Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a data processing system having a business object model reflecting the data used during a business transaction. Consistent interfaces are generated from the business object model. These interfaces are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction.

Consistent set of interfaces derived from a business object model

Systems and methods for hosting variable schema data such as dynamic tables and columns in a fixed physical database schema. Standard objects, such as tables are provided for use by multiple tenants or organizations in a multi-tenant database system. Each organization may add or define custom fields for inclusion in a standard object. Custom fields for multiple tenants are stored in a single field within the object data structure, and this single field may contain different data types for each tenant. Indexing columns are also provided, wherein a tenant may designate a field for indexing. Data values for designated fields are copied to an index column, and each index column may include multiple data types. Each organization may also define custom objects including custom fields and indexing columns. Custom objects for multiple tenants are stored in a single custom object data structure. The primary key values for the single custom object table are globally unique, but also include an object-specific identifier which may be re-used among different entities.

Custom entities and fields in a multi-tenant database system

A computer implemented method of developing computer applications, the method comprising providing to multiple users access, over a network, to information on a data center, with a subgroup of the users having access to a sub-portion of the information that is different from the sub-portion accessible by the remaining tenants of the subgroup; and communicating with the data center over the network employing a computer system associated with a user of the sub-group to establish application functionality with the sub-portion that may be accessed, over the network, by additional parties authorized by the user. Also disclosed is a machine-readable medium and a data center, both of which facilitate carrying-out the steps of the method.

Systems and methods for exporting, publishing, browsing and installing on-demand applications in a multi-tenant database environment

Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for dynamically allocating computing resources for processing security information. In one example, the system receives from an antivirus application deployed on a user's computer information about user's actions related to the security of said computer. The system analyzes the received information to determine user's level of expertise in the field of computer security. The system then classifies the user into one of two or more different roles based on the determined level of expertise. The system automatically selects, based on the user's role, configuration setting of the antivirus application for collecting information about security threats detected by the user. The system also automatically allocates and configures, based on the user's role, computing resources and services for processing information collected by the antivirus application deployed on the user's computer about security threats detected by the user.

System and method for dynamically allocating computing resources for processing security information

A computer readable medium, an electronic document or a system that uses on of these that includes code that specifies a module for a container document using a content type element, a content element and one or more preference elements.

Module Specification for a Module to be Incorporated into a Container Document

Methods and apparatus, including systems and computer program products, for a services architecture design that provides enterprise services having customer relationship management functionality at the level of an enterprise application. The design includes a set of service operations, process components, and optionally deployment units. Suitable business objects are also described.

Providing Customer Relationship Management Application as Enterprise Services

A user interface with a main controller and subcontrollers nested within the main controller. The main controller refers to blueprint tables to instantiate and manage the subcontrollers. The subcontrollers are responsible for generating view components displayable in client devices. The main controller receives requests from client devices and manages the communications between subcontrollers, and between a subcontroller and a model of business data and logic. One or more subcontrollers and their respective views may form a container for data management on the screen. The main controller assembles the views from the subcontrollers into a page and transmits it to the client device. A user interface builder for defining blueprint tables is also disclosed.

User interface builder

Retrieving data for generating view components

Controllers and subcontrollers generating user interface displays

A query fetches data from a source software object into a target software object using services and data types of the source software object. The target software object can then provide additional services which are not provided by the source software object.

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Providing Customer Relationship Management Application as Enterprise Services

User interface builder

Retrieving data for generating view components

Controllers and subcontrollers generating user interface displays

Method and apparatus for querying between software objects