Patent ID: 8762411

Claim:
A method comprising: responsive to a request to generate a data entry interface, parsing the request to identify an object associated with the data entry interface; querying a data source to retrieve parental dependency information from a plurality of data fields associated with the identified object; comparing the parental dependency information of the plurality of fields to identify a field hierarchy using a processing device; displaying a prompt window containing a summary interface and a data entry interface as requested, the summary interface displaying each of the fields in a linear selectable list separate from the data entry interface, the data entry interface providing an interface for a user to enter or modify values associated with one or more fields displayed in the summary interface with child fields being demarcated to prevent data entry until data is entered in a respective parent field based on the field hierarchy; responsive to a user selection of a field in the linear selectable list, demarcating any immediate parent fields and any immediate child fields in the linear selectable list of the user selected field based on the identified field hierarchy within the summary interface; and displaying in the data entry interface a data entry field for the user to enter or modify values associated with the user selected field and the immediate parent and child fields that are to be stored in the identified object.