Patent ID: 8572080

Claim:
A method for providing a story in a feed associated with a component on a database system, the method comprising: compiling a report of aggregate numerical values based on an analysis of one or more fields in a selection of records stored on the database system to define a dashboard providing analytical indicators of the aggregate numerical values, the dashboard including one or more components, each component having a graphical representation in a user interface on a display device, the graphically represented component being a visual metric representing one or more of the numerical values; validating one or more threshold values for the component against the report; generating the story when the one or more threshold values are traversed by the report values, the story being a description of an event occurring to the selection of records; and posting the story including an identification of the component in one or more feeds associated with the component; wherein a user interface presented on a display device of a user subscribed to the component displays the graphical representation of the component, the one or more feeds including the story, and one or more selections to receive user commentary to be posted to the one or more feeds in response to the story, such that the displayed one or more feeds includes a plurality of comments from a plurality of users regarding the story, and one or more of the comments are in response to a preceding comment regarding the story.