Scalable roll-up summary field calculation using graphs

A system for updating values of roll-up summary fields (RSFs) associated with a data model comprising

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions, which
• when executed, cause the one or more processors of a server computing system to:
• receive data associated with RSFs of objects of a data model, the data being stored in a serialized format in graph fields of the objects configured to store the data associated with the RSFs of the objects of the data model;
• deserialize, in response to receiving an updated value associated with an RSF of an object of the data model, the data in the graph field of the object to determine values of the RSFs at nodes of a graph that represent the objects of the data model;
• update a value of an RSF at a first node of the graph based on the updated value;
• update a value of one or more RSFs at one or more remaining nodes of the graph by traversing the graph, based on said updating the value of the RSF at the first node;
• and
• serialize the values of the RSFs at all of the nodes of the graph to generate serialized data subsequent to said updating the value of the one or more RSFs at the one or more remaining nodes of the graph.

A computer program product for updating values of roll-up summary fields (RSFs) associated with a data model comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors, the program code including instructions to:

• receive data associated with RSFs of objects of a data model, the data being in a serialized format in graph fields of the objects;
• deserialize, in response to receiving an updated value associated with an RSF of an object of the data model, the data in the graph field of the object to determine values of the RSFs at nodes of a graph that represent the objects of the data model;
• update a value of a RSF at a first node of the graph based on the updated value;
• update a value of one or more RSFs at one or more remaining nodes of the graph by traversing the graph, based on said updating the value of the RSF at the first node;
• and
• serialize the values of the RSFs at all of the nodes of the graph to generate serialized data subsequent to said updating the value of the one or more RSFs at the one or more remaining nodes of the graph.