23 documented entries

Data Display And Exploration

Tables, dashboards, charts, maps, compare views, timelines, and drill-down behavior.

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Activity log

Users need to inspect recorded user, admin, system, security, or integration events.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedSearchable and exportable record of system, user, or administrative events
Test in lab

Calendar view

Users need to scan or manage scheduled events across dates, days, weeks, months, or resources.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
6
Trail checked
establishedDate and time grid for scheduled events, availability, and conflicts
Test in lab

Card grid

Users browse peer objects where visual preview, compact identity, and quick first-pass selection matter.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedResponsive multi-column grid of peer object cards
Test in lab

Card list

Users need to browse rich object summaries with preview, summary text, metadata, status, and actions.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
standardSingle-column sequence of bounded rich object summaries
Test in lab

Chart drilldown

Users need to investigate an aggregate chart mark by moving to the next planned level of a hierarchy.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
7
Trail checked
establishedInteractive chart hierarchy from aggregate marks to child-level data
Test in lab

Collection

Users need to save, curate, share, revisit, sequence, or maintain explicit items as a meaningful set.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
standardNamed, purposeful set of items with collection-level metadata and membership behavior
Test in lab

Compare view

Users need to choose among similar offerings using multiple comparable attributes.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedSelected side-by-side attribute comparison of peer items
Test in lab

Dashboard layout

Users need to monitor several related metrics, exceptions, and analyses together.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedPage-level arrangement of coordinated status, metric, and analysis widgets
Test in lab

Data grid

Users repeatedly inspect or update many records in shared columns.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
standardInteractive row-and-column data workspace
Test in lab

Data visualization

Users need to see trends, comparisons, rankings, distributions, relationships, composition, anomalies, or uncertainty.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
9
Trail checked
establishedEncoded visual analysis of quantitative or categorical data
Test in lab

Expandable row

A row has supplemental detail that is useful for some records but would make the default table or list too dense.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedRow-owned inline detail disclosure inside a table or list
Test in lab

Feed

Users consume a continuing stream of updates, posts, stories, comments, media, or collaboration activity.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedDynamic stream of article-like updates that may load or insert content at either end
Test in lab

Kanban board

Work progresses through visible stages and the team uses the board to decide what to pull next.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
6
Trail checked
establishedWorkflow-state board for cards moving through columns
Test in lab

List view

Users need to scan and act on a collection of objects using compact summaries.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
standardVertical object-summary browsing surface
Test in lab

Map view

Users choose or inspect objects by where they are, how near they are, or what area they fall inside.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
8
Trail checked
establishedSpatial viewport for location-based objects, layers, and routes
Test in lab

Master-detail

Users repeatedly choose items from a collection and work with a substantial detail destination.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
4
Trail checked
establishedAdaptive source list and detail layout with coordinated selection and navigation state
Test in lab

Saved view

Users repeatedly return to a specific presentation of a changing data set.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedPersisted named presentation state for a data workspace
Test in lab

Summary box

A longer page has a small set of key facts or next steps that users need early.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedHighlighted region for key information from a longer page
Test in lab

Table

Records share comparable attributes that users need to scan in aligned columns.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
standardSemantic row-and-column data comparison surface
Test in lab

Tag / status tag

A compact category, state, phase, freshness marker, priority, or count helps users scan a group of objects.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedCompact static category or status label attached to an object
Test in lab

Timeline

Users need a chronological record of important events for one object, case, order, application, or process.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
establishedBounded chronological record of past, current, or expected events
Test in lab

Tree grid

Rows have real parent-child hierarchy and shared comparable columns.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
standardHierarchical interactive row-and-column data workspace
Test in lab

Window splitter

Users need to compare, edit, inspect, or preview adjacent panes in one durable workspace.

Type
UI-UX
Sources
5
Trail checked
standardMoveable separator for resizing adjacent panes
Test in lab

Saved items