Systems and methods for customer defined attributes

A computing system comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, wherein the program instructions, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• receive a customer-defined attribute (CDA) definition defining a new data field for storing a new CDA, wherein the CDA definition is received via a CDA profile that abstracts a data model of the computing system, the CDA profile identifying a source data table and a destination data table as part of a pre-defined business process;
• associate the new data field with the source data table and a data flow from the source data table to the destination data table, wherein the data flow utilizes pre-existing logic blocks and the pre-existing logic blocks include additional mappings logic that enables recognition and processing of the new data field without modification to the pre-existing logic blocks, and wherein the pre-existing logic blocks were defined prior to creation of the new data field;
• initiate a business process comprising the data flow by generating a new record comprising the source data table, wherein the source data table includes the new data field, and wherein the new data field stores information corresponding to the new CDA;
• and
• upon generating the new record, calling at least one logic block of the pre-existing logic blocks, wherein calling the at least one logic block includes passing the information corresponding to the new CDA to the at least one logic block, wherein the at least one logic block:
• identifies that the information corresponding to the new CDA was passed to the at least one logic block;
• and
• executes at least a portion of the data flow by passing the information corresponding to the new CDA from the source data table to the destination data table.

One or more computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon for implementing customer-defined attributes, wherein the program instructions, when read and executed by a processing system, direct the processing system to at least:

• receive a customer-defined attribute (CDA) definition defining a new data field for storing a new CDA, wherein the CDA definition is received via a CDA profile that abstracts a data model of the computing system, the CDA profile identifying a source data table and a destination data table as part of a pre-defined business process;
• associate the new data field with the source data table and a data flow from the source data table to the destination data table, wherein the data flow utilizes pre-existing logic blocks and wherein the pre-existing logic blocks include additional mappings logic that enables recognition and processing of the new data field without modification to the pre-existing logic blocks, and wherein the pre-existing logic blocks were defined prior to creation of the new data field;
• initiate a business process comprising the data flow by generating a new record comprising the source data table, wherein the source data table includes the new data field, and wherein the new data field stores information corresponding to the new CDA;
• and
• upon generating the new record, calling at least one logic block of the pre-existing logic blocks, wherein calling the at least one logic block includes passing the information corresponding to the new CDA to the at least one logic block, wherein the at least one logic block:
• identifies that the information corresponding to the new CDA was passed to the at least one logic block;
• and
• executes at least a portion of the data flow by passing the information corresponding to the new CDA from the source data table to the destination data table.