Sharing common metadata in multi-tenant environment

A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• determining whether a base document or a customization document to be accessed is a global document wherein the determining, whether the base document to be accessed is the global document includes analyzing a namespace of the base document to determine whether the namespace is identified as global;
• when the base document is the global document, accessing the base document from a global repository shared amongst tenants of a multi-tenant system;
• and
• when the base document is not the global document, accessing the base document from a tenant repository that is accessible by a tenant of the multi-tenant system, wherein the tenant repository is isolated from other tenants of the multi-tenant system;
• determining whether a context requesting access to the base document or the customization document is global;
• when (i) the base document or the customization document to be accessed is the global document, and (ii) the context requesting access to the base document or the customization document is global, writing the base document or the customization document in the global repository;
• when (i) the base document or the customization document is not the global document, and (ii) the context requesting access to the base document or the customization document is not global, writing the base document or the customization document in the tenant repository;
• and
• rejecting the writing when (i) the base document or the customization document is the global document;
• (ii) the context requesting the base document or the customization document is not global, and (iii) a tenant customization layer is not configured.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing a plurality of instructions executable by the one or more processors, the plurality of instructions comprising instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform processing comprising:
• determining whether a base document or a customization document to be accessed is a global document, wherein the determining, whether the base document to be accessed is the global document, includes analyzing a namespace of the base document to determine whether the namespace is identified as global;
• accessing the base document from a global repository shared amongst tenants of a multi-tenant system when the base document is the global document;
• accessing the base document from a tenant repository that is accessible by a tenant of the multi-tenant system when the base document is not the global document, wherein the tenant repository is isolated from other tenants of the multi-tenant system;
• determining whether a context requesting access to the base document or the customization document is global;
• when (i) the base document or the customization document to be accessed is the global document, and (ii) the context requesting access to the base document or the customization document is global, writing the base document or the customization document in the global repository;
• when (i) the base document or the customization document is not the global document, and (ii) the context requesting access to the base document or the customization document is not global, writing the base document or the customization document in the tenant repository;
• and
• rejecting the writing when (i) the base document or the customization document is the global document;
• (ii) the context requesting the base document or the customization document is not global, and (iii) a tenant customization layer is not configured.