Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for viewing a contact network feed in a business directory environment. A system searches, based on a user specified search, a business directory to determine contacts, identifies network feeds associated with the contacts, and outputs the network feeds. For example, the system outputs network feeds from data center managers identified by the business directory. The system filters, based on a user specified filter, the network feeds to determine filtered network feeds, and outputs the filtered network feeds to a display device. For example, the system outputs the network feeds from data center managers that mention a specific product. The system can enable communication with a contact using contact information from the business directory. The system can subscribe a user to the network feed of a contact, wherein the user receives updates for the network feed of the contact via a feed to a display device.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for creating visual components for tenants of an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for creating visual components for tenants of an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to allow tenants to create reusable components for use in user defined interfaces, etc. The ability of embodiments to provide such feature may allow tenants to efficiently and effectively create interfaces.

Abstract: Mechanisms and methods for enabling customers to manage multi-lingual knowledge bases, so that end users can access articles based on a language the end user chooses, while also providing publishers with tools to manage articles in different languages and to translate them, either using an external vendor or leveraging in house translators, and providing administrators (knowledge managers) with the ability to setup or choose which languages are available in the knowledge base, as well as default language assignments for translations.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for storing file system content in a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for storing file system content in a multi-tenant on-demand database system can enable embodiments to reduce a number of files stored on a file system, avoid copying of all file system content to file system copies, etc.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic and continuous testing of security assertion markup language (SAML) credentials in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes identifying, at a computing device, an organization using a SAML process in an on-demand service environment, obtaining SAML credentials relating to the identified organization, and testing the SAML credentials relating to the identified organization. The testing includes asserting a set of test credentials against the SAML credentials relating to the identified organization. The method may further include generating one or more new codes based on testing results obtained from testing.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating dynamic and segment-based monitoring of cellular network performance. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes dividing a cellular network path of a cellular network into a plurality of network segments, and monitoring performance of the cellular network at a first network segment of the plurality of network segments. The first network segment is associated with a first segment point includes a first computing device. The method may further includes generating first metrics based on first monitoring data relating to the first network segment, and forwarding the first metrics to a second segment point coupled with the first segment point over the first network segment. The second segment point includes a second computing device.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for shared data sets with user-specific changes in an on-line services environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, receiving a request for data stored in a shared database from a user, identifying the requesting user, retrieving the requested data from the shared database, determining whether there are user-specific changes for the retrieved data, changing the retrieved data using the user-specific changes, and supplying the requested data to the user.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for shared data sets combined with purchased data sets in an on-line services environment. In one embodiment, a method includes, identifying a user, associating the user with data in a shared database, and receiving a purchased dataset from the identified user. The method further includes adding the purchased dataset to a delta table associated with the shared database based on determined record relationships and field relationship, and providing access to the purchased dataset to the user through requests for data in the shared database.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data.

Abstract: In a method, system, and computer-readable medium having instructions for sharing information between tenants of a multi-tenant database, information is received on a connection between a first tenant of a multi-tenant database and a second tenant and the connection has information on a scope of data from the first tenant shared with the second tenant, data is allowed for a record of the first tenant to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection, information is received on a file related to the record of the first tenant, and data is allowed from the file to be accessible to the second tenant in accordance with the connection.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are described for facilitating communication among a plurality of entities via an interoperability network. Each entity has policy data corresponding thereto governing interaction with the entity via the interoperability network. A message is transmitted from a first one of the entities to a second one of the entities. The first entity has first policy data corresponding thereto and the second entity has second policy data corresponding thereto. The transmitted message was handled in the network according to combined policy data representing a combination of the first and second policy data.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable media for providing a social media dashboard. In some implementations, web browser data including a social media dashboard and a webpage are provided. In some instances, the social media dashboard is a user interface displayed in association with a webpage on a device. In some other instances, the social media dashboard includes one or more user selectable mechanisms configured to cause an action to interact with an information feed associated with a user profile in an online social network. In some instances, the presentation of the social media dashboard is updated, independent of the presentation of the web page, to include information indicating a record update.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for the transient storage of user interface configurations. These mechanisms and methods for the transient storage of user interface configurations can provide accessibility of user interface configurations prior to such user interface configurations being saved by the respective author. The ability to provide accessibility of user interface configurations prior to such user interface configurations being saved by the respective author can enable the user interface configurations to be used in many different ways even before they are saved, such as enabling the re-use of a user interface configuration across multiple different user interfaces, enabling multiple different users to apply further configurations to the user interface, enabling future access to the user interface configuration, etc.

Abstract: Methods and systems for optimizing queries in a multi-tenant store are described. In one embodiment, such a method includes retrieving data from a multi-tenant database system having a relational data store and a non-relational data store, receiving a request specifying data to be retrieved, retrieving one or more locations of the data to be retrieved, generating a database query based on the request, in which the database query specifies a plurality of data elements to be retrieved, the plurality of data elements including one or more data elements residing within the non-relational data store and one or more other data elements residing within the relational data store, generating an optimized database query having an optimized query syntax that is distinct from a query syntax of the database query, and executing the optimized database query against the multi-tenant database system to retrieve the data.

Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing field values in transient data objects, such as JAVA® objects, before saving a transaction to a database. A dependency from one data object to another data object is detected, and changes which affect the second data object's fields through the dependency are flowed through to the second data object. This is performed between each step of a multistep save process, such between triggers, validation rules, workflows, and the final committing of data to the database.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for conditionally allowing an application of an entity access to data of another entity in an on-demand database service. These mechanisms and methods for conditionally allowing an application of an entity access to data of another entity in an on-demand database service can enable embodiments to limit such access to the data, as desired. Furthermore, embodiments of such mechanisms and methods may provide additional security when sharing data among different subscribers to an on-demand database service.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are techniques for creating a representation of dependency relationships between computing resources within a computing environment. In some implementations, one or more sources for dependency analysis may be identified. Each source may be capable of being accessed to provide computing functionality via the computing environment. Each source may include one or more references to a respective one or more computing resources. Each computing resource may define a unit of the computing functionality available within the computing environment. A plurality of dependency relationships may be identified based on the one or more sources. A dependency relationship representation may be created based on the identified dependency relationships.

Abstract: In accordance with embodiments, there are provided techniques for establishing a parallel processing framework in a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These techniques for establishing a parallel processing framework in a multi-tenant on-demand database system may enable embodiments to provide great flexibility to a tenant of the architecture to perform desired functions on content of the database without unduly consuming the resources of the system.