Patent ID: 8150833

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of object definitions, including a first object definition and a second object definition, the first object definition including a first object field, and the second object definition including a second object field; storing a formula having the first object field as a first operand, and the second object field as a second operand; displaying a first object defined by the first object definition to a user, including displaying the first object field; based on the display of the first object to the user, receiving a request from the user to view the second object field; executing the formula in response to the request, wherein only a second object defined by the second object definition is loaded from a database storing the second object via the execution of the formula; and displaying to the user, along with the first object field, the second object field from the loaded second object; wherein a limit on a number of objects accessed in the formula is enforced; wherein the limit is configured based on a type of the first object.