchart ends.

  Here, in the example shown in FIG. 8, the character area 621 indicating the storage location telephone number of the product master, the character area 821 indicating the warehouse telephone number of the warehouse master, and the character area indicating the commodity storage location telephone number of the commodity master. 633 is connected to each other by a connecting line 910 with an arrow. The arrow of the connecting line with arrow 910 represents, for example, the connection relationship of the connected item elements and the dependency relationship between the upper and lower layers, the same layer in the case of double-ended arrows, and the lower end of the arrow in the case of one-ended arrows. It can be a hierarchy.

  When it is determined that the selection has not been accepted in step S102 or step S104 (N in step S102 or N in step S104), and when it is determined in step S106 that no connection operation has been performed ( In step S106, N) ends the series of information display processing according to this flowchart.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 9, the display processing unit 203 displays icons and character areas indicating the master items and the detailed items that are displayed in a dispersed manner or in a connected manner in the above steps S103, S105, and S107, respectively. The display position may be automatically adjusted and displayed with reference to coordinate information on the display screen 500 so as not to overlap each other. That is, for example, in the display area 990 shown in FIG. 8, the character areas overlap, but when the display processing unit 203 automatically adjusts the display position, the display area 990 shown in FIG. As shown, the character areas are displayed without overlapping. By such processing, the visibility of each item element to be displayed can be remarkably improved. Further, the display processing unit 203 may automatically adjust the display position in the same manner even when the distributed display mode of each master item and each detailed item is changed by a user operation input. Note that this display position adjustment is not performed automatically until a certain stage (for example, in a state where manual adjustment is possible), depending on, for example, the stage setting of distributed display of each master item and each detail item. Although it may be adjusted to overlap, it is preferable to adjust so as not to overlap in the final stage.

  In addition, for the item elements connected by the above-described connecting line with arrow 910, the control unit 201 performs information update processing by the following association and correlation condition setting. 10 and 11 are explanatory diagrams for explaining an update process based on association of item elements. Here, the description will be made by using the code of the character area of the item element shown in FIG. 9 as the code of the item element as it is. Unless otherwise specified, item elements that are not necessary for the description are omitted. As shown in FIG. 10, for example, the storage location phone number 623 of the product master 620, the product storage location phone number 633 of the product master 630, and the warehouse phone number 821 of the warehouse master 820 are connected by an arrowed connecting line 910 with double-ended arrows. When linked, the control unit 201 sets the conditions so that the item elements included in the product master 620, the product master 630, and the warehouse master 820 are updated with each other, for example, and updates the association information. .

  In this case, the control unit 201 determines whether there is matching information in the product master 620, the product master 630, and the warehouse master 820 based on the updated association information, and there is matching information. When one is updated by editing or the like, the update content may be automatically reflected on the other.

  The control unit 201 further includes, for example, a product code 621 of detailed information included in the product master 620, a product name 622, and various other information 625, and a product code 631 of detailed information included in the product master 630, a product name 632, Among the other various information 635, the warehouse code 351 of detailed information included in the warehouse master 820, the warehouse name 352, the handling product name 356, and other various information 355, as described above, the storage location telephone number 623 and the product When the storage location telephone number 633 and the warehouse telephone number 821 are connected by the connecting line 910 with an arrow, it is first determined whether or not these pieces of connected information match.

  When the storage location phone number 623, the product storage location phone number 633, and the warehouse phone number 821 are connected by the connecting line 910 with an arrow and the information matches (that is, as shown in FIG. 10, all In the case where the product name 622, the product name 632, and the handled product name 356 are indicated by a broken line with an arrow in the figure, for example. Furthermore, when it connects with the connection line 910 with an arrow and these information corresponds, the following processes are performed. That is, for example, when “canned A” of the product name 632 of the product master 630 is the latest information, “Kanme A” of the product name 622 of the product master 620 and “Kanme A” of the handled product name 356 of the warehouse master 820 "Is automatically updated so as to be the latest information" canned A ", such as product name 622 and handled product name 356 shown in FIG. The update processing may be similarly performed on the other detailed information.

  Thereby, when any one item element is edited or updated among the item elements related by the user's operation input, the control unit 201 refers to the association information of the association table 212, Other item elements that are automatically associated can be configured to be edited or updated. Therefore, it is possible to significantly improve user convenience.

  Furthermore, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the control part 201 may perform the following processes about the item element connected with the connecting line 910 with an arrow mentioned above. That is, the control unit 201 performs an editing process such as a change related to predetermined item information of an item element represented in the upper hierarchy or the same hierarchy among the item elements connected by the connecting line with arrow 910. The item information corresponding to other item elements connected via the connecting line with arrow 910 is automatically reflected by updating the corresponding part of the intermediate generation file in the intermediate generation DB 213 according to the editing content. The update of the intermediate generation file may also be performed in the update process described with reference to FIG. 10 as described above. If such processing is performed by the control unit 201, operability can be improved.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, master information is obtained from the system master database used in the information system, and the connection relationship between the item elements of the item information stored in the master information and the upper and lower layers When the association information representing the association of the dependency relationship is generated, the master information is displayed on the display screen so as to be selectable, and a selection operation input regarding the selection operation of the displayed master information is received, The display processing is performed so that each item element associated with the master information is displayed in a distributed manner in a state of being expanded and connected through the connection lines indicating the association in a diffuse radial manner around the master information. Each item element stored in the information can be expanded around the master information simply by selecting and operating the master information displayed on the display screen. Radial each association can be dispersed displayed in a state of being deployed connected via the connecting lines shown in the in, thereby improving the operability and visibility regarding when it is bound styles and display of each item element.

  Further, according to the above-described embodiment, when each displayed item element is connected by a connecting line with an arrow based on, for example, a user's connecting operation, the association information is updated and automatically connected. Since the detailed information of the item element can be updated to the latest information, the convenience for the user can be improved.

  Note that the information display method described in the present embodiment is realized by executing an information display program prepared in advance by an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a workstation. The program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as an optical disk, and is executed by being read from the recording medium. The information display program may be a transmission medium that can be distributed via a communication network such as the Internet.

  The present invention is useful for displaying various types of information based on master information acquired from a system master database used in an information system.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the whole structure of an information processing system provided with the information display apparatus which concerns on one embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of a functional structure of the information processing server of the information processing system. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the system master data in the same information processing server. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the hardware constitutions of the information processing server. It is a flowchart which shows the example of the information display process sequence in the information processing system of this example. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of the display mode on the display screen of a display. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of the display mode on the display screen of a display. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of the display mode on the display screen of a display. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the example of the display mode on the display screen of a display. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the update process by correlation of an item element. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the update process by correlation of an item element.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Information processing system 101-10N Client terminal 110 Information processing server 119 Communication network 121 CPU
122 ROM
123 RAM
124 magnetic disk drive 125 magnetic disk 126 optical disk drive 127 optical disk 128 input device 129 scanner 130 display 131 printer 132 communication I / F
200 processing execution unit 210 storage unit

Claims (12)

Master information acquisition means for acquiring, from a system master database used in the information system, master information in which item information related to a plurality of item elements classified in the information system is stored;
Association information generating means for generating association information representing the association in the master information of the connection relation between the item elements of the item information stored in the master information acquired by the master information acquisition means and the subordinate relation of the upper and lower layers; ,
Display means for selectively displaying the master information on a display screen;
Input receiving means for receiving a selection operation input related to the selection operation of the master information displayed on the display screen by the display means;
When a selection operation input is received by the input receiving unit, each item element associated with the master information is diffused radially around the master information based on the association information generated by the association information generation unit. An information display apparatus comprising: a control unit that performs display processing so as to display in a distributed manner in a state where the connection is expanded and connected via connection lines indicating associations. The association information generating means, when a plurality of master information is obtained from a plurality of information systems by the master information obtaining means, an association representing an association between the plurality of master information together with the association in each of the plurality of master information. Generate information,
The display means displays the plurality of master information in a selectable state in a state of being connected via a connecting line indicating that each is associated with each other,
The control means maintains a state where each master information is connected via the connection line when the selection operation input for at least one of the plurality of master information is accepted by the input accepting means. On the other hand, display processing is performed so that each item element associated with the one master information is distributedly displayed in a state of being spread and connected through the connection lines in a diffused manner with the one master information as a center. The information display device according to claim 1.   The control means performs a display process for adjusting a display position so that the item elements are not superimposed on each other when the item elements associated with the plurality of master information are distributed and displayed in a diffuse radial manner. The information display device according to claim 2. The input receiving means further receives a connection operation input related to a connection operation between arbitrary item elements among the item elements distributed and displayed on the display screen by the control means,
When a connection operation input is received by the input receiving unit, the information processing unit further includes an association information update unit that updates the association between the arbitrary item elements included in the association information generated by the association information generation unit,
The control means, based on the association information updated by the association information update means, the connection state with arrows indicating the connection state between the arbitrary item elements and the item elements and the direction of the upper and lower layers of the item elements information display device according to any one of claims 1, wherein 3 to perform a display process for connecting display in connected state through the. The association information generation means generates an intermediate file for storing the association information together with the master information acquired by the master information acquisition means,
Among the arbitrary item elements connected and displayed by the control means, when editing related to predetermined item information of one item element represented in the upper hierarchy or the same hierarchy, with reference to the intermediate file, 5. The item information editing unit according to claim 4, further comprising item information editing means for reflecting the edited contents in item information corresponding to the predetermined item information of another item element connected via the connecting line with an arrow. Information display device. The master information and the item element, the information display device of any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that displayed by image representing an icon or text on the display screen. A master information acquisition step for causing an information processing device to read master information in which item information relating to a plurality of item elements classified in the information system is stored from a system master database used in the information system;
An association information generating step for generating association information representing the association in the master information of the connection relationship between the item elements of the item information stored in the master information read in the master information acquisition step and the subordinate relationship of the upper and lower layers; ,
A display step of displaying the master information on the information processing apparatus so as to be selectable on a display screen;
An input receiving step for causing the information processing apparatus to acquire a selection operation input related to the selection operation of the master information displayed on the display screen in the display step;
When a selection operation input is received in the input reception step, each item element associated with the master information corresponding to the selection operation is based on the association information generated in the association information generation step. An information display method including: a control step of causing the information processing apparatus to perform distributed display in a state in which the information is spread and connected through connection lines each indicating an association in a diffuse radial manner with the master information as a center. In the association information generation step, when a plurality of master information is acquired from a plurality of information systems in the master information acquisition step, an association between the plurality of master information is represented together with the association in each of the plurality of master information. Causing the information processing apparatus to generate association information;
In the display step, the plurality of master information is displayed on the information processing apparatus so as to be selectable in a connected state via a connecting line indicating that each of the master information is associated,
In the control step, when a selection operation input for at least one master information among the plurality of master information is received in the input receiving step, a state in which each master information is connected through the connection line is maintained. However, each information element associated with the one master information is subjected to display processing so as to be distributed and displayed in a state of being spread and connected through the connection lines in a diffuse radial manner around the one master information . The information display method according to claim 7. In the control step, the information processing apparatus performs display processing for adjusting a display position so that the item elements are not overlapped and displayed when the item elements associated with the plurality of master information are distributed and displayed in a diffuse radial manner. information display method according to claim 8, wherein the causing the. In the input receiving step, among the item elements distributed and displayed on the display screen in the control step, the information processing apparatus further acquires a connection operation input related to a connection operation between arbitrary item elements,
Association information that causes the information processing apparatus to update association information between the arbitrary item elements included in the association information generated in the association information generation step when a connection operation input is acquired in the input reception step An update process,
In the control step, based on the association information updated in the association information update step, the connection with the arrow indicating the connection state between the arbitrary item elements and the item elements and the direction of the upper and lower layers of the item elements The information display method according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the information processing apparatus is caused to perform a display process in which the information is connected and displayed in a connected state via a line. In the association information generation step, the information processing device generates an intermediate file that stores the association information together with the master information acquired in the master information acquisition step,
When editing related to predetermined item information of one item element represented in the upper hierarchy or the same hierarchy among arbitrary item elements linked and displayed in the control step, refer to the intermediate file and further comprising an entry information editing step of reflecting the edited content to the information processing apparatus to the item information corresponding to the predetermined item information of other items elements connected via the arrow with connecting lines The information display method according to claim 10. The master information and the item element, information display method according to any one of claims 7 to 11, characterized in that it is displayed by an image representing an icon or text on the display screen.

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