System, method and computer program product for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system. These mechanisms and methods for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system can enable embodiments to provide portal-specific user accounts to the multi-tenant on-demand database system which have reduced configuration requirements than users directly accessing the multi-tenant on-demand database system. The ability of embodiments to provide portal-specific user accounts can reduce processing requirements of the database system.

1 . A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for portal user data access in a multi-tenant on-demand database system, the method comprising:
 storing a user object associated with a user having access to a multi-tenant on-demand database system via a portal associated with the multi-tenant on-demand database system;   referencing the user object in at least one data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system; and   providing access to the data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system, based on the reference, utilizing a processor.   
     
     
         2 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein the portal includes a web interface specific to a tenant of the multi-tenant on-demand database system. 
     
     
         3 . The computer program product of  claim 2 , wherein the user indirectly accesses the multi-tenant on-demand database system via the web interface. 
     
     
         4 . The computer program product of  claim 2 , wherein the tenant includes at least one internal user object for use by an internal user in directly accessing the multi-tenant on-demand database system. 
     
     
         5 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein the user object is stored by the multi-tenant on-demand database system. 
     
     
         6 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein the user object stores a unique identifier. 
     
     
         7 . The computer program product of  claim 7 , wherein the user object is referenced by the data object by storing the unique identifier of the user object in the data object. 
     
     
         8 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , further comprising storing a unique identifier of a contact object in the user object for relating the user object with the contact object. 
     
     
         9 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , wherein the user object is referenced by the data object by storing the unique identifier of the contact object in the data object. 
     
     
         10 . The computer program product of  claim 8 , further comprising storing a unique identifier of an account object in the contact object for relating the contact object with the account object. 
     
     
         11 . The computer program product of  claim 10 , wherein the user object is referenced by the data object by storing the unique identifier of the account object in the data object. 
     
     
         12 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein the data object stores data that is at least potentially accessible to the user. 
     
     
         13 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein the data object is owned by a tenant of the multi-tenant on-demand database system. 
     
     
         14 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , wherein the access includes reading the data object. 
     
     
         15 . The computer program product of  claim 1 , further comprising storing another data object owned by the user. 
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 15 , further comprising granting a tenant of the multi-tenant on-demand database system access to the other data object owned by the user. 
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , wherein the access is granted via a reference stored in the other data object to a system group associated with the tenant. 
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 17 , wherein a type of the access granted to the tenant is based on a determination of whether the tenant owns the portal. 
     
     
         19 . A method, comprising:
 storing a user object associated with a user having access to a multi-tenant on-demand database system via a portal associated with the multi-tenant on-demand database system;   referencing the user object in at least one data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system; and   providing access to the data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system, based on the reference.   
     
     
         20 . An apparatus, comprising:
 a processor for:
 storing a user object associated with a user having access to a multi-tenant on-demand database system via a portal associated with the multi-tenant on-demand database system; 
 referencing the user object in at least one data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system; and 
 providing access to the data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system, based on the reference. 
   
     
     
         21 . A method for transmitting code, comprising:
 transmitting code to store a user object associated with a user having access to a multi-tenant on-demand database system via a portal associated with the multi-tenant on-demand database system;   transmitting code to reference the user object in at least one data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system; and   transmitting code to provide access to the data object of the multi-tenant on-demand database system, based on the reference.