Techniques for integrating data for multiple instances of a data artifact

A method, implemented in a computing system comprising one or more hardware processors and one or more memories, a given memory of the one or more memories being coupled to at least one hardware processor of the one or more hardware processor, the method comprising:

• creating a first definition of a first data artifact that references, directly or indirectly, at least two instances of a second data artifact;
• associating the first data artifact with configuration information indicating how, or if, data from at least a first instance of the at least two instances and at least a second instance of the at least two instances should be combined, wherein a given instance of the at least two instances is stored in at least one memory of the one or more memories;
• and the configuration information indicates how, or if, data from at least a first instance of the at least two instances and at least a second instance of the at least two instances should be combined, a given instance of the at least two instances being stored in a memory of the one or more memories;
• receiving a first request for data for the first data artifact from the instance of the first data artifact;
• analyzing the first request for data in view of the configuration information;
• modifying the first request for data according to the configuration information to provide a second request for data;
• in response to receiving the first request for data, sending the second request for data to at least one instance of the at least two instances of the second data artifact;
• receiving data from at least one instance of the at least two instances;
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• returning the data in response to the first request for data.

One or more computer-readable storage media comprising:

• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computing system comprising one or more hardware processors and one or more memories, a given memory of the one or memories being coupled to at least one hardware processor of the one or more hardware processors, cause the computing system to create in a memory of the one or more memories a definition of a first data artifact that references a consolidation artifact, the consolidation artifact consolidating data for at least two instances of a second data artifact, where a given instance of the at least two instances is stored in at least one memory of the one or more memories and the definition of the first artifact comprises configuration information indicating how, or if, data from at least a first instance of the at least two instances and at least a second instance of the at least two instances should be combined;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to receive a first request for data from the instance of the first data artifact
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to, in response to receiving the first request for data, send a second request for data to the consolidation artifact, wherein the second request for data is the first request for data, a modified version of the first request for data, or is different than the first request for data but requests data from at least the consolidation artifact according to the first request for data and any modifications indicated by the configuration information;
• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to receive data from at least one instance of the at least two instances;
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• computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to return the data in response to the first request for data.