Patent ID: 8572032

Claim:
A method for editing content of a production data store for use by a computer system, comprising: replicating said production data store from a production environment to produce a core data store in a development environment, wherein said development environment is separated from said production environment; creating a first shadow data store in said development environment from first change data, said first change data comprising first content from the core data store that has been modified; creating a second shadow data store in said development environment from second change data, said second change data comprising second content from the core data store that has been modified generating a first user relational database view and a second user relational database view in said development environment for presentation to users from said first shadow data store and said second data store, respectively, to produce a first temporary image as the first user relational database view and a second temporary image as the second user relational database view; and changing said core data store to include modified content of said first shadow data store and said second shadow data store, associated with said first temporary image and said second temporary image, thereby creating a modified core data store.