If by collapsing you mean displaying stacking multiple rows under the same column heading, I think this is a good idea, which prevents horizontal scrolling of the grid. Off the top of my head, Kayak presents search results this way.
-- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Juan Ruiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello UX experts, > > > > I need some advice in regards on how to display large amounts of > > financial information on the screen. > > > > My client is an Insurance Provider. They currently have re-designed an > > internal application for their insurance products. As you could > > imagine, there is a lot of data to display. Currently they display > > the information in a table format (grid format), which extends horizontally > and > > vertically. For example, column headers are > > - Client Number > > - Client Name > > - Trading Name > > - Policy Number > > - Type > > - Start Date > > - Transaction > > - Internal ID > > - Channel > > I was wondering if you could provide advice on how to display large > > amounts of data (specially in the financial sector), if you collapse > > columns together, or if you have any tricks under your sleeve for > > this sort of situation :) are there best practices? > > > > Thanks! > > -Juan > > > Juan Ruiz > Senior User Experience Architect > ------------------------------------------------- > > hyro > > P 1300 800 500 (in Australia) > D +61 2 9215 4279 > M +61 421 448 780 > E [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > W www.hyro.com<http://www.hyro.com> > > AUSTRALIA | CHINA | HONG KONG | NEW ZEALAND | THAILAND > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hyro is Hiring! For excellent career opportunities visit > http://jobs.hyro.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ASX : HYO > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
