Patent ID: 8572510
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: dynamically assembling, by a computer system and after a client application is invoked, dependency information for display at runtime using stored data that links a plurality of inter-related attributes of an object; displaying the attributes on a display, the attributes including a target attribute associated with a dropdown, the content of which includes values of the target attribute and the content is entirely or partially hidden until the dropdown is selected; in response to an indication that the dropdown associated with the target attribute is selected, displaying the content of the dropdown associated with the target attribute using the dependency information that was dynamically assembled; displaying adjacent to the dropdown associated with the target attribute an information icon that is selected to represent the dependency information, wherein the information icon represents that the target attribute is dependent on a parent attribute of the plurality of inter-related attributes; and displaying, in response to placement of a cursor in a predetermined vicinity over the information icon, the information, including an identifier of the parent attribute in a tooltip text.