Systems and methods for exporting, publishing, browsing and installing on-demand applications in a multi-tenant database environment

A computer system to execute a method of installing and customizing an application published in an application directory of a multi-tenant system, the application created by a source organization in the multi-tenant system, the computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein computer instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
• receive a request from a user of a recipient organization in the multi-tenant system to install the application from the application directory,
• install the application within the multi-tenant system for the recipient organization responsive to receiving the request to install the application,
• customize the application for the recipient organization, and
• deploy the customized application within the multi-tenant system for the recipient organization to make the customized application accessible from the multi-tenant system to users of the recipient organization over a network, wherein the multi-tenant system includes a multi-tenant database that stores data and objects for a plurality of organizations including the source organization and the recipient organization, and the multi-tenant database further stores logically separated tenant data associated with the application for the recipient organization and other organizations in the multi-tenant system that have also installed the application such that the other organizations in the multi-tenant system do not have access to the tenant data associated with the application for the recipient organization.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a set of instructions, the set of instructions, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, causes the computer system to perform a set of operations for installing and customizing an application published in an application directory of a multi-tenant system, the application created by a source organization in the multi-tenant system, the set of operation comprising:

• receiving a request from a user of a recipient organization in the multi-tenant system to install the application from the application directory;
• installing the application within the multi-tenant system for the recipient organization responsive to receiving the request to install the application;
• customizing the application based for the recipient organization;
• and
• deploying the application within the multi-tenant system for the recipient organization to make the customized application accessible from the multi-tenant system to users of the recipient organization over a network, wherein the multi-tenant system includes a multi-tenant database that stores data and objects for a plurality of organizations including the source organization and the recipient organization, and the multi-tenant database further stores logically separated tenant data associated with the application for the recipient organization and other organizations in the multi-tenant system that have also installed the application such that the other organizations in the multi-tenant system do not have access to the tenant data associated with the application for the recipient organization.