Providing enhanced page layout representations of database entries

1. A method comprising:

receiving at a communications interface a representation configuration message including an instruction to configure an interactive database object representation associated with a database table in a database system accessible via an on-demand computing services environment managed by a service provider, the service provider providing computing services through the on-demand computing services environment via a network to a plurality of clients, the instruction identifying a designated one of a plurality of database fields associated with the database table;

creating the interactive database object representation via a processor based on the instruction, the interactive database object representation including a graphical element representing the designated database field;

updating the interactive database object representation based on user input received via a graphical user interface displaying a configurable view of the interactive database object representation; and

publishing the interactive database object representation to a storage medium in association with a designated one of the plurality of clients, an instance of the interactive database object representation providing a graphical representation of an instance of a database object through which one or more database entry values associated with the database entry value can be updated.

2. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the user input is provided via one or more drag-and-drop operations adjusting locations of one or more graphic elements in the interactive database object representation.

3. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface supports selecting database object types for inclusion in the interactive database object representation.

4. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the graphical user interface supports selecting database object fields for inclusion in the interactive database object representation.

5. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the user input identifies one or more formatting parameters for the graphical element representing the designated database field.

6. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the instruction includes layout information indicating a graphical location for the graphical element.

7. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the instruction includes grouping information, the grouping information identifying a plurality of graphical elements for inclusion in a designated group, the plurality of the graphical elements being included in a shared area of the interactive database object representation.

8. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein the database is accessible via an on-demand computing services environment managed by a service provider, the service provider providing computing services through the on-demand computing services environment via a network to a plurality of clients.

9. The method recited in claim 8 , wherein the database is a multi-tenant database shared by two or more of the plurality of clients.

10. The method recited in claim 8 , wherein the database stores customer relations management information for the plurality of clients, each client having associated therewith a respective plurality of customers.

11. The method recited in claim 1 , wherein publishing the interactive database object representation involves formatting the interactive database object for each of a plurality of transmission formats, each transmission format designated a respective screen resolution.

12. A computing device comprising:

a communications interface configurable to receive a representation configuration message including an instruction to configure an interactive database object representation representing a database object definition in a database system, the instruction identifying a designated one of a plurality of database fields associated with the database object definition;

a processor configurable to create the interactive database object representation based on the instruction, the interactive database object representation including a graphical element representing the designated database field, wherein the processor is further configurable to update the interactive database object representation based on user input received via a graphical user interface displaying a configurable view of the interactive database object representation; and

a storage device configured to store the interactive database object representation in association with a designated one of a plurality of organizations accessing the database system, wherein an instance of the database object definition provides a graphical representation of an instance of a database object through which one or more database entry values associated with the database entry value can be updated.

13. The computing device recited in claim 12 , wherein at least a portion of the user input is provided via one or more drag-and-drop operations adjusting locations of one or more graphic elements in the interactive database object representation.

14. The computing device recited in claim 12 , wherein the graphical user interface supports selecting database object types for inclusion in the interactive database object representation.

15. The computing device recited in claim 12 , wherein the graphical user interface supports selecting database object fields for inclusion in the interactive database object representation.

16. The computing device recited in claim 12 , wherein at least a portion of the user input identifies one or more formatting parameters for the graphical element representing the designated database field.

17. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions stored thereon for performing a method, the method comprising:

receiving at a communications interface a representation configuration message including an instruction to configure an interactive database object representation representing a database object definition in a database system, the instruction identifying a designated one of a plurality of database fields associated with the database object definition;

creating the interactive database object representation via a processor based on the instruction, the interactive database object representation including a graphical element representing the designated database field;

updating the interactive database object representation based on user input received via a graphical user interface displaying a configurable view of the interactive database object representation; and

publishing the interactive database object representation to a storage medium in association with a designated one of a plurality of organizations accessing the database system, an instance of the database object definition providing a graphical representation of an instance of a database object through which one or more database entry values associated with the database entry value can be updated.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media recited in claim 17 , wherein at least a portion of the user input is provided via one or more drag-and-drop operations adjusting locations of one or more graphic elements in the interactive database object representation.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media recited in claim 17 , wherein the instructions include layout information indicating a graphical location for a designated one of the graphical elements.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media recited in claim 17 , wherein the instructions include field selection information identifying one or more of the graphical elements for inclusion in the interactive database object representation.