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Visualizing Data Hierarchy and Inheritance in a Multi-Layered System
We are working on functionality with three layers of data hierarchy, where data and settings are inherited or 'inherited' from higher to lower layers. This indicates a parent-child relationship within ...
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Filter all the data - big data load
I'm creating a platform that has a lot of company data, around 200,000 companies with 1000 branches each, so it's a lot.
When we load the platform we usually don't show anything until we have loaded ...
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Data layout for a contract
I have visualised a contract. And previously there were less data, so it was like this:
It was pretty nice, but then we added some more data, and my boss said to regroup it logically (left and right),...
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Task progress as factor of user completed steps
The use case here is quite simple:
The user has a list of tasks (first image)
Each task has a set of steps (second image - opened in a "drawer" of sorts)
In order for a task to be completed, the user ...
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When should a modal-dialog get its real-time data?
I have a page which displays some data stored in a database (furthermore defined as "dynamic data"). A modal-dialog also exists on the page which contains some other related dynamic data. The data is ...
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Two possible list designs: How to depict per-item actions?
I am working on designing an inventory management system. I feel one design is closer to optimal but I need a sanity check on this. I won't say which is mine and which is not.
The debate is whether ...
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What method(s) would be needed to implement a single sign on to multiple existing sites?
A co-worker asked me an interesting question. What would be necessary to introduce a single sign-on for multiple existing properties?
Seem like a straight forward questions, but then I started ...
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Extra wide tables best practices
I have a table with large (25+) amount of columns in it. Right now it looks very complex and has a horizontal scroll. I want to make it more useful for the users.
One solution is to group columns by ...
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How to handle conflicting updates of a customer record
We are developing a simple web based single-page CRM-like app. I was thinking about what happens when two operators are both editing the details of a customer "John Doe". On the server side we use a ...
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Design pattern for merging duplicate contacts?
Have you seen any good examples of applications (web or desktop) that make it easy for a user to identify and merge duplicate contacts or other records? We need our users to manually approve the merge ...
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