Abstract: An interactive graphical display of object relationships and instances is implemented by means of a table driven process. The user can select one or more object occurrences and then select an action to be performed on the selected object occurrences using a dynamic menu of actions. Changes are made to the tables without modifying the processes. The process can be used in managing a distributed database system to provide a user with increasingly detailed levels of information about object types and occurrences in the database systems.

Abstract: In a distributed data processing system comprising a plurality of different computer systems, each system having a central processing unit (CPU), memory, a database stored in the memory, and a DBMS, a computerized method is provided for generating a plurality of objects in a standardized format. A unique object identifier is associated with each of the plurality of objects. Each unique object identifier is stored in memory in association with at least one object location type or instance, an object generation specification for each object location type or instance, and a generation specification type. For a requested object type at a specified location, identifying from the computer memory an object generation specification, and a specification type. The requested object is generated in a standardized format from the specified location using the identified process type and the identified object generation specification.

Abstract: An interactive graphical display of object relationships and instances is implemented by means of a table driven process. The user can select one or more object occurrences and then select an action to be performed on the selected object occurrences using a dynamic menu of actions. Changes are made to the tables without modifying the processes. The process can be used in managing a distributed database system to provide a user with increasingly detailed levels of information about object types and occurrences in the database systems.

Abstract: In a distributed data processing system comprising a plurality of different computer systems, each system having a central processing unit (CPU), memory, a database stored in the memory, and a DBMS, a computerized method is provided for generating a plurality of objects in a standardized format. A unique object identifier is associated with each of the plurality of objects. Each unique object identifier is stored in memory in association with at least one object location type or instance, an object generation specification for each object location type or instance, and a generation specification type. For a requested object type at a specified location, identifying from the computer memory an object generation specification, and a specification type. The requested object is generated in a standardized format from the specified location using the identified process type and the identified object generation specification.