PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE CAPABILITIES IN A MULTI-TENANT DATABASE ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110282833A1
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Ramsey, Michael, Vasudev, Gautam, Wang, Rachel
• Application Number:
  US12/970,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282833A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/609
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

A system and method for providing administrative capabilities in a multi-tenant database system. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a portal for a database system to a user, providing administrative capabilities through the portal, and enabling the user to manage objects in the database system using the administrative capabilities.

Claims

1. A method for providing administrative capabilities in a multi-tenant database system, the method comprising:

providing a portal for a database system to a user;

providing administrative capabilities through the portal; and

enabling the user to manage objects in the database system using the administrative capabilities.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise disabling capabilities.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise merging capabilities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise transferring capabilities.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the objects comprise accounts.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the objects comprise contacts.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user is an external user.

8. A computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions thereon for providing administrative capabilities in a multi-tenant database system, the instructions when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

provides a portal for a database system to a user;

provides administrative capabilities through the portal; and

enables the user to manage objects in the database system using the administrative capabilities.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise disabling capabilities.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise merging capabilities.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise transferring capabilities.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the objects comprise accounts.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the objects comprise contacts.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the user is an external user.

15. An apparatus for providing administrative capabilities in a multi-tenant database system, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a storage device storing one or more stored sequences of instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

provides a portal for a database system to a user;

provides administrative capabilities through the portal; and

enables the user to manage objects in the database system using the administrative capabilities.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise disabling capabilities.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise merging capabilities.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the administrative capabilities comprise transferring capabilities.

19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the objects comprise accounts.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the objects comprise contacts.