JPH09319745A - Character data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instantaneously prepare a hierarchical graphic without manual work necessitating time and labor in spite of data change in a data processor preparing a hierarchical graphic from input character data through the use of characters or ruled lines. SOLUTION: Character data with plural attributes such as the list of the employees of a company (enterprise) is written in the LIST area 9b of RAM 9, and CPU 1 forms a hierarchy corresponding to the attribute through the use of the WORK area 9a of RAM 9 and forms the hierarchical graphic such as an organizational graphic expressing this formed hierarchy. At the time, the kinds and the number of the hierarchies of sections, posts, etc., from the character data to prepare the hierarchical graphic according to the detecting result in a two-dimensional XY coordinate.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character data processing device for creating a hierarchical diagram from input character data by using characters and ruled lines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, in expressing a hierarchical diagram such as an organizational chart of a company or a classification system diagram of various substances or organisms in the scientific field, the number of stages of the hierarchy and the hierarchy of each hierarchy are included. The number of people and substances to be stored are determined by manual work and manual calculation each time, and the results are displayed on the screen or written on paper.

For this reason, if the number of layers or the number of layers, or the number of persons or the number of substances contained therein is changed, it is necessary to manually rework each time, which requires a very troublesome work. .

[0004]

In a conventional data processing apparatus for creating a hierarchy diagram from character data, the data is changed to the number of steps of a hierarchy, the number of persons included in the hierarchy, the number of substances, etc., as described above. If so, there is a problem that a troublesome rework work is required each time.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to immediately create a hierarchical diagram without any troublesome manual work even when data is changed. An object of the present invention is to provide a character data processing device.

[0006]

A character data processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a layer forming means for forming a layer corresponding to an attribute from character data having arbitrary plural attributes, and a structure of the formed layer. And a graphic creating means for creating a graphic representing the.

Further, the layer forming means detects the type and number of layers from the character data, and the figure creating means creates a figure in two-dimensional rectangular coordinates according to the detection result. .

[0008]

1 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of a data processing apparatus according to the present invention. In the figure,
Reference numeral 1 denotes a CPU (central processing unit) for controlling the whole, which is connected to the respective units shown below through a bus line (BL) 6 and controls the respective units.

That is, reference numeral 2 is a keyboard (KB) for moving the cursor and for general character input and editing processing.
In addition, the CPU 1 has a cursor movement key 2a for moving the cursor up and down and left and right, and a hierarchy creation key 2b for instructing creation of a hierarchy from the input original data (character data). A hierarchy corresponding to the attribute is formed from the input data having the attribute.

An LCD display 3 displays the character and graphic data written in the VRAM 4, which is a write-only memory for display. 5 is a floppy disk (FD) for storing the created graphic data, 7 is a printer (PR)
In T), the employee list of the company and the organization chart of the created company are printed in T).

Reference numeral 8 denotes a ROM which is a read-only memory,
It has a PRG (program) area 8a shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 for controlling the CPU 1 and a FONT area 8b for storing a character pattern.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a writable non-volatile memory RAM, which is a work area 9a used for executing the above-mentioned program, and data in a tabular format having hierarchies and attributes (for example, employees of a company). LIST area 9b for storing a name list), FORM area 9c for forming a final hierarchy diagram (for example, organization chart of a company), and TBL for storing an XY coordinate table of a hierarchy diagram created by indexing the hierarchy from the original data. It has a (table) area 9d. Then, the contents of the LIST area 9b and the FORM area 9c are printed by the printer 7.

In the data processing apparatus configured as described above, under the control of the CPU 1, a hierarchy corresponding to the attributes is formed from character data having an arbitrary plurality of attributes, and a graphic representing the structure of the formed hierarchy. (Hierarchical diagram) is created.

In the present embodiment, the type and number of layers are detected from the above-mentioned character data, and a layer diagram is created in two-dimensional rectangular coordinates according to the detection result. FIG. 3 shows an example of the hierarchical diagram, and here is an organizational chart of the company created from the employee list (character data) of the company shown in FIG.

In this case, the RAM 9 shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a list representing the hierarchy and attributes as the original data as shown in FIG. Then, the depth and type of the hierarchy and the number included in each hierarchy are calculated from this list to create an XY coordinate table which is the basis of the hierarchy expression. FIG. 5 shows an example thereof.

Next, the data is examined one by one to verify at which position in the hierarchy it is stored, and a hierarchy diagram is created in the RAM 9. As a result, the organizational chart of the company as shown in FIG. 3 is completed. Further, if the contents of the first list are changed, it is possible to easily create a new hierarchical diagram again.

Next, the process of creating the organization chart of the company from the above-mentioned employee list of the company will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This is operated by the CPU 1 executing a program stored in the ROM 8.

Here, it is assumed that the employee list shown in FIG. 4 is created in advance in the LIST area 9b of the RAM 9. Looking at the details of this employee list, first of all, the name, title, and department name below are filled in on each line. The department name is divided into three, but initially it is a large department, and in this example, it is the "headquarters". The next is "department" and the last is "section". However, those with higher positions are not filled in with department names below that.

If the name, the post of the person, and the department to which the person belongs are registered in the above list, the organization chart will be posted by the operation described below.

That is, in this hierarchy creating step,
First, by operating the hierarchy creation key 2b of the keyboard 2 after the above list has been created, the program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 operates.

As a result, first, the FOR of the hierarchical diagram of the RAM 9 is obtained.
Clear M area 9c. This is to prevent unnecessary data from remaining when a new organization chart is created (step S1).

Next, by examining the contents of the list LIST area 9b, the hierarchy and number of departments and the number of non-executives are calculated,
Create a table of XY coordinates so that it will be arranged appropriately,
Store in the TBL area 9b of the RAM 9 (step S
2).

In this embodiment, since the hierarchy has a depth in the right direction and a spread in the vertical direction, the X coordinate is advanced to the right each time the department becomes smaller, and the departments at the same level are descended. Direction, that is, the Y direction. That is, departments at the same level have the same X coordinate. FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the hierarchy (department) and the coordinates.

Furthermore, since non-managerial staffs are lined up in the vertical direction, even the same staff member must move in the Y direction. For this reason, another section needs to be located below that, so if there are n previous employees, the Y coordinate of the next section is lowered by n.

Similarly, a section must be positioned below the total number of persons in the upper section, so the Y coordinate of the next section is determined in consideration of the number of persons. In the example shown in FIG. 5, the Y coordinate of the engineering department is ya, but this is a coordinate considering the number of development departments above it. The same can be said for headquarters. The Y coordinate of the business headquarters is yb, but this is because it is a coordinate that takes into consideration the number of all the office machine headquarters.

With the above, the XY coordinates for each department are completed, and the name or department name of each person is formed in the FORM area 9c of the hierarchy diagram.
Enter the work to store.

One person is searched from the name list (step S3), and it is determined whether or not the person is a manager (step S4). If it is a manager, based on the coordinate position registered in the TBL area 9d of the coordinate table, its department name and name are stored in the FORM area 9c of the hierarchical diagram (step S8). If it is not a manager, the coordinate position registered in the TBL area 9d of the coordinate table is searched (step S5), and the contents of the FORM area 9c of the hierarchical diagram based on the coordinate are checked (step S6).

When the name is already stored in the FORM area 9c of the above hierarchical diagram, the Y coordinate is advanced by 1 (step S7), and the contents are checked again. If it is empty, the name is stored in the hierarchy diagram FORM area 9c (step S9).

As described above, both the executive and non-executive personnel have the FO of the hierarchical diagram.
Since the names have been stored in the RM area 9c, it is determined whether or not all are finished (step S10). If all are not finished, the names are sequentially searched again and the same processing is repeated. When all the members are finished, the hierarchical diagram is completed, and the whole is displayed by connecting the organizations with ruled lines (step S11). As a result, the organization chart as shown in FIG. 3 is completed.

As described above, a hierarchical diagram can be created immediately by creating a list of data to which layers and attributes are added. Therefore, even if there is a data change, it is possible to immediately create a hierarchical diagram without the need for manual labor that takes years.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When creating a hierarchical diagram from character data, there is an effect that a hierarchical diagram can be created immediately without any troublesome manual work even if the data is changed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a device configuration of a character data processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the flow of layer creation processing.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a created hierarchy diagram.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of character data.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an XY coordinate table.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between departments and coordinates in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 keyboard 2b layer creation key 3 LCD display 4 VRAM 8 ROM 8a PRG area 9 RAM 9a WORK area 9b LIST area 9c FORM area 9d TBL area

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hierarchy forming means for forming a hierarchy according to the attribute from character data having arbitrary plural attributes, and a figure creating means for producing a figure representing the structure of the formed hierarchy. Character data processing device characterized by. 2. The layer forming means detects the type and number of layers from the character data, and the figure creating means creates a figure in two-dimensional rectangular coordinates according to the detection result. Character data processor.