US Patent 9275482 Display selection based on data format recognition

A method may include receiving a selection of a streaming data source, where the streaming data source provides data to a display component in a graphical model; determining a data type for the data associated with the streaming data source. Determining the data type may include reading a portion of the data from the data source, analyzing the read data portion to determine a data pattern, and identifying the data type based on the data pattern, where the identified data type is one of a plurality of available data types. The method may further include selecting, in response to determining the data type, a visual representation for the data associated with the data source; and displaying the data associated with the data source using the selected visual representation within the display component.