WO2021162706A1

WO2021162706A1 - Generate presentations based on properties associated with templates

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Publication number: WO2021162706A1
Application number: PCT/US2020/018375
Authority: WO
Inventors: Shell S. Simpson; Christopher Alexander; Terri A. DILLION; Florentina PEREZ MARTIN; Afser Babulla KAZHIUNGIL MOIDUTTY; John Eric PETERSON
Original assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Priority date: 2020-02-14
Filing date: 2020-02-14
Publication date: 2021-08-19

Abstract

According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, may cause the processor to access a template associated with a presentation. The processor may identify a local property associated with a slide in the template and identify a global property associated with multiple slides in the template. The processor may retrieve data for the presentation based on the identified local property and the identified global property, and may generate the presentation based on the template and the retrieved data for the presentation.

Description

GENERATE PRESENTATIONS BASED ON PROPERTIES ASSOCIATED

WITH TEMPLATES

BACKGROUND

[0001] A slide deck may be a collection of slides that are arranged together in a slide presentation. In some examples, the slides may be created based on a predetermined format and may include data for displaying graphs, charts, or the like.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0002] Features of the present disclosure are illustrated by way of example and are not limited in the following figure(s), in which like numerals indicate like elements, in which:

[0003] FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an example apparatus that may identify properties associated with a slide and generate a presentation based on data that is retrieved based the identified properties;

[0004] FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an example system in which the example apparatus depicted in FIG. 1 may be implemented;

[0005] FIG. 3 shows example interfaces to create a slide presentation based on predefined deck templates;

[0006] FIGS. 4A and 4B show an example interface that includes global properties and local properties of a particular slide in a slide presentation;

[0007] FIG. 5 shows an example interface for adding a slide in a slide presentation based on predefined slide templates;

[0008] FIG. 6 shows a flow diagram of an example method for identifying properties associated with a slide and generating a presentation based on data that is retrieved based on the identified properties; and [0009] FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of an example non-transitory computer readable medium that may have stored thereon machine readable instructions to identify properties associated with a slide and generate a presentation based on data that is retrieved based on the identified properties.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0010] For simplicity and illustrative purposes, the present disclosure is described by referring mainly to examples. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. It will be readily apparent however, that the present disclosure may be practiced without limitation to these specific details. In other instances, some methods and structures have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure the present disclosure.

[0011] Throughout the present disclosure, the terms “a” and “an” are intended to denote at least one of a particular element. As used herein, the term “includes” means includes but not limited to, the term “including” means including but not limited to. The term “based on” means based at least in part on.

[0012] Slide presentations are commonly used as marketing, business development, educational, and/or the like, tools. Slide presentations may be formed of a collection of slides and may be referred to as a slide deck. Content included in the slide presentations may be more effective when the slides incorporate customer specific data and/or are formatted in a particular manner. However, it may be difficult or cumbersome to customize and format each slide in a slide presentation, which may result in inefficient computing resource utilization in generating the slide presentation.

[0013] Disclosed herein are apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for dynamic generation of customized slide presentations, e.g., that may be customized for particular customers. As discussed herein, a slide presentation may be generated using a slide template (or deck template), which may be associated with properties and actual customer data may be retrieved and incorporated into the slide deck based on the properties.

[0014] In some examples, a processor may access a template associated with a presentation. The processor may identify a local property associated with a slide in the template and may identify a global property associated with multiple slides in the template. The processor may retrieve data for the presentation based on the identified local property and the identified global property and may generate the presentation based on the template and the retrieved data for the presentation. In some examples, the user may be given the ability to assign a property for a template and the processor may retrieve and format data in a particular slide based on the properties. By way of example, the processor may generate slides having different geographic (e.g., language, currency, unit, etc.) ortimespan (custom time periods) views of a particular customer’s data based on the identified local and global properties associated with the template.

[0015] Through implementation of the features of the present disclosure, a processor may generate a customized slide deck based on predetermined properties associated with a template. The processor may identify global and local properties associated with slides of a slide deck. By enabling implementation of slide deck generation using global and local properties, customized presentations for a particular customer may easily and efficiently be created or modified. The improved performance in generating customized presentations may in turn allow an apparatus to generate slide decks in an efficient manner, for instance, by reducing an amount of time and processing resources used to identify, retrieve, update, and modify a content and format of data for each slide of a slide deck.

[0016] Reference is made to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an example apparatus 100 that may identify properties associated with a slide and generate a presentation based on data that is retrieved based the identified properties. FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of an example system 200 in which the example apparatus 100 depicted in FIG. 1 may be implemented. It should be understood that the example apparatus 100 depicted in FIG. 1 and the example system 200 depicted in FIG. 2 may include additional features and that some of the features described herein may be removed and/or modified without departing from the scopes of the apparatus 100 and/or the system 200.

[0017] The apparatus 100 may be a personal computer, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, a server, a node in a network (such as a data center), an electronic device such as Internet of Things (loT) device, a robotic device, and/or the like. As shown, the apparatus 100 may include a processor 102 and a non-transitory computer readable medium, e.g., a memory 110. The processor 102 may be a semiconductor-based microprocessor, a central processing unit (CPU), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), and/or other hardware device. Although the apparatus 100 is depicted as having a single processor 102, it should be understood that the apparatus 100 may include additional processors and/or cores without departing from a scope of the apparatus 100. In this regard, references to a single processor 102 as well as to a single memory 110 may be understood to additionally or alternatively pertain to multiple processors 102 and/or multiple memories 110.

[0018] The memory 110 may be an electronic, magnetic, optical, or other physical storage device that contains or stores executable instructions. The memory 110 may be, for example, Read Only Memory (ROM), flash memory, solid state drive, Random Access memory (RAM), an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), a storage device, an optical disc, or the like. The memory 110 may be a non-transitory computer readable medium. The term “non-transitory” does not encompass transitory propagating signals.

[0019] As shown in FIG. 1 , the processor 102 may execute instructions 112-120 to cause the apparatus 100 to generate a presentation. The instructions 112-120 may be machine-readable instructions, e.g., non-transitory computer readable instructions. In other examples, the apparatus 100 may include hardware logic blocks or a combination of instructions and hardware logic blocks to implement or execute functions corresponding to the instructions 112-120

[0020] The processor 102 may fetch, decode, and execute the instructions 112 to access a template 210 (FIG. 2) associated with a presentation. The template 210 may be stored on the memory 110 in the apparatus 100. Alternatively or additionally, the template 210 may be stored on a server 214 or a data store 216 that is connected to the server 214, and the template 210 may be retrieved at the apparatus 100 from the server 214 or the data store 216 over a network 218. In some examples, the apparatus 100 may include a web browser that displays a user interface (Ul) to access the templates 210 from the server 214 via an API for accessing the server 214.

[0021] The processor 102 may fetch, decode, and execute the instructions 114 to identify a local property 222 associated with a slide 220i in the template 210. The local property 222 may be a property that is associated with a particular slide 220i, but may not be associated with another slide in the slide presentation. The processor 102 may fetch, decode, and execute the instructions 116 to identify a global property 224 associated with multiple slides 220i to 220n in the template 210. The global property 224 may be a property that may apply to all of the slides 220i to 220n included in the slide presentation. The local property 222 and the global property 224 may be obtained through user interfaces, e.g., those depicted in FIG. 3, when creating a slide presentation using the template 210.

[0022] Referring to FIG. 3, there is shown example interfaces 310, 318, 320, 324 to create a slide presentation based on predefined deck templates 314. Particularly, a first interface 310 may display a plurality of thumbnail images 312, 314 associated with different templates to create a new slide presentation. In some examples, a thumbnail image 312 may be a “+” icon to create a new blank slide presentation or a thumbnail image 314 associated with a particular type of pre-configured slide presentation. By way of particular example, the template 210 shown in FIG. 2 may be a pre-configured slide template that includes a particular slide 220i or a pre-configured deck template that includes a plurality of slides 220i to 220n that forms a slide deck.

[0023] The template 210 may also include slides for a particular type of presentation. In some examples, a deck template 314 may include a plurality of slides that are setup as a quarterly business review (QBR), a monthly business review (MBR), or the like. The first interface 310 may also display thumbnail images 316 to open existing slide presentations, which may also be used as a template for a new slide presentation.

[0024] In some examples, in response to selection of a thumbnail image 314, a second interface 318 may be displayed to identify global properties 224 associated with multiple slides 220 in the template 210. In some examples, select properties among a list of properties may be chosen at the second interface 318. The processor 102 may also initially display a default set of global properties 224 based on the deck template. In addition, the processor 102 may assign the selected properties to all of the slides as global properties 224 for the slide presentation.

[0025] The second interface 318 may display fields to receive values for a plurality of global properties 224 for the associated the template 210. The identified global properties 224 may be assigned to each slide 220i to 220n in the slide presentation. That is, the identified global properties 224 may be assigned to the template 210 in order to customize the slide presentation according to the global property 224. In some examples, the global properties 224 associated with the template 210 may include a customer identification, a locale, a timespan, a geographic scope, a currency, and/or the like.

[0026] In some examples, the processor 102 may display a third interface 320 to display all of the slides 220 in the slide presentation. The third interface 320 may include a thumbnail image 322 for a current slide 220i in the slide presentation. The thumbnail image 322 may be highlighted when selected, and a corresponding slide 220i may be enlarged for viewing in the third interface 320.

[0027] In some examples, the processor 102 may display a fourth interface 324 to identify local properties 222 associated with the current slide 220i. The processor 102 may allow selection of local properties 222 among a plurality of properties to be associated with the current slide 220i. In some examples, a default set of local properties 222 may be displayed based on the template or the global properties 224.

[0028] In some examples, the processor 102 may determine a set of global properties 224 based on an examination of the local properties 222 for some or all of the slides in the slide presentation. By way of particular example, the global properties 224 may be determined based on a distinct union of local properties for some or all of the slides in the slide presentation, or based on local properties for which there are at least two slides containing the property in question. As such, each local property 222 may have a corresponding global property 224. In this case, a default set of global properties 224 may be established across the deck, and the default set of global properties 224 may be inherited by the local properties 222 of some or all of the slides. In some examples, the default set of global properties 224 may be displayed in the second interface 318 as previously described.

[0029] In some examples, the processor 102 may display in the fourth interface 324 objects for setting a local configuration for the current slide 220i. The local configuration may be a type of local property 222 that is local to a particular slide, and not related to a global property (e.g., no global property override for the local property). By way of particular example, a local configuration value may include units, or the like, to be applied for the slide in question.

[0030] Once the desired properties are selected for the slide 220i, the processor 102 may display fields for each of the selected local properties 222 for inputting values associated the local properties 222. The processor 102 may display a drop-down list, or the like, for inputting values for the local properties 222. In some examples, the local properties 222 may be inherited from the global properties 224 to identify the local properties 222.

[0031] The processor 102 may assign the identified local properties 222 to a particular slide 220i in the slide presentation. The assigned local properties 222 may customize a format or setting of a particular slide 220i in the presentation. In some examples, the local properties 222 associated with the slide 220i may include a customer identification, a locale, a timespan, a geographic scope, a currency, and/or the like.

[0032] With reference back to FIGS. 1 and 2, the processor 102 may fetch, decode, and execute the instructions 118 to retrieve data 226 for the presentation based on the identified local property 222 and the global property 224. The data 226 may be stored in the memory 110, on the server214, or on a data store 216 connected to the server214. In some examples, the data 226 may be associated with a particular customer and may be stored on the customer’s data store 216, which may be accessible through the server 214. By way of non-limiting example, the data 226 may include device usage information such as tracking a number of pages that a printer has printed, toner cartridge levels, business information, customer information, and/or any other type of information that may be included in the slide presentation. The data 226 may be retrieved from the server 214 based on the identified local property 222 and the global property 224. In some examples, select portions of the data 226 may be filtered and retrieved based on the identified local property 222 and the global property 224. For instance, data 226 that corresponds to and/or that may be modified to comply with the identified local property 222 and the global property 224 may be retrieved from the server 214. By way of particular example, the data 226 may be filtered for retrieval based on a combination of the identified local property 222 and the global property 224, such as a combination of a global property for customer identification, in combination with a local property for a timespan for a particular slide, in combination with a local property for a geographic scope (e.g., United States), and modified to be displayed in a currency of US Dollars.

[0033] The processor 102 may fetch, decode, and execute the instructions 120 to generate a presentation based on the template 210 and the retrieved data 226 for the presentation. Examples of an interface 410 that may include global properties 224 and local properties 222 of a particular slide 220i in a slide presentation are shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B. Particularly, FIGS. 4A and 4B, respectively, show an interface 410 that may be displayed to access each slide 220 in the slide presentation. The interface 410 may be similar to the third interface 320 as depicted in FIG. 3.

[0034] As shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the interface 410 may display a plurality of thumbnail images 412 associated with slides 220i to 220n included in the presentation. When a particular thumbnail image 412 is selected, the processor 102 may highlight the thumbnail image 412 and display a corresponding slide 220i in the interface 410. The slide 220 may include pre- formatted information, such as charts, graphs, tables, or the like, and the data 226 retrieved from the server 214 may be incorporated into the slide 220i and displayed in the interface 410. For instance, the processor 102 may insert the retrieved data 226 into the format of the slide in the accessed template 210.

[0035] The interface 410 may include an area 414 to display properties associated with the slide presentation. In some examples, when a global button 416 is selected, global properties 418-426 associated with the slide presentation may be displayed. The global properties 418-426 may be displayed based on values identified though the second interface 318 depicted in FIG. 3. Alternatively or additionally, values for the global properties 418-426 may be identified based on input at the global property 418-426 fields in the interface 410.

[0036] By way of particular example, the global properties (also referred to herein as deck properties) may include a customer identification 418, a locale 420, a timespan 422, a geographic scope 424, a currency 426, and/or the like.

[0037] The customer identification 418 may indicate a particular customer. The processor 102 may identify data 226 associated with the customer identification 418 in the data store 216. In some examples, a value for the customer identification 418 may be input or changed directly from the customer identification 418 field in the interface 410. In some examples, the processor 102 may control access permissions for the slide presentations based on the customer identification 418 property.

[0038] The locale 420 property may control the way in which slide content may render, e.g., number format, date format, or the like. The locale 420 property may include identification of a country (e.g., Australia, Canada [English], Canada [French], China, France, United States, United Kingdom, etc.) and may determine a language and formatting settings for all of the slides in the slide presentation.

[0039] The timespan 422 property may determine a time period associated with the slide presentation. Custom timespan 422 may allow the slide presentation to be customized to match a customer’s fiscal calendar, or the like. The data 226 may be filtered according to the identified timespan 422 values prior to displaying in the slide 220i. [0040] The geographic scope 424 property may identify a scope of a region associated with the data 226. In some examples, the geographic scope 424 may be selected from a list of available scope types. The geographic scope 424 may include country, region, site/facility, and/or the like.

[0041] The currency 426 property may control the currency used in the slide presentation. In some examples, a value of the currency 426 property may be identified as a specific currency (e.g., US Dollars). Alternatively or additionally, the value of the currency 426 property may be identified as “local currency” in which case the currency may be derived based on another property, e.g., the geographic scope 424. In some examples, multiple currencies (e.g., US Dollars and Local) may be supported in a slide.

[0042] The interface 410 may display a local button 428 (FIG. 4B) to show local properties associated with a particular slide 220i. When the local button 428 is selected, the processor 102 may display local properties 430-438 associated with the selected slide 220i. The processor 102 may display local properties 430- 438 based on values identified though the fourth user interface 324 as depicted in FIG. 3. Alternatively or additionally, values for the local properties 430-438 may be identified based on input at the local properties 430-438 fields in the interface 410.

[0043] In some examples, the local properties 430-438 may be the same as the global properties 418-426 associated with the entire slide presentation. By way of particular example, the local properties (also referred to herein as slide properties) may include a customer identification 430, a locale 432, a timespan 434, a geographic scope 436, a currency 438, and/or the like.

[0044] In some examples, values for the local property 430-438 may be inherited from a corresponding global property 418-426. For example, the processor 102 may assign a value associated with a global property 418-426 as a value for a local property 430-438 to identify the local property 430-438. In other examples, however, a local property 430-438 may differfrom the global properties 418-426.

[0045] In some examples, a certain property may be a global property and thus not accessible in the local properties view. For example, as depicted in FIG. 4B, the displayed object for the customer identification 430 property may be set so that it is not accessible while in a local property view mode.

[0046] Based on identification of the global properties 418-426 and the local properties 430-438, the processor 102 may retrieve and format the data 226 based on the identified global properties 418-426 and the local properties 430- 438 to generate the slide. By way of particular example, based on a value for the global property customer identification 418, the processor 102 may retrieve data 226 associated with that customer from the server 214. The data 226 may then be formatted for presentation based on other properties, e.g., locale, timespan, geographic scope, and currency. Based on the format of the data 226 according to the values of the identified properties, the processor 102 may generate the slide 220i for the presentation.

[0047] In some examples, the interface 410 may include objects 440-446 to manage the slides in the slide presentation. Object 440 may cause the processor 102 to add a slide 220n in the slide presentation. Referring to FIG. 5, there is shown an example interface 510 for adding a slide in a slide presentation based on predefined slide templates. As shown, based on a selection of object 440, an interface 510 (also referred to herein as a window 510) may be displayed for adding a slide in the slide presentation. A plurality of thumbnail images 512 associated with slide templates may be displayed in the window 510. In some examples, a search bar 514 may be displayed to search a plurality of slide templates based on keywords associated with the slide templates.

[0048] Based on a selection of a particular thumbnail image 512, a plurality of local properties 516 associated with the selected slide may be displayed. The values associated with each of the local properties 516 may be received through the window 510. Alternatively or additionally, the values for the local properties 516 may be received through the interface 410 as depicted in FIG. 4B. In some examples, a property 518 that is a global property may be deselected and made not accessible among the local properties, as depicted in FIG. 5. Once a slide has been added to the slide presentation though the window 510, a thumbnail image 442 associated with the new slide may be added in the interface 410.

[0049] In some examples, and as shown in FIG. 4, the interface 410 may include a delete object 444 to delete a slide 220i. The processor 102 may delete the active slide 220i when the delete object 444 is selected. The processor 102 start a slide show when a slide show object 446 is selected. The slide show may display, in full screen, each slide in the slide deck. The processor 102 may export a slide when the export object 448 is selected. The processor 102 may generate a presentation in a particular format (e.g., PowerPoint®) for export.

[0050] T urning now to FIG. 6, there is shown a flow diagram of an example method for identifying properties 222 and 224 associated with a slide 220i and generating a presentation based on data 226 that is retrieved based on the identified properties 222 and 224. It should be understood that the method 600 depicted in FIG. 6 may include additional operations and that some of the operations described therein may be removed and/or modified without departing from the scope of the method 600. The description of the method 600 is also made with reference to the features depicted in FIGS. 1-5 for purposes of illustration. Particularly, the processor 102 of the apparatus 100 may execute some or all of the operations included in the method 600.

[0051] At block 602, the processor 102 may access a template 210 for a slide deck. The template 210 may be stored on a memory 110, on a server 214, a data store 216, and/or the like. Template 210 may include a slide template that includes a single slide or a deck template that includes a plurality of sides for a presentation. In some examples, the processor 102 may display a first interface 310 that includes a thumbnail image 314 associated with a template 210, as depicted in FIG. 3.

[0052] At block 604, the processor 102 may identify a global property 224 associated with multiple slides 220i to 220n in the template 210. The global property 224 may be a property that may apply to all of the slides in the presentation. In some examples, based on a selection of the thumbnail image 314, the processor 102 may display a second interface 318. The processor 102 may enable identification of a select global property 224 among a plurality of properties to be associated with the template 210. The processor 102 may also receive through the second interface 318 a value associated with the global property 224.

[0053] At block 606, the processor 102 may identify a local property 222 associated with each of the multiple slides 220i to 220n in the template 210. The local property 222 may be a property that applies to a specific slide in the presentation. In some examples, the processor 102 may display a fourth interface 324 to identify the local property 222 that is to be associated with the presentation. By way of particular example, the local property 222 may include a locale 432, a timespan 234, a geographic scope 436, a currency 438, and/or the like. In some examples, the local property 222 may be the same as one or more of global properties 224. The fourth interface 324 may allow selection of one or more of the local properties 222 to be associated with the particular slide and input of values associated with each of the local property 222.

[0054] In some examples, the local property 222 may be inherited from a corresponding global property 224. The processor 102 may identify the local property 222 associated with each of the multiple slides 220i to 220n in the template 210 based on the received value associated with the global property 224. By way of particular example, a value for a global property 224 (e.g., for a customer identification 418) received through the second interface 318 may be assigned to a corresponding local property 222 (e.g., for a customer identification 430).

[0055] In some examples, the processor 102 may identify a value for the local property 222 through input at a fourth interface 324. The processor 102 may assign a value for a local property 222 based on an input received at the fourth interface 324. Alternatively or additionally, the values for the local property 222 may be received though a slide view interface, such as through the displayed local properties 432-438 fields displayed in the interface 410 depicted in FIG. 4B.

[0056] In some examples, the global property 224 may include a customer identification 418, a locale 420, a timespan 422, a geographic scope 424, a currency 426, and/or the like. The local property 222 may include a locale 432, a timespan 234, a geographic scope 436, a currency 438, and/or the like. The local property 222 may be the same as one or more of global properties 224.

[0057] At block 608, the processor 102 may retrieve data 226 for each of the multiple slides 220i to 220n in the template 210 based on the identified local property 222 and the identified global property 224. The processor 102 may filter data 226 to be retrieved from the server 214 based on the local and global properties 222 and 224.

[0058] At block 610, the processor 102 may generate each of the multiple slides 220i to 220n in the template 210 to include the retrieved data 226 based on the local property 222 and the global property 224. The processor 102 may format the retrieved data 226 for each of the multiple slides 220i to 220n based on the global property 224 and the local property 222. By way of particular example, the data 226 may be formatted for numerical units based on locale 432, or the like. The processor 102 may generate each of the multiple slides 220i to 220n based on the formatted retrieved data 226.

[0059] Some or all of the operations set forth in the method 600 may be included as utilities, programs, or subprograms, in any desired computer accessible medium. In addition, the method 600 may be embodied by computer programs, which may exist in a variety of forms both active and inactive. For example, they may exist as machine readable instructions, including source code, object code, executable code or other formats. Any of the above may be embodied on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

[0060] Examples of non-transitory computer readable storage media include computer system RAM, ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, and magnetic or optical disks or tapes. It is therefore to be understood that any electronic apparatus capable of executing the above-described functions may perform those functions enumerated above.

[0061] Turning now to FIG. 7, there is shown a block diagram of a non- transitory computer readable medium 700 that may have stored thereon machine readable instructions to identify properties 222 and 224 associated with a slide 220i and generate a presentation based on data 226 that is retrieved based on the identified properties 222 and 224. It should be understood that the computer readable medium 700 depicted in FIG. 7 may include additional instructions and that some of the instructions described herein may be removed and/or modified without departing from the scope of the computer readable medium 700 disclosed herein. The computer readable medium 700 may be a non-transitory computer readable medium. The term “non-transitory” does not encompass transitory propagating signals. The description of the non-transitory computer readable medium 700 is also made with reference to the features depicted in FIGS. 1-5 for purposes of illustration. Particularly, the processor 102 of the apparatus 100 may execute some or all of the instructions 702-710 included in the non-transitory computer readable medium 700.

[0062] The computer readable medium 700 may have stored thereon machine readable instructions 702-710 that a processor, such as the processor 102 depicted in FIGS. 1 and 2, may execute. Particularly, the processor 102 may execute instructions 702 to display a first interface 310 that displays a plurality of thumbnail images 312, 314 associated with a plurality of slide templates and slide deck templates.

[0063] The processor 102 may execute the instructions 704 to, based on a selection of a thumbnail image 314 to select a template 210 among the plurality of slide templates and slide deck templates, display a second interface 318 to receive a value associated with a global property 224 for the selected template 210.

[0064] The processor 102 may execute the instructions 706 to, based on the received value associated with the global property 224, identify a local property 222 associated with each slide 220i in the selected template 210. In some examples, the processor 102 may assign a particular global property 224 to a corresponding local property 222. Alternatively or additionally, the processor 102 may display an interface 324 to identify the local property 222 associated with each slide 220i.

[0065] The processor 102 may execute the instructions 708 to retrieve data 226 for the selected template 210 based on the local property 222 and the global property 224 associated with the selected template 210. The processor 102 may execute the instructions 710 to generate a slide deck based on the retrieved data 226 for the selected template 210. In some examples, the processor 102 may format a display of the retrieved data 226 for the selected template 210 based on the global property 224 and the local property 222. By way of particular example, the global property 224 and the local property 222 may include a customer identification, a locale, a timespan, a geographic scope, a currency, or another type of property.

[0066] Although described specifically throughout the entirety of the instant disclosure, representative examples of the present disclosure have utility over a wide range of applications, and the above discussion is not intended and should not be construed to be limiting, but is offered as an illustrative discussion of aspects of the disclosure.

[0067] What has been described and illustrated herein is an example of the disclosure along with some of its variations. The terms, descriptions and figures used herein are set forth by way of illustration and are not meant as limitations. Many variations are possible within the scope of the disclosure, which is intended to be defined by the following claims - and their equivalents - in which all terms are meant in their broadest reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory on which are stored machine-readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: access a template associated with a presentation; identify a local property associated with a slide in the template; identify a global property associated with multiple slides in the template; retrieve data for the presentation based on the identified local property and the global property; and generate the presentation based on the template and the retrieved data for the presentation.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to: assign the global property to all slides in the presentation.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to: assign the local property to the slide associated with the local property.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to: display a thumbnail image associated with the template; based on a selection of the thumbnail image, display an interface to receive a value associated with the global property; and based on the received value associated with the global property, identify the local property associated with the slide in the template.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the instructions cause the processor to: assign the value associated with the global property as a value for the local property to identify the local property; or display another interface to receive the value for the local property, and assign the value for the local property based on an input at the other interface to identify the value for the local property.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the global property and the local property include a customer identification, a locale, a timespan, a geographic scope, and/or a currency.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions cause the processor to: format the retrieved data for the presentation based on the global property and the local property; and generate the slide for the presentation based on the formatted retrieved data.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the template is a slide template for a particular slide or a deck template including a plurality of slides.

9. A method comprising: accessing, by a processor, a template for a slide deck; identifying, by the processor, a global property associated with multiple slides in the template; identifying, by the processor, a first local property associated with a first slide of the multiple slides and a second local property associated with a second slide of the multiple slides; retrieving, by the processor, data for each of the multiple slides in the template based on the identified first and second local properties and the global property; and generating, by the processor, each of the multiple slides in the template to include the retrieved data based on respective local properties associated with the multiple slides and the global property.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising: displaying a thumbnail image associated with the template; based on a selection of the thumbnail image, displaying an interface to receive a value associated with the global property; and based on the received value associated with the global property, identifying the first local property associated with the first slide and the second local property associated with the second slide.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising: assigning the value associated with the global property as a value for the first local property to identify the first local property; or displaying another interface to receive the value for the first local property, and assigning the value for the first local property based on an input at the other interface to identify the value for the first local property.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the global property and the local properties include a customer identification, a locale, a timespan, a geographic scope, and/or a currency.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising: formatting the retrieved data for each of the multiple slides based on the global property and the respective local properties; and generating each of the multiple slides based on the formatted retrieved data.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: display a first interface that displays a plurality of thumbnail images associated with a plurality of templates; based on a selection of a thumbnail image to select a template among the plurality of templates, display a second interface to receive a value associated with a global property for the selected template; based on the received value associated with the global property, identify a local property associated with the selected template; retrieve data for the selected template based on the local property and the global property associated with the selected template; and generate a slide deck based on the retrieved data for the selected template.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the global property and the local property include a customer identification, a locale, a timespan, a geographic scope, and/or a currency, and wherein the instructions cause the processor to format a display of the retrieved data for the selected template based on the global property and the local property.