BusinessObjects StarTree SDK Features

Hyperbolic Geometry
Hyperbolic geometry supports a smooth blending between focus and context, as well as continuous redirection of the focus.

Point and Click
Manipulating the focus can be achieved through pointer clicks as well as interactive dragging.

Flexible Display

• Present data as a hierarchical tree with or without directed graph elements (cross-linkages)
• Localize StarTrees with full Unicode support for international character sets
• Disable/enable various mechanisms for navigating and showing graph connections
• Select from multiple StarTree layout styles
• Automatically control inter-node distance
• Animate the StarTree with moving nodes and links
• Automatically expand or collapse nodes according to their position in the StarTree

Interactive and Programmatic Control

• Implement interactive control through the user interface
• Delete or move sub-trees to new parents
• Add children or sub-trees
• Reorder nodes
• Programmatically implement filtering and dynamic queries

Graphical Representation and Animated Transitions

• Control animations with a time-based governor and distance-based transitions
• Animate transitions between different layouts
• Use a built-in mechanism to display Feedback Tips near nodes
• Include visual variables such as icons, thumbnails and spotlights
• Display quantities using thermometers and proportional wafers
• Use the bookmarking feature to place various views of the structure so users can move between different views quickly
• Use a client-driven standard painter to control the graphical attributes of the overall view, nodes, and links - including color, text, font, spotlight and line control
• Edit background patterns, shading and images

Node Loading and Unloading
Manage memory footprint by loading nodes on-demand and freeing up memory when nodes go out of view