Mechanism for facilitating evaluation of data types for dynamic lightweight objects in an on-demand services environment

• US 9,465,806 B2
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Baker, Gary, Agrawal, Sonali Thomas, Ferguson, James, Lopez, Frank, No, Jamie
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Wilson
• Application Number:
  US14/672,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20150205810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating evaluation of data types for dynamic lightweight objects in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes uploading a data file having data at a first computing device in response to a request, and detecting data types relating to the data within the data file. The detecting includes scanning data rows and data columns of the data file. The method may further include classifying the detected data types into one or more categories, and creating one or more dynamic objects based on the one or more categories.

Claims

1. A database system-implemented method, comprising:

importing, by the database system, one or more dynamic objects capable of being assigned to a default product accessible to a tenant in a multi-tenant environment, wherein the one or more dynamic objects are imported based on tenant preferences associated with the tenant;

associating, by the database system, the one or more dynamic objects with one or more default objects of the default product accessible the tenant; and

dynamically configuring, by the database system based on the tenant preferences, the default product based on a combination of the one or more dynamic objects and the one or more default objects, wherein dynamically configuring includes on-the-fly modifying of the default product into a customized product, wherein on-the-fly modifying includes on-the-fly loading of at least one of data and metadata associated with the default product without necessitating caching or displaying of irrelevant contents.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the customized product to a user representing the tenant, wherein the customized product includes customized data types relating to one or more formats of contents of the customized product, wherein the default and customized products include one or more software applications having one or more of tables, websites, business networking applications, and social networking applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a dynamic identifying space of a dynamic object is greater than a default identifying space of a default object to support the unlimited number of dynamic objects assigned to the tenant, wherein the tenant includes an organization having one or more of an institution, a business, a company, a corporation, a group, an individual, and an entity.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the dynamic object further comprises an unlimited key space that includes user data and is not cached or residual in memory, wherein the default object comprises a limited key space.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a size of a set of data associated with the set of dynamic objects; and

uploading, based on the size, the dynamic objects, wherein uploading includes synchronous uploading if the size includes a small size, and wherein uploading includes an asynchronous uploading of the size includes a large size.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an input file associated with the set of dynamic objects;

evaluating data in the input file to identify a data type of subset of the data; and

automatically creating one or more dynamic objects based on the evaluated data, wherein the one or more dynamic objects include fields to store the data, the fields having the data type corresponding to the subset of the data.

7. A system comprising:

a computing system having a processing device and a memory coupled with the processing device, wherein the memory to store instructions, and the processing device to execute the instructions to facilitate a mechanism to perform operations comprising;

importing one or more dynamic objects capable of being assigned to a default product accessible to a tenant in a multi-tenant environment, wherein the one or more dynamic objects are incorporated based on tenant preferences associated with the tenant;

associating the one or more dynamic objects with one or more default objects of the default product accessible the tenant; and

dynamically configuring, based on the tenant preferences, the default product based on a combination of the one or more dynamic objects and the one or more default objects, wherein dynamically configuring includes on-the-fly modifying of the default product into a customized product, wherein on-the-fly modifying includes on-the-fly loading of at least one of data and metadata associated with the default product without necessitating caching or displaying of irrelevant contents.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise displaying the customized product to a user representing the tenant, wherein the customized product includes customized data types relating to one or more formats of contents of the customized product, wherein the default and customized products include one or more software applications having one or more of tables, websites, business networking applications, and social networking applications.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein a dynamic identifying space of a dynamic object is greater than a default identifying space of a default object to support the unlimited number of dynamic objects assigned to the tenant, wherein the tenant includes an organization having one or more of an institution, a business, a company, a corporation, a group, an individual, and an entity.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the dynamic object further comprises an unlimited key space that includes user data and is not cached or residual in memory, wherein the default object comprises a limited key space.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a size of a set of data associated with the set of dynamic objects; and

uploading, based on the size, the dynamic objects, wherein uploading includes synchronous uploading if the size includes a small size, and wherein uploading includes an asynchronous uploading of the size includes a large size.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an input file associated with the set of dynamic objects;

evaluating data in the input file to identify a data type of subset of the data; and

automatically creating one or more dynamic objects based on the evaluated data, wherein the one or more dynamic objects include fields to store the data, the fields having the data type corresponding to the subset of the data.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

importing one or more dynamic objects capable of being assigned to a default product accessible to a tenant in a multi-tenant environment, wherein the one or more dynamic objects are imported based on tenant preferences associated with the tenant;

associating the one or more dynamic objects with one or more default objects of the default product accessible to the tenant; and

dynamically configuring, based on the tenant preferences, the default product based on a combination of the one or more dynamic objects and the one or more default objects, wherein dynamically configuring includes on-the-fly modifying of the default product into a customized product, wherein on-the-fly modifying includes on-the-fly loading of at least one of data and metadata associated with the default product without necessitating caching or displaying of irrelevant contents.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise displaying the customized product to a user representing the tenant, wherein the customized product includes customized data types relating to one or more formats of contents of the customized product, wherein the default and customized products include one or more software applications having one or more of tables, websites, business networking applications, and social networking applications.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein a dynamic identifying space of a dynamic object is greater than a default identifying space of a default object to support the unlimited number of dynamic objects assigned to the tenant, wherein the tenant includes an organization having one or more of an institution, a business, a company, a corporation, a group, an individual, and an entity.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the dynamic object further comprises an unlimited key space that includes user data and is not cached or residual in memory, wherein the default object comprises a limited key space.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining a size of a set of data associated with the set of dynamic objects; and

uploading, based on the size, the dynamic objects, wherein uploading includes synchronous uploading if the size includes a small size, and wherein uploading includes an asynchronous uploading of the size includes a large size.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving an input file associated with the set of dynamic objects;

evaluating data in the input file to identify a data type of subset of the data; and

automatically creating one or more dynamic objects based on the evaluated data, wherein the one or more dynamic objects include fields to store the data, the fields having the data type corresponding to the subset of the data.