Patent ID: 8463667
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method in a computer system for configuring a business information application program, the business information application program having a user interface, the method comprising: providing a first database with instance data for each instance of each entity represented in the first database and with configuration data specifying how the business information application program is to be configured, each entity having a unique identifier; receiving, via the user interface of the business information application program, instance data and configuration data for the first database; storing the received instance data and configuration data in the first database; generating a display page for selecting configuration data and instance data at least in part by, receiving, via the display page, a user selection of at least one configuration data element to export from the first database, wherein the selected at least one configuration data element to export from the first database does not include all of the configuration data elements in the first database; receiving, via the display page, a user selection of at least one instance data element of a first entity represented in the first database to export from the first database, wherein the selected at least one instance data element of the first entity does not include all of the instance data elements of the first entity; receiving, via the display page, a user selection of at least one instance data element of a second entity represented in the first database to export from the first database, wherein the selected at least one instance data element of the second entity does not include all of the instance data elements of the second entity; extracting the user selected configuration data elements from the first database; storing, in a template file, the extracted configuration data elements, wherein the template file is not an element of a database; extracting the user selected at least one instance data element of the first entity represented in the first database; storing, in the template file, the extracted at least one instance data element of the first entity represented in the first database; extracting the user selected at least one instance data element of the second entity represented in the first database; storing, in the template file, the extracted at least one instance data element of the second entity so that the template file includes extracted instance data elements for at least two entities represented in the first database; and providing the template file to another computer system having the business information application program and a second database with instance data and configuration data, so that the other computer system can set instance data and configuration data of the second database based on the instance data and configuration data stored in the template file, the first database including at least one entity associated with a first unique moniker and having a first name and another entity associated with a second unique moniker and the second database including at least one entity associated with the first unique identifier and having a second name different from the first name.