Modification Free Tagging of Business Application User Interfaces

1 . A computer implemented method for causing one or more processors to apply tagging data to a data object used by an application, the method comprising the following steps performed by the one or more processors:

identify a selection of a particular user interface element of the application for tagging;

if at least one bound data object is associated with the particular user interface element, receive tagging data associated with the at least one bound data object;

store the tagging data in personalization settings of the application; and

define a listener function associated with the bound data object.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the tagging data defines a relation between the bound data object and a component of a disparate application.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the tagging data comprises an identifier of an input value to the component of the disparate application.

4 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the component of the disparate application is executed with the bound data object as an input.

5 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the component of the disparate application is a mashup component injected into a user interface of the application.

6 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising executing the listener function after a triggered user interaction.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the triggered user interaction comprises modification of the bound data object.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the execution of the listener function comprises passing the modified bound data object to the component of the disparate application.

9 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the component of the disparate application is executed with a second bound data object as the input after receiving selection of the second bound data object.

10 . A computer program product encoded on a tangible storage medium, the product comprising computer readable instructions for causing one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

identify a selection of a particular user interface element of an application for tagging;

if at least one bound data object is associated with the particular user interface element, receive tagging data for the bound data object;

store tagging data in personalization settings of the application; and

define a listener function associated with the bound data object.

11 . The computer program product of claim 10 , wherein the tagging data defines a relation between the bound data object and a component of a disparate application.

12 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the tagging data comprises an identifier of an input value to the component of the disparate application.

13 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the component of the disparate application is executed with the bound data object as an input.

14 . The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the component of the disparate application is a mashup component injected into a user interface of the application.

15 . The computer program product of claim 11 , further comprising executing the listener function after a triggered user interaction.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the triggered user interaction comprises modification of the bound data object.

17 . The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the execution of the listener function comprises passing the modified bound data object to the component of the disparate application.

18 . The computer program product of claim 13 , wherein the component of the disparate application is executed with a second bound data object as the input after receiving selection of the second bound data object.