JPH09305364A - Screen history confirmation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To systematically perform recogntion for respective purposes at the time of confirming by what kind of a procedure a user performs analysis and to save the manpower of re-input at the time of returning to a history screen by recognizing positioning inside a screen display system just by superimposing a mouse pointer in a transition icon history order. SOLUTION: When the mouse pointer 71 is superimposed on a history icon, a system flow is executed. In the case of superimposing the mouse pointer 71 on the history icon, on which history icon the mouse pointer 71 is superimposed is judged and a history NO pertinent to the history icon is obtained from a screen management table. Then, a pertinent part 72 inside a screen display system area 62 on a drawing system pertinent to an organization ID is emphasis-displayed and setting conditions obtained by pop-up output 74 are displayed. Thus, transition contents are preserved for the respective purposes and the time and labor for setting conditions are saved in the case of analyzing updated data by the same conditions.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen history confirmation method suitable for an information processing apparatus having a screen display mechanism having a hierarchical relationship between screens.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an information processing apparatus such as a computer system, as a method for confirming the screen transition displayed on the display screen, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-39191.
There is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent No. JP-A-6-139
In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 117, a screen image saving unit that saves a screen image being displayed together with screen transition history (history) information in order to confirm a screen transition, and the saved screen image is stored in the screen. A reading means for reading out together with the transition history information and a display means for displaying the read-out screen image are provided.

The screen transition confirmation method using the above means aims to store and display the screen transition history.
No consideration has been given to the fact that it is known to be positioned within the display system that represents the entire screen.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned prior art, since the transition history is only displayed side by side, it is difficult to confirm the positioning of the transition history in the entire screen display system. Moreover, even if the screen returns to the history screen based on the transition history, it is necessary to re-enter the items to be input, which is not efficient.

According to the present invention, the position in the screen display system can be grasped simply by hovering the mouse pointer in the transition icon history order, and the user can systematically grasp the purpose when confirming the procedure for the analysis. The purpose is to save the labor of re-inputting when returning to the history screen.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, means for registering the condition set on the history screen together, and image data by an icon or the like that visualizes information about the history contents are automatically generated. By providing a means for displaying the same, and by overlapping the icon with the mouse pointer, the position in the screen display body type can be understood at a glance.

Further, by overlaying the mouse pointer on the history icon, the corresponding portion in the separately prepared screen figure is highlighted based on the attributes included in the image data.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire system for implementing the present invention. In the present embodiment, a screen transition that occurs when switching the viewpoint of the screen to be analyzed or switching the department to be analyzed in an application that analyzes the business condition of a company will be described as an example.

FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 show the system flow when the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 5 is a schematic table used for realizing the present system. In the embodiment of the present invention, three tables of a screen management table 51 and an image data information table 52 systematic diagram management table 53 are used. As the information stored in each table, a history NO indicating the item number of the history to be saved, an organization I for identifying an organization to be analyzed
D (when analyzing organizational units), screen ID that identifies the screen to be analyzed, image data ID corresponding to the history icon name, image data file name that is the history icon file name, and data source are stored The data file name indicating the file being set and the setting condition indicating the condition for performing the analysis are included.

FIG. 6 is an image diagram of a result screen when the screen is changed. This system comprises a window having a screen system area 62 for displaying a screen system and a window 63 for displaying an analysis result.

FIG. 7 is an image diagram of the result screen when the mouse pointer 71 is over the history icon 61 in the result screen shown in FIG.

The present analysis system calls the source data from the data file and displays the analysis result in the analysis result window 63. When the analysis result is displayed, a display format is selected from the screen IDs (graphs, tables, etc.) for the analysis target organization ID selected by the user based on the setting conditions 73 and displayed.

When the screen transition of the window displaying the first analysis result is performed in this system, the processing flow at the time of the screen transition shown in FIG. 2 is executed. Here, the screen transition is used as a trigger, and it is selected whether or not to register the subsequent screen transition history (step 21). When the registration (YES) is selected, the screen information (organization ID, screen ID, image data ID, data file name, setting condition) is acquired from the history acquisition target screen that is currently open (step 22),
It is registered in the screen management table 51 (step 23). Then, the image data name corresponding to the image data ID is acquired from the image data information table 52 (step 24), and the image data is displayed as a history icon (step 25). FIG. 6 is an image diagram of a result screen when the screen is changed. Then, the screen that the user wants to display is output as the transition destination screen (step 26), and it is confirmed whether the registration of the screen transition history is completed (step 2).
7). When the result of the confirmation is NO, the screen information of the next screen is acquired (step 22) by using the next screen transition as a trigger. The screen transition history after the second time is the history icon 61)
Are displayed side by side.

In step 27, when the registration of the screen transition history is completed (YES), the flow of FIG. 2 is exited. Then, when the screen transition is performed again, the flow of FIG. 2 is executed.

If the selection result of whether to register the screen transition history is NO in step 21, the flow of FIG. 2 is not executed even if the screen transition is performed until Register screen transition history is selected. .

When the mouse pointer is placed on the history icon 61 in the state of FIG. 6, the system flow of FIG. 3 is executed. When the mouse pointer 71 is overlaid on the history icon 61, it is determined which history icon the mouse pointer is over, and the history NO corresponding to the history icon is acquired from the screen management table 51 (step 31). The image data ID and setting conditions corresponding to the acquired history number are acquired from the screen management table 51 (step 3
2) Obtain the organization ID from the system management table 53.
Then, the corresponding portion 72 in the screen display system area 62 on the screen system diagram corresponding to the organization ID is highlighted, and the setting condition acquired above is displayed by the pop-up output 74.

When the history icon is double-clicked in the state of FIG. 7, the flow of FIG. 4 is executed. The history icon corresponding to the history icon is acquired from the screen management table 51 by determining which history icon is double-clicked by using the double click of the history icon as a trigger (step 41). The organization ID, the screen ID, and the setting condition are acquired as screen information from the information management table 51 from the history NO corresponding to the history NO acquired above (step 42). Then, the organization ID acquired in step 42
The setting condition 73 is applied to the screen ID corresponding to (step 43), the data is called from the data file name and the corresponding screen is displayed (Fig. 44). When the file corresponding to the data file name has been updated, the updated analysis result is displayed in the window 63 for displaying the analysis result.

[0020]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be expected.

The transition contents can be saved for each purpose, and the labor of setting the condition can be omitted when the updated data is analyzed under the same condition.

By clearly displaying the transition system of the screen so that the transition content can be seen at a glance, the improvement of the visual image required for the end user-oriented product is realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an entire system that realizes the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow diagram when a screen transition is performed.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram when a mouse is placed over a history image.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart when double-clicking an image history.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a usage table.

FIG. 6 is an image diagram of a result screen when the screen is changed.

FIG. 7 is a result screen image diagram in a state where the mouse pointer is over the transition icon.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Eizo Yazawa 1-6-3 Fujimi, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture Tokiko Corporation (72) Inventor Yuji Sato 12 shares at 890 Kashimada, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa Prefecture Information Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A function of storing the condition set in the already displayed screen history together and storing / displaying the contents as an icon, and by displaying the icon on a mouse pointer over the entire screen display system. Screen history confirmation method that enables systematic grasp of the mutual relationship of screen history by the function of displaying the positioning