Patent ID: 8140572
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving a summary definition including a function for summarizing data and information specifying a plurality of child records of an on-demand database service; aggregating the data from the child records to form an aggregate based on the summary definition, utilizing a hardware processor; displaying the aggregate, in response to a request for viewing the aggregate; wherein a first portion of the aggregating is performed before the request is received, and a second portion of the aggregating is performed after the request is received; wherein the summary definition is associated with a parent record having the child records, and the data from the child records is aggregated to form the aggregate based on the summary definition associated with the parent record; wherein the summary definition is stored in a summary field of the parent record having the child records; wherein the parent record is of an object category, and the child records are each of a sub-category of the object category, such that the child records are categorized under the parent record; wherein the summary definition is created by: