Database message builder

1. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more computer processors for database message building, comprising:

displaying, through a user interface of a computer system, both an item window including structured data associated with at least one field of a record selected in a database and a message building window separate and distinct from the item window;

receiving, from a user, unstructured data through the message building window and at least one selection of the structured data through the item window; and

displaying a message in the message building window, the message including the unstructured data combined with a token representing the at least one selected structured data; wherein

the message building window enables the user to publish the displayed message to an external source; and

the receiving the at least one selection of the structured data through the item window further comprises:

determining the user dragged the field in the item window to the message building window at a specific position; and

populating the message building window with the token representing the selected structured data at the specified position.

2. The method of claim 1 , where the unstructured data includes text entered by the user operating an input device of the computer system.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein enabling the user to publish the displayed message to an external source further comprising:

receiving a first input selecting a target application or network resource;

receiving a second input specifying an intent to publish the message on the selected target application or network resource;

responsive to the second input, replacing the token with structured data retrieved from a field of the database record corresponding to the token; and

sending the message, including the retrieved structured and received unstructured data, to the target application or network resource for publishing.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

displaying a current character count or character limit for the selected target application or network resource.

5. The method of claim 3 , where the target network resource is a website.

6. The method of claim 3 , where the target application is an email application.

7. The method of claim 1 , where displaying the message in the message building window further comprises:

displaying a preset text string in the message building window;

receiving input specifying an edit to the preset text string; and

editing the preset text string based on the input.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving input specifying a field to be added to the message building window; and

displaying a token in the message building window representing the specified field.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

saving the structured and unstructured data on the computer system, where saving includes associating the structured and unstructured data with a data collection of the database.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

saving the token and unstructured data on the computer system as a preset text string, where saving includes associating the token and unstructured data with a data collection of the database.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for database message building having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a computer processor, causes the processor to perform operations, comprising:

displaying, through a user interface of a computer system, both an item window including structured data associated with at least one field of a record selected in a database and a message building window separate and distinct from the item window;

receiving, from a user, unstructured data through the message building window and at least one selection of the structured data through the item window; and

displaying a message in the message building window, the message including the unstructured data combined with a token representing the at least one selected structured data; wherein

the message building window enables the user to publish the displayed message to an external source; and

the receiving the at least one selection of the structured data through the item window further comprises:

determining the user dragged the field in the item window to the message building window at a specific position; and

populating the message building window with the token representing the selected structured data at the specified position.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , where the unstructured data includes text entered by the user operating an input device of the computer system.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein enabling the user to publish the displayed message to an external source further comprising:

receiving a first input selecting a target application or network resource;

receiving a second input specifying an intent to publish the message on the selected target application or network resource;

responsive to the second input, replacing the token with structured data retrieved from a field of the database record corresponding to the token; and

sending the message, including the retrieved structured and received unstructured data, to the target application or network resource for publishing.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising:

displaying a current character count or character limit for the selected target application or network resource.

15. The computer-readable medium method of claim 13 , where the target network resource is a website.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13 , where the target application is an email application.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , where displaying the message in the message building window further comprises:

displaying a preset text string in the message building window;

receiving input specifying an edit to the preset text string; and

editing the preset text string based on the input.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving input specifying a field to be added to the message building window; and

displaying a token in the message building window representing the specified field.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

saving the structured and unstructured data on the computer system, where saving includes associating the structured and unstructured data with a data collection of the database.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

saving the token and unstructured data on the computer system as a preset text string, where saving includes associating the token and unstructured data with a data collection of the database.

21. A database message building system, comprising:

a computer processor,

a computer memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying, through a user interface of a computer system, both an item window including structured data associated with at least one field of a record selected in a database and a message building window separate and distinct from the item window;

receiving, from a user, unstructured data through the message building window and at least one selection of the structured data through the item window; and

displaying a message in the message building window, the message including the unstructured data combined with a token representing the at least one selected structured data; wherein

the message building window enables the user to publish the displayed message to an external source; and

the receiving the at least one selection of the structured data through the item window further comprises:

determining the user dragged the field in the item window to the message building window at a specific position; and

populating the message building window with the token representing the selected structured data at the specified position.

22. A computer-implemented method performed by one or more computer processors for database message building, comprising:

displaying, through a user interface of a computer system, both an item window including structured data associated with at least one field of a record selected in a database and a message building window separate and distinct from the item window;

receiving text input from a user through the message building window;

retrieving tokens specified by the user through the item window, the tokens representing structured data selected by the user and associated with the selected database record;

displaying a string in the message building window, the string including a combination of the text input and the tokens, wherein

the message building window enables the user to publish the displayed string to an external source; and

the retrieving tokens specified by the user through the item window further comprises:

in response to the user indicating a specific position in the message building window,

displaying field names for the at least one field in the item window; and

populating the message building window with the tokens at the specific location of the message window in response to a selection of a field name.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein enabling the user to publish the displayed string to an external source further comprising:

receiving input through the user interface specifying publication of the message displayed in the message building window; and

responsive to the input, publishing the message to a user specified target application or network resource.

24. The method of claim 23 , further comprising:

displaying a current character count or character limit in the user interface for the specified target application or network resource.