Abstract: The present application describes a rapid application configuration program. The application configuration program allows for an enterprise to configure a standard framework into numerous applications without having to develop the software application anew. Herein, the application configuration program can be based on a data paradigm that encompasses most, if not all, of the different enterprise applications that may be developed by an enterprise. The data paradigm helps configure applications based on a hierarchical nodal structure that allows data or information to be input by a user for various enterprise tasks.