JPH07105392A - Method for processing of data displayed on screen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the method for processing data displayed on a screen by which the operator perceives plural display object data intuitionally with respect to the display processing method to display the plural display object data having 4 kinds of attribute items on the screen. CONSTITUTION:The method is a processing method to display plural display object data having 4 kinds of attribute items PC, GP, NG, CS on a screen HG, a circular drawing DF representing a position of each of the display object data is displayed at a respective position on a coordinate plane indicated by X, Y axes displayed on the screen HG based on data of the two attribute items PC, GP and a radius of the circular drawing DF is decided and displayed depending on the data of the attribute item NG and the circular drawing DF selected based on the attribute item CS among the entire circular drawings DF is displayed with emphasis.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display processing method for displaying a plurality of display target data having four types of attribute items on a screen. For example, data obtained from a POS terminal is displayed on the screen. It is used to perform sales analysis or business analysis.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the distribution industry such as a supermarket, a POS system (point-of-sale information management system) including a plurality of POS terminals and a terminal control device has been introduced, and product sales information obtained from the POS terminals. (P
The OS information) is used for product management such as sales, inventory, or ordering of products, as well as for personnel management or business analysis.

In performing analysis based on POS information, display target data such as a store or a single item is converted into data values of attribute items such as sales amount, sales floor area, gross profit margin, number of single items, number of personnel, expenses, unit price. It is known to display as a portfolio graph based on the screen.

FIG. 5 shows the sales amount of a plurality of stores,
Conventional screen HG8 displaying a portfolio graph based on the data values of three attribute items such as gross profit margin and the number of single items
FIG.

On the screen HG8 of FIG. 5, the sales amount is X
A circular figure DF indicating the position of each store is displayed with the axis, the gross profit ratio as the Y axis, and the number of single items as the Z axis (circle radius). According to this screen HG8, it is obvious which store has a good result and which store has a poor result, and the operator can easily know the item to be improved.

[0006]

As described above, in the conventional screen HG8, the data values of the three attribute items of the display target data can be displayed as the circular figure DF having the position and radius on the coordinate plane. However, for example, it is not possible to know, as it is, which circular graphic DF the operator should pay particular attention to among the many displayed circular graphic DFs. That is, the data values of the three attribute items can be displayed, but the data value of the fourth attribute item cannot be displayed.

Therefore, in the example of FIG. 5, 16 stores are shared by a plurality of block managers, and when one of them is an operator, the store in charge of the operator is in charge. It could not be displayed by the circular figure DF itself.

Therefore, for example, an annotation indicating the correspondence between the circle graphic DF and the store name and an annotation indicating the correspondence between the circle graphic DF or the store name and the block manager name are displayed on the screen H.
There is a problem that the program for such display processing becomes complicated because it must be displayed on G8. Furthermore, even when such display processing is performed, it is displayed by an indirect expression called an annotation.
There is also a problem in that the operator cannot intuitively perceive the circular figure DF and is inferior in visibility.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention directly displays the data values of the four attribute items of the display target data on a circle graphic and allows the operator to intuitively perceive them. It is intended to provide a processing method.

[0010]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the display processing method according to claim 1 has four types of attribute items PC, GP, NG and CS as shown in FIGS. It is a processing method for displaying a plurality of display target data NS which it has on screen HG, showing a position of each above-mentioned display target data NS on the coordinate plane shown by the X-axis and the Y-axis displayed on screen HG. The circle figure DF is assigned to two attribute items PC,
It is displayed at each position based on the data value of GP, the radius of the circular figure DF is determined and displayed according to the data value of one attribute item NG, and selected from the whole by one attribute item CS. This is a method of highlighting the circular figure DF.

A display processing method according to a second aspect is a method of performing highlighting by setting the color of the outer peripheral line of the circular figure DF to a specific color different from the others.

[0012]

With respect to each of the display target data NS, the circle graphic DF indicating their position is displayed on the coordinate plane on the screen HG based on the data values of the two attribute items PC and GP. The radius of each circle figure DF is the other one attribute item NG.
It is determined according to the data value of.

Further, the circular figure DF selected from the whole by one other attribute item CS is highlighted by a method of making the color of the outer peripheral line different from the others.

[0014]

1 is a block diagram showing a display processing apparatus 1 according to the present invention. The display processing device 1 includes a processing unit 11, a magnetic disk device 12, a display device 13, a printer 14, an input device 15 including a keyboard 15a and a mouse 15b, and the like, and is connected to the host 3 via a communication line. There is. The display processing device 1 is realized by, for example, a workstation or a personal computer.

In the magnetic disk device 12, POS information collected from POS terminals (not shown) installed in each store is edited and stored. 2 is a diagram showing a part of the POS information 21 stored in the magnetic disk device 12, FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing POS information 22 edited using a store name NS of a specific block area as a key.

The POS information 21 includes 1 for each store.
Sales amount PC, rough profit margin GP,
The number of single items, such as NG, is recorded. In the POS information 22, each store code CS, each store name NS, and the sales amount P
C, rough profit margin GP, single item NG, etc. are recorded.

By inputting an instruction from the input device 15 to the processing unit 11, based on these POS information 21, 22 or further processed, various diagrams such as a scatter diagram or a portfolio graph, The table and the graph can be displayed on the screen HG of the display device 13.

FIG. 4 is a view showing a screen HG1 displayed based on the POS information 22. On the screen HG1, the sales amount PC is on the X-axis, the gross profit ratio GP is on the Y-axis, and the number of single items NG is Z.
As an axis (radius of a circle), a circular figure DF indicating the positions of 16 stores is displayed. Furthermore, regarding the sales amount PC and the gross profit rate GP, the median ME and the mu μ are obtained, and the ruled lines LM1 and LM2 with solid lines are provided at the positions of the obtained median ME and the ruled lines LS1 and LS2 with dashed lines are provided at the position of mu μ. , Are displayed in a cross shape.

Next, a method for obtaining the median ME and mu μ will be described. The median ME is a value that divides the number of displayed circular figures DF so that the number is the same with the value as a boundary. To find the median ME, first
For N target stores (display target data), X
Sorting is performed in the ascending order of the data value of the axis (the value of the sales amount PC) and the data value of the Y axis (the value of the gross profit ratio GP).

When the number N of stores is an odd number, the data values of the X-axis and the Y-axis of the stores of the order shown by (N + 1) / 2 are the median ME for each axis.

When the number N of stores is an even number, the median ME is the average value of the data values of the stores of the order indicated by N / 2 and the data values of the stores of the next order.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the number N of stores is "1.
Since it is "6", the average value "56" of the sales amount "50" of the 8th "Shimbashi store" and the sales amount "62" of the 9th "Yokohama store" is the median of the X axis. ME, and the gross profit margin of “Shimbashi store”, which is ranked 8th on the Y-axis, is “2.
The average value "22" of the rough profit margin "23" of "1" and the ninth "Shinjuku store" is the median ME of the Y axis.

As described above, the median ME is divided such that the number of stores is equal to the left and right or the top and bottom with the value (axis value) as a boundary. In the example of FIG. 4, the X axis and the Y axis are arranged. Eight stores are divided into left and right or top and bottom by ruled lines LM1 and LM2 in the median ME of the axis.

On the other hand, mu μ is obtained as follows. The target N stores are sorted in ascending order of the data values on the X axis, and an array G1 of sorted data values is obtained. For the array G1, the Y-axis data values are added in the sort order and accumulated, and the cumulative value G2 (G
21, G22 ... G2N) are obtained. A value obtained by dividing the final cumulative value G2N by 2 is G3 (= G2N /
2) is asked. The cumulative value G2 closest to the value G3 is searched, and the cumulative value G2 is searched.
An X-axis data value G4 corresponding to 2 is obtained. The obtained data value G4 is the mu μ of the X axis.

In the example shown in FIG. 4, the cumulative value G2N on the Y axis is "352" and the value G3 is "176", and the closest cumulative value G2 on the Y axis is "Shimbashi store" according to the calculation. It is “173”. Therefore, the X of "Shimbashi store"
The data value “50” on the axis becomes the mu μ on the X axis.
Further, the cumulative value G2N on the X axis is "891", and the value G
3 is "445.5", and the closest cumulative value G2 on the X-axis is "436" of "Ueno store" according to calculation. Therefore, “21”, which is the data value on the Y-axis of “Ueno store”, is the mu μ on the Y-axis.

That is, the median ME divides the number of stores in the axis value of its own so that the number of stores is the same in the left and right or in the upper and lower sides, whereas the mu μ is the median value of the axis values of the other party. It is replaced by the value.

According to the screen HG1 shown in FIG. 4, it is possible to easily grasp the status of each record by the position of each store with respect to the ruled lines LM1 and LM2. That is,
If the four parts divided by the ruled lines LM1 and LM2 are the left quadrant, the first quadrant, the second quadrant, the third quadrant, and the fourth quadrant in order from the upper right part, the stores located in the first quadrant are Is excellent, and the stores located in the third quadrant have poor results. Depending on which quadrant the store is located in, it is possible to easily understand whether the store belongs to the category with good performance or the category with poor performance.

When the intersection point of mu μ is in the first quadrant (this is called upward displacement), the overall result is good, and conversely, when the intersection point of mu μ is in the third quadrant. (This is called downward displacement), the overall result is poor. That is, depending on the position of mu μ with respect to the median ME, it is possible to know whether the overall result is good or bad.

In the example of FIG. 4, it is shown that the mu μ is displaced downward, and the sales amount PC and the gross profit rate GP are gathered downward. Therefore, it can be seen that it is necessary to implement measures such as product amendment and abolition as a whole to shift upward.

By the way, the 16 stores displayed on the screen HG1 of FIG. 4 are shared by the four block managers. The division of the store by the block manager is indicated by the alphabet included in the store code CS. That is, each block manager is assigned a manager code, and the manager code includes the same alphabet as the store code CS of the store in charge.

Here, the block manager BN1 in charge of four stores, Nakano store, Yoyogi store, Shinjuku store, and Shinagawa store.
Is looking at this screen HG1. The block manager BN1 can know the following items from the screen HG1. The Nakano store is excellent because it is in the 1st quadrant, but it has a drawback in that the number of single items is NG, and it is necessary to narrow down the number of single items NG in order to eliminate labor such as ordering, inspection, and shipping. The Yoyogi store has a worse gross profit margin GP than the Nakano store, so
The first decision is to raise the gross profit margin GP while maintaining the sales amount PC. The Shinjuku store must first approach the state of the Nakano store, but it has the advantage that the number of single items NG is small, so it is necessary not to increase the number of single items NG. Since the Shinagawa store is in the 4th quadrant and both the sales amount PC and the gross profit margin GP are inferior, the first step is to approach the state of the Shinjuku store.

At this time, the block manager BN1 inputs his / her manager code from the input device 15, whereby the peripheral lines of these four stores in charge are highlighted in a color different from the others. Therefore, the block manager BN1 can intuitively perceive the circular figure DF of the store that the block manager is in charge of, and the visibility is extremely good.

Further, according to an instruction from the input device 15,
The POS information 22 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed as a window on the screen HG1. Therefore, it is possible to easily know the accurate value of the data value of each store.

Further, in the display processing device 1, it is possible to perform a simulation of a store state. That is,
The circular figure DF can be moved on the screen HG1 by an operation from the input device 15, and when the position of the store is changed by this, the X-axis value and Y corresponding to the changed position are displayed.
The median ME and the mu μ are obtained by using the axis value as the data value of the store, and the ruled lines LM1 and LS1 and the ruled lines LS1 thereof
2 is displayed.

Therefore, the block manager BN1
Through simulation, it is possible to know how the state of the store will change the overall performance.

Furthermore, it is possible to specify a specific store on the screen HG1 and display time-series data for the specified store. That is, when, for example, the Machida store is designated on the screen HG1, the portfolio graph is displayed on the screen HG with the period PR for each month as the display target data based on the POS information 21 shown in FIG.

In highlighting the circular figure DF in the above embodiment, the outer peripheral line of the circular figure DF or the circular figure DF is highlighted.
The brightness of the whole image may be increased or blinked. Although the circular graphic DF is highlighted based on the designated store code CS, the circular graphic DF may be highlighted based on other attribute items, for example, a store with a scale within a designated range or a designated period PR.

In the above-described embodiment, the configuration of each part or the whole of the display processing device 1, the display content of the screen HG, the processing content for the display, the processing order, etc. may be variously changed in accordance with the gist of the present invention. it can.

[0039]

According to the present invention, the data values of the four attribute items of the display target data can be directly displayed on the circle graphic and the operator can intuitively perceive them. Further, since four attribute items are displayed on the circular figure itself, the screen is not complicated, the screen design is easy, and the visibility is excellent.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a display processing device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a part of POS information stored in a magnetic disk device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing POS information edited using a store name in a specific block area as a key.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen showing a shop in a portfolio graph based on POS information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a conventional screen showing a plurality of stores in a portfolio graph.

[Explanation of code] NS store (data to be displayed) PC Sales amount (attribute item) GP Gross profit margin (attribute item) NG Number of single items (attribute item) CS Store code (attribute item) HG screen DF Circle figure

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Attribute items of four types (PC) (GP) (N)
G) A processing method for displaying a plurality of display target data (NS) having (CS) on a screen (HG) on a coordinate plane indicated by the X axis and the Y axis displayed on the screen (HG). , A circle figure (DF) indicating the position of each display target data (NS) is displayed at each position based on the data values of two attribute items (PC) (GP), and the circle figure (DF) is displayed. Is determined and displayed according to the data value of one attribute item (NG), and the circular figure (DF) selected from the whole by one attribute item (CS) is highlighted. Screen display processing method of data to be processed. 2. The screen display processing method for data according to claim 1, wherein highlighting is performed by setting a color of an outer peripheral line of the circular figure (DF) to a specific color different from other colors.