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

• US 10,585,852 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2016
• Issued: 03/10/2020
• 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:
  US15/164,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20160266876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 method comprising:

uploading, by a product customization server device, in response to a request, a data file having data associated with a tenant in a multi-tenant database system, wherein the request identifies a default product for customization and includes one or more customization preferences of the tenant;

detecting, by the product customization server device, data types relating to the data, wherein detecting includes scanning data rows and data columns of the data file;

classifying, by the product customization server device, the detected data types into one or more categories based on the one or more customization preferences of the tenant;

creating, by the product customization server device, one or more dynamic objects based on the detected data types and the one or more categories; and

configuring, by the product customization server device, the default product into a customized product accessible to the tenant by associating the one or more dynamic objects to the default product.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the product customization server device, the request for the data file having the data and associated metadata to be provided in a format that is not supported by default objects of a software application;

generating, by the product customization server device, the requested format using the one or more dynamic objects; and

providing, by the product customization server device, the data file in the requested format via the software application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the request is placed, via a user interface, at a client computing device having a mobile computing device, wherein the request is placed by a user as an individual or serving as a representative of an organization, wherein the organization includes a customer of a service provider that is an owner or provider of the software application.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the software application comprises one or more of a business software application, a business networking website, and a social networking website.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the product customization server device is coupled to the client computing device over a network, wherein the network includes one or more of a cloud-based network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating, in real-time, by the product customization server device, the request prior to processing the request; and

determining, by the product customization server device, whether the request format is supported by default objects of the software application, prior to generating the one or more dynamic objects.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the format is compatible with one or more of a word processing application, a spreadsheet application, and a presentation application, a database application, and wherein the file comprises one or more of a word processing file, a spreadsheet file, a presentation file, and a database file.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising accessing, by the product customization server device, the data and the associated metadata stored at a database, wherein the database is coupled to the first computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the data file comprises displaying or sharing the data file via the software application via the user interface including an Internet browser, and wherein providing the file further comprises generating a report relating to the data file, and wherein the report is displayed or shared via the software application via the user interface.

10. A system comprising:

a product customization server device having a memory to store instructions, and a processing device coupled to the memory, the processing device to execute the instructions to;

upload, in response to a request, a data file having data associated with a tenant in a multi-tenant database system, wherein the request identifies a default product for customization and includes one or more customization preferences of the tenant;

detect data types relating to the data, wherein detecting includes scanning data rows and data columns of the data file;

classify the detected data types into one or more categories based on the one or more customization preferences of the tenant;

create one or more dynamic objects based on the detected data types and the one or more categories; and

configuring the default product into a customized product accessible to the tenant by associating the one or more dynamic objects to the default product.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive the request for the data file having the data and associated metadata to be provided in a format that is not supported by default objects of a software application;

generate the requested format using the one or more dynamic objects; and

provide the data file in the requested format via the software application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the request is placed, via a user interface, at a client computing device having a mobile computing device, wherein the request is placed by a user as an individual or serving as a representative of an organization, wherein the organization includes a customer of a service provider that is an owner or provider of the software application.

13. The system, of claim 12, wherein the software application comprises one or more of a business software application, a business networking website, and a social networking website.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the product customization server device comprises is coupled to the client computing device over a network, wherein the network includes one or more of a cloud-based network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processing device is further to:

authenticate, in real-time, the request prior to processing the request; and

determine whether the request format is supported by default objects of the software application, prior to generating the one or more dynamic objects.

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

upload, in response to a request, a data file having data associated with a tenant in a multi-tenant database system, wherein the request identifies a default product for customization and includes one or more customization preferences of the tenant;

detect data types relating to the data, wherein detecting includes scanning data rows and data columns of the data file;

classify the detected data types into one or more categories based on the one or more customization preferences of the tenant;

create one or more dynamic objects based on the detected data types and the one or more categories; and

configuring the default product into a customized product accessible to the tenant by associating the one or more dynamic objects to the default product.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the machine is further to:

receive the request for the data file having the data and associated metadata to be provided in a format that is not supported by default objects of a software application;

generate the requested format using the one or more dynamic objects; and

provide the data file in the requested format via the software application.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the request is placed, via a user interface, at a client computing device having a mobile computing device, wherein the request is placed by a user as an individual or serving as a representative of an organization, wherein the organization includes a customer of a service provider that is an owner or provider of the software application.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the software application comprises one or more of a business software application, a business networking website, and a social networking website, wherein the product customization server device is coupled to the client computing device over a network, wherein the network includes one or more of a cloud-based network, a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Personal Area Network (PAN), an intranet, an extranet, or the Internet.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the machine is further to:

authenticate, in real-time, the request prior to processing the request; and

determine whether the request format is supported by default objects of the software application, prior to generating the one or more dynamic objects.