Unified cross-application navigation and routing

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a memory coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the memory is configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions which when executed cause the one or more processors to:
• provide an online cloud application platform configured to provide a plurality of online cloud-based applications;
• while providing a current application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications, receive via a cross-application routing handler an event identifying a function request common to more than one application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications, wherein the event is decoupled from a static navigation route for opening a predetermined application of the plurality of online cloud-based applications to handle the function request;
• receive a set of dynamically modifiable configuration data that includes a list of functions supported by the online cloud application platform and a list of applications that provide the function corresponding to the function request, and wherein one of the functions in the list of functions is a function corresponding to the function request;
• based on the set of dynamically modifiable configuration data of the online cloud application platform, dynamically determining which selected application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications to handle the function request including by determining a corresponding dynamically determined cross-application navigation route for opening the selected application to handle the function request, wherein the cross-application navigation route is included in the set of dynamically modifiable configuration data;
• and
• provide the dynamically determined cross-application navigation route within a context of the current application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• providing an online cloud application platform configured to provide a plurality of online cloud-based applications;
• while providing a current application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications, receiving via a cross-application routing handler an event identifying a function request common to more than one application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications, wherein the event is decoupled from a static navigation route for opening a predetermined application of the plurality of online cloud-based applications to handle the function request;
• receive a set of dynamically modifiable configuration data that includes a list of functions supported by the online cloud application platform and a list of applications that provide the function corresponding to the function request, and wherein one of the functions in the list of functions is a function corresponding to the function request;
• based on the set of dynamically modifiable configuration data of the online cloud application platform, dynamically determining which selected application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications to handle the function request including by determining a corresponding dynamically determined cross-application navigation route for opening the selected application to handle the function request, wherein the cross-application navigation route is included in the set of dynamically modifiable configuration data;
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• providing the dynamically determined cross-application navigation route within a context of the current application among the plurality of online cloud-based applications.