A method for providing a summary display of data in an information based computer system
A class of data to be displayed (402, FIG. 24) is first retrieved from a memory means (12, FIG. 1) of the information based computer system. A summary rule (403, FIG. 24) for the particular class of data is then retrieved from the memory means. The steps of retrieving a class of data and the summary rule for that class are then repeated for a second class of data (405). A summary level is selected (406) to be used by the summary rules to summarize the data. The data is then summarized (408) and displayed (409).