US 12,468,879 B2
Method, apparatus and electronic device for field merging
Hongxiao Xin, Beijing (CN); and Siteng Li, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/542,288.
Application 18/542,288 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2023/080567, filed on Mar. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202210243981.7 (CN), filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0119223 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 40/174 (2020.01); G06F 40/177 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 40/174 (2020.01) [G06F 40/177 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of field merging in a table, comprising:
in response to receiving a merging request for data columns in the table, presenting, by a terminal device, a field selection page containing header row fields of the data columns;
determining, by the terminal device and based on a selection operation from a user of the terminal device, at least two target header row fields from the header row fields on the field selection page; and
in response to receiving a merging instruction, generating, by the terminal device, a merged field in a header row of the table and merged data in a data column corresponding to the merged field, wherein the merged field encapsulates field values of multiple fields to generate the merged data,
wherein a display of the table is switchable, by the terminal device, between at least two views comprising a first view for displaying the table after merging and a second view for displaying the merged data in form of a chart and at least one data card displayed around the chart, wherein each of the at least one data card comprises the encapsulated field values corresponding to the merged data, the chart is generated using the merged data and comprises at least one chart element that is linked to the at least one data card via the merged data.