Patent ID: 8296667

Claim:
A computerized method for displaying and navigating relationships between enterprise objects on a user interface, the method comprising: displaying an object relationship map comprising a first object at center of the object relationship map and a second object related to the first object adjacent to the first object with a line connecting the second object and the first object; displaying a relationship-type control to specify the object relationship map to display the second object related to the first object with a specific nature of relationship selected from the relationship-type control using a check box, wherein the specific nature of relationship comprises one or more of attached document, shipping account, designated contact, employee responsible, planning report, predecessor of and successor to; displaying a relationship-with control to specify an object type of the second object to be displayed in the object relationship map, having a relationship with the first object, wherein the object type of the second object comprises one or more of business objects, people, files and analytical reports; displaying a degree of separation control to specify a number of levels of relationship to be displayed in the object relationship map, wherein the object relationship map displays a third object related to the second object surrounding the second object based on a degree of separation value specified in the degree of separation control; and displaying a breadcrumb to provide a navigation path between the first object, second object and third object, wherein the breadcrumb further comprises a drop-down menu to enable viewing of details of the navigated objects.