Integrating Complex Data Structures into Collaboration Environments

摘要

Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide improved mechanisms and techniques for integrating complex data structures with collaboration environments. Various embodiments involve creating a collaboration group around a selected complex data structure, and including the selected complex data structure as well one or more other related complex data structures in the collaboration group. In some embodiments, an object consumption definition is applied to metadata associated with the complex data structure to determine the related complex data structures.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a request to create a collaboration group around a first complex data structure; retrieving, by the computing device, the first complex data structure, and metadata associated with the first complex data structure, from an external system; determining, by the computing device, an object consumption definition for an object type corresponding to the first complex data structure; applying, by the computing device, the object consumption definition to the metadata for the first complex data structure to determine one or more complex data structures having a relationship to the first complex data structure; and creating, by the computing device, a collaboration group around the first complex data structure, the collaboration group including the determined one or more related complex data structures, wherein the collaboration group is associated with a collaboration environment.