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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR
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GENERATINGA SWIMLANE TIMELINE FOR TASK DATA VISUALIZATION
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(75) Inventor:
Daniel RohWer, North?eld, MN
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Mar. 29, 2012
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ABSTRACT
A SWimlane Timeline Application for task data visualization utilizes a MicrosoftVisioApplication Programming Interface (API) to visualize task data. The task data includes one or more of: task name, task outline number, task start date,
and/or task ?nish date. The application solicits, interprets,
(73) Assignee:
VISIBILITY, BIZ. INC., EAGAN, MN (US)
and visualiZes the data by either mapping the user selected top-level outline number “n” as the parent task that de?nes the timeline and title, the “n.n” child tasks to sWimlane roWs, and
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the “n.n.n . . . ” loWer level tasks to intervals and milestones
(22) Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
Within the sWimlanes, or by utilizing the user selected group by ?eld to determine sWimlanes, the user selected ?lter-by ?elds to determine timeline start and ?nish dates, and the user
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