Table Lens

Last revision: 01/15/2008, G. Waloszek

Figure: Table Lens from InXight

 

Purpose

From InXight Website: Table Lens revolutionizes exploratory data analysis by applying information visualization principles like "Focus+Context" and "putting the graphics first" to the problem of interacting with large tabular datasets. Users can quickly get an overview of large data sets, looking for patterns and relationships, as well as focusing on specific items in their full context. The interactivity of Table Lens allows users to make sense of data even when it is published to the Web.

Applications

Table lenses are used for interacting with large tabular datasets.

Commercial Marketing

Now marketed by InXight, a Xerox offspring

Authors, Date

Ramana Rao, Stuart K. Card, Peter Pirolli (Xerox Parc); 1994-96

Links, Papers