SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PERFORMING ACTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA TO BE DISPLAYED, UTILIZING A WIDGET

• US 20110314373A1
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Prophete, Didier, Movida, Mark, Fischer, Ronald, Oblucki, Krystof
• Application Number:
  US13/018,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20110314373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/273
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with data to be displayed, utilizing a widget. These mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with data to be displayed, utilizing a widget can enable enhanced and expedited data development, improved data display, etc.

Claims

1. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for performing actions associated with data to be displayed, utilizing a widget, the method comprising:

identifying the data to be displayed;

associating the data to be displayed with the widget; and

performing one or more actions associated with the data to be displayed are performed, utilizing the widget.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data includes data that is stored in a multi-tenant on-demand database system.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the identified data includes data that is desired to be displayed to a user.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the widget includes an application that assists with the display of the data.

5. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the data is included as a parameter of a call to the widget.

6. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that a developer of an application including the data to be displayed associates the data with the widget during code development.

7. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include accessing metadata associated with the data to be displayed.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the widget retrieves metadata describing one or more of a format of the data to be displayed, metadata describing additional data associated with the data to be displayed, metadata describing a format of a layout associated with the display of the data, metadata associated with grouping, and metadata associated with validation.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the widget may retrieve the metadata from the source of the data to be displayed.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include retrieving the data to be displayed.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include rendering and displaying the data.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include formatting the data to be displayed.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the format of the data to be displayed is dictated by metadata from a source of the data.

14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the one or more actions include displaying a label of the data in addition to the data to be displayed.

15. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that one or more modes associated with the data to be displayed are supported by the widget.

16. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the one or more actions associated with the data to be displayed are performed by the widget during rendering of code associated with the display of the data.

17. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the computer program product is operable such that a plurality of widgets is utilized to display the data.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer program product is operable such that the data includes a plurality of fields within an object, and each field is displayed utilizing a widget.

19. A method, comprising:

identifying data to be displayed;

associating the data to be displayed with a widget, utilizing a processor; and

performing one or more actions associated with the data to be displayed are performed, utilizing the widget.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor for;

identifying data to be displayed;

associating the data to be displayed with a widget; and

performing one or more actions associated with the data to be displayed are performed, utilizing the widget.

21. A method for transmitting code for use in a multi-tenant database system on a transmission medium, the method comprising:

transmitting code for identifying data to be displayed;

transmitting code for associating the data to be displayed with a widget, utilizing a processor; and

transmitting code for performing one or more actions associated with the data to be displayed are performed, utilizing the widget.