JP6194050B1 - Data hierarchy display device, data hierarchy display program, and data hierarchy display method - Google Patents

Abstract

A data hierarchy display device capable of improving operability when editing an information element is provided. A file of information elements in each hierarchy, and association information representing connection relations between information elements in the same hierarchy or different hierarchies and subordinate relations between information elements in upper and lower hierarchies are stored. Database section, input operation section for performing data hierarchy display input operation, output display section having a display screen for performing data hierarchy display, and information element files and associations when an information element is selected by the input operation section Based on the information, the corresponding information element is displayed on the display screen using a frame, the display control unit displays an edit button for editing the information element in the frame, and the edit button is pressed by the input operation unit. A database editing unit that edits information element files and association information stored in the database unit based on the input editing information. Obtain. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a data hierarchy display device, a data hierarchy display program, and a data hierarchy display method for displaying set information composed of a plurality of information elements divided into hierarchies while allowing each information element to be identified in a hierarchical structure.

  Conventionally, there has been proposed a data hierarchy display device capable of effectively displaying a plurality of information elements constituting a hierarchical structure on a display screen of a limited area so as to be easily grasped (for example, Patent Documents). 1).

  The data hierarchy display device includes a database unit for storing one or more information element files and association information in each hierarchy, and an information element file when an information element in a higher hierarchy is selected by an input operation unit. Based on the association information, information elements in the upper hierarchy are displayed on the display screen using a frame, and when there are a plurality of information elements, the relation is displayed using a connection line, and each information element in the upper hierarchy is displayed. When there is an information element in the lower hierarchy related to the information element, processing is performed so that the number of information elements in the lower hierarchy that are subordinate to each other is displayed numerically in a predetermined part within the frame of each information element in the upper hierarchy. And an information processing unit for performing.

JP 2006-18596 A

  However, the data hierarchy display device described in Patent Document 1 can effectively display a plurality of information elements constituting a hierarchical structure so that it can be easily grasped, but edits information elements stored in a database section. It is not taken into consideration.

  That is, even when the user wants to edit the information element displayed on the display screen, the user cannot edit the screen on which the hierarchical relationship is displayed. Therefore, for example, the user needs to return to the menu screen or the like to open the editing screen and perform an operation on the screen, which causes a problem that the operability is poor.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a data hierarchy display device capable of improving the operability when editing information elements.

A data hierarchy display apparatus according to the present invention is a data hierarchy display apparatus that displays set information composed of a plurality of information elements divided into hierarchies so that the relationship between each information element and the hierarchical structure can be identified. A data base, a database section for storing association information representing connection relations between information elements in the same hierarchy or different hierarchies, and subordinate relations between information elements in upper and lower hierarchies, and a data hierarchy When an information element is selected by an input operation unit for performing a display input operation, an output display unit having a display screen for performing data hierarchy display, and an input operation unit, a frame is created based on the information element file and the association information. and displays in the frame information elements corresponding to the display screen using a display control unit for displaying the edit button for editing the information elements in the frame in the frame , When the edit button is pressed by the input operation unit, based on the input editing information, equipped with a database editing unit for editing the files and association information of the information elements in the frame stored in the database unit Is.

According to the data hierarchy display device of the present invention, the display control unit corresponds to the display screen using the frame based on the information element file and the association information when the information element is selected by the input operation unit. The information editing element is displayed and an editing button for editing the information element is displayed in the frame. When the editing button is pressed by the input operation unit, the database editing unit is based on the input editing information. The information element file and the association information stored in the database section are edited.
Therefore, the operability at the time of editing the information element can be improved.

It is a block block diagram which shows the data hierarchy display apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of the information element in the data hierarchy display apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a display of the display screen in the data hierarchy display apparatus concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the data hierarchy display apparatus concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of the hierarchy display in the data hierarchy display apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the other example of the hierarchy display in the data hierarchy display apparatus concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a data hierarchy display device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts will be described with the same reference numerals.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram showing a data hierarchy display apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the data hierarchy display device includes an information processing unit 100, an input operation unit 200, an output display unit 300, and a database unit 400.

  The information processing unit 100 is configured by, for example, a personal computer including a CPU that performs control in accordance with a data hierarchy display program and other predetermined programs. The information processing unit 100 includes an information acquisition unit 101, a display control unit 102, and a database editing unit 103.

  The input operation unit 200 is input means by a user represented by a keyboard and a mouse. The output display unit 300 is a display such as a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), liquid crystal, or plasma.

  The database unit 400 includes one or more information element files (for example, information A 411) in the highest hierarchy, one or more information element files (for example, information B 412) in the lower hierarchy, and further lower levels thereof. A plurality of information elements are stored like a file of one or more information elements in the hierarchy (for example, information C 413).

  Here, the information A, the information B, and the information C constitute a hierarchy and constitute one set information described at the beginning. In addition, the database unit 400 stores association information 420 for associating information A, information B, and information of each hierarchy. The association information 420 represents a connection between information elements in the same hierarchy or different hierarchies, that is, a connection relation, a subordinate relation between an information element in an upper hierarchy and an information element in a lower hierarchy.

  The information elements of the database unit 400 are created in advance by the information processing unit 100 or another device. Further, the information element of the database unit 400 is edited by the database editing unit 103.

  The information acquisition unit 101 extracts a desired information element from the database unit 400 according to a keyword input via the input operation unit 200 and reads out a related information element.

  When an information element is selected by the input operation unit 200, the display control unit 102 displays a corresponding information element on the display screen using a frame based on the information element file and the association information 420. An edit button for editing the information element is displayed. Further, the display control unit 102 displays a browse button in the frame. A display example of information elements displayed by the display control unit 102 is shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 2, the information element 30 includes an icon 31 indicating the type of information (for example, information A), a registration button 32 that is an edit button, a change button 33, a delete button 34, and a browse button 35.

  Here, the display control unit 102 displays the detailed contents of the selected information element on the display screen 10 when the browse button 35 is pressed by the input operation unit 200. A display example of the display screen displayed by the display control unit 102 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, when the browse button 35 is pressed, a detailed display area 36 appears in the lower half of the display screen 10, for example, and detailed information of the selected information element is displayed.

  The database editing unit 103 is stored in the database unit 400 based on the input editing information when any one of the registration button 32, the change button 33, and the delete button 34 is pressed by the input operation unit 200. The information element file and the association information 420 are edited.

  Specifically, for example, when the registration button 32 is pressed, the database editing unit 103 registers the input editing information in the database unit 400 as a new information element, and the input editing information is already stored in the database. The association information 420 is updated by comparing with the information element file stored in the section 400.

  The operation of the data hierarchy display apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, when a user performs a search by calling a search screen on the output display unit 300 and operating the input operation unit 200 to input a keyword on the search screen (step ST1), the information acquisition unit 101 relates to the keyword. Data to be extracted is extracted from the database unit 400 (step ST2). This extracted data is a kind of title relating to information at the highest level at this stage, for example, information A.

  Next, the user selects the target data from among them (step ST3). That is, when the corresponding data is information A, information A is selected from a plurality of displayed titles.

  Then, the information acquisition unit 101 reads out the information elements A1 to A4 of the highest hierarchy constituting the information A from the database unit 400, and reads out data on the connection relationship between the information elements A1 to A4 from the association information 420. .

  At this time, the information acquisition unit 101 uses the data of the dependency relationship of the association information 420 and uses lower-layer data related to each of the information elements A1 to A4 (in this case, the information elements constituting the information B). ) Is counted and taken out (step ST4).

  The data read in step ST4 is subjected to processing for display in the display control unit 102 and displayed on the output display unit 300 (step ST5). The display screen 10 related to the information A at this time is as shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 5, the information elements A1 to A4 in the highest hierarchy are displayed in a large frame, and their mutual relationship is displayed as a connection line. Each large frame is provided with a small frame, and a number is written in the small frame. The numbers in this small frame represent the number of information elements in the lower hierarchy subordinate to each of the information elements A1 to A4. For example, information element A2 represents having four information elements in the hierarchy of information B.

  Note that the small frame may not be displayed intentionally, but only numbers may be displayed at predetermined positions. For the number of information elements in the lower hierarchy, instead of counting using the dependency data at the time of processing, the previously counted value is associated with the information element in the upper hierarchy and stored as the association information 420 May be read out.

  Therefore, by efficiently displaying the number of information elements in the lower hierarchy in a small frame (for example, a click button) in the GUI (Graphical User Interface) display of the upper hierarchy, the screen display area can be efficiently used and the hierarchical structure can be improved. An easy grasp can be made possible.

  As a result, for example, even when the number of cases in the lower hierarchy increases, the display area of the display screen is not occupied by the graphic display of the lower hierarchy, and the number of information elements in the lower hierarchy can be confirmed at a glance. Thus, the trouble of counting the number of frames one by one is eliminated.

  Next, if the operation is to be continued (step ST6) and if it is desired to expand the data in the lower hierarchy, a small frame (click button) indicating the number of cases is selected (step ST7). As shown in FIG. 6 (L), this operation is executed by, for example, left-clicking on the target information element A3 with a mouse.

  Then, the information acquisition unit 101, based on the dependency relationship data of the association information in the database unit 400, data related to the information element A3 from the information B in the lower hierarchy (three information elements B31, B32, B33 and ) And is transferred to the display control unit 102 together with the association information.

  At this time, the information acquisition unit 101 acquires the number of information elements of the information C in the lower hierarchy subordinate to each of the three information elements B31, B32, and B33 with reference to the dependency relationship data, and performs display control. It passes to the part 102 (step ST8).

  The display control unit 102 generates display data in which the information element A3 and the information elements B31, B32, and B33 are associated according to the connection relationship data of the association information, and sends the display data to the output display unit 300 to send the broken line in FIG. It is displayed in the frame (the broken line is not displayed in this explanation) (step ST5).

  In FIG. 6 (R), each of the information elements B31, B32, and B33 is displayed in a large frame in association with the upper-layer information element A3 by a connection line, and the presence or absence of the information element of the lower-layer information C is reduced. Display with numbers in the frame.

  Note that the large frames of the information elements B31, B32, and B33 with respect to the large frame of the information element A3 can be obtained by changing the size, changing the thickness of the frame line, or changing the color of the frame line. You may make it distinguishable. Further, the expanded state of the information element in the lower hierarchy may be hidden by clicking the small frame (click button) again.

  Therefore, since the information element of the lower hierarchy belonging to the information element of the upper hierarchy is expanded by selecting and instructing the small frame for displaying the number of cases, it is possible to immediately grasp the data relationship when necessary.

  There may be a case where unnecessary information that is not used is displayed on a display screen displaying a plurality of data. This is confusing in the use of data, so it is preferable to hide unnecessary information on the display screen. When such a request occurs, the following processing is performed.

  First, when the information element B33 is unnecessary information on the display screen 10 of the data hierarchy of FIG. 6R, for example, this information element B33 is selected (step ST9). This operation is executed by, for example, placing the pointer in the large frame of the information element B33 and right-clicking the mouse.

  Then, the display control unit 102 operates to display on the display screen 10 an erasure menu for inquiring whether erasure is possible. Next, when erasing is selected (step ST10), the information element B33 is hidden (step ST11).

  As a result, the information element B33 is not displayed as shown in the broken line frame in FIG. In this display state, the number of information elements in the lower hierarchy remains in the small frame of the information element A3 as “3”. If necessary, the information element can be selected by selecting this small frame portion. B33 will be displayed again.

  Therefore, the user can arbitrarily specify whether to display or hide each information element after the lower layer is displayed, so that unnecessary information can be removed and the screen display area can be displayed efficiently, and the relevance of the display information can be grasped. Can be made easier.

  When the operation is continued (step ST6) and the edit button of any one of the registration button 32, the change button 33 and the delete button 34 is pressed by the input operation unit 200, the database editing unit 103 Based on the input editing information, the information element file is edited, that is, registered, changed or deleted (step ST12), and the association information 420 is updated (step ST13).

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when an information element is selected by the input operation unit, the display control unit displays a frame on the display screen based on the information element file and the association information. The corresponding information element is displayed, and an edit button for editing the information element is displayed in the frame. The database editing unit is based on the input editing information when the edit button is pressed by the input operation unit. Then, the information element file and the association information stored in the database section are edited.
Therefore, the operability at the time of editing the information element can be improved.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Display screen, 30 Information element, 31 Icon, 32 Registration button, 33 Change button, 34 Delete button, 35 Browse button, 36 Detailed display area, 100 Information processing part, 101 Information acquisition part, 102 Display control part, 103 Database edit Part, 200 input operation part, 300 output display part, 400 database part, 420 association information.

Claims (5)

A data hierarchy display device that displays set information consisting of a plurality of information elements divided into hierarchies, with each information element being identifiable in relation to a hierarchical structure,
A database section for storing association information representing information element files in each hierarchy, connection relations between information elements in the same hierarchy or different hierarchies, and dependency relations between information elements in the upper hierarchy and lower hierarchy,
An input operation unit for performing an input operation of the data hierarchy display;
An output display unit having a display screen for displaying a data hierarchy;
When an information element is selected by the input operation unit, based on the information element file and the association information, the corresponding information element is displayed on the display screen using a frame, and the frame is displayed. A display control unit for displaying an edit button for editing an information element in the frame in the frame;
A database editing unit for editing the file of the information element and the association information in the frame stored in the database unit based on the input editing information when the editing button is pressed by the input operation unit When,
A data hierarchy display device comprising: The data hierarchy display device according to claim 1, wherein the edit button includes at least one of a registration button, a change button, and a delete button. The display control unit displays a browse button in the frame, and displays the detailed content of the selected information element on the display screen when the browse button is pressed by the input operation unit. The data hierarchy display device according to claim 1 or 2. A data hierarchy display program for a computer that displays set information composed of a plurality of information elements divided into hierarchies so that each information element and a hierarchical structure can be identified.
Frames are used based on information element files in each hierarchy, associating information that represents connection relationships between information elements in the same or different hierarchies, and subordinate relationships between information elements in higher and lower hierarchies. Displaying the corresponding information element on the display screen in the frame, and displaying an edit button for editing the information element in the frame in the frame ;
When the edit button on the display screen by the input operation unit is pressed, the processing based on the input editing information, editing the file and the associated information of the information element in the frame,
Data hierarchy display program that executes A data hierarchy display method realized by a data hierarchy display device that displays set information composed of a plurality of information elements divided into hierarchies so that the relationship between each information element and the hierarchical structure can be identified,
An input operation unit based on information element files in each hierarchy, and association information representing connection relations between information elements in the same hierarchy or different hierarchies and subordinate relations between information elements in higher and lower hierarchies. When an information element is selected by the step , displaying the corresponding information element on the display screen using a frame in the frame ;
And displaying the edit button for editing the information elements in the frame in the frame,
Editing the file of the information element in the frame and the association information stored in the database unit based on the input editing information when the edit button is pressed;
A data hierarchy display method comprising:

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