Patent ID: 7865531

Claim:
A computer implemented method for displaying a value help feature to a value input field in a user interface, the method comprising: in response to a user selection of a condition type, retrieving a metadata associated with the condition type from a database; based upon the retrieved metadata, generating a user interface element in the user interface, the user interface element comprising a static key and a dynamic key, the dynamic key comprising a name field and the value input field; based upon the user interface element, generating a generic query comprising an input parameter node and a result node, the input parameter node including an attribute group, the attribute group comprising a name attribute, a code value attribute and an identifier value attribute; for the name field and the value input field of the dynamic key, extracting a sequence number from the retrieved metadata, the sequence number indicating an associated attribute group corresponding to the dynamic key; based upon a field type of the value input field, binding the user interface element to the associated attribute group indicated by the sequence number, to pass a user entry received at the user interface to the generic query, by binding the name field of the user interface element to the name attribute, binding the value input field to the code value attribute if the field type of the value input field is a code type, and binding the value input field to the identifier value attribute if the field type of the value input field is an identifier type; and based upon the user entry received at the value input field, executing the generic query to display in the user interface, an extended value help if the field type of value input field is the identifier type and to display an object value help if the field type of the value input field is the code type.