Methods and apparatuses for application analysis and report

An apparatus for generating reports relating to metadata of a financial program, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory;
• at least one executable file stored in the at least one memory, the at least one executable file comprises at least an enumeration routine;
• at least one tool table stored in the at least one memory, the at least one tool table comprising at least one field relating to metadata of at least one financial program;
• at least one display;
• and
• the enumeration routine is run by the at least one processor to retrieve the metadata and populate the at least one tool table, and the metadata contained in the at least one table is provided on the at least one display.

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer readable code embodied therein for processing metadata to generate reports;
• the computer usable medium comprising:
• an accessing module configured to access at least one financial program;
• a clearing module configured to clear at least one tool table;
• an enumeration module configured to enumerate metadata from the at least one financial program;
• a memory module configured to store metadata in the at least one cleared tool table;
• a downloading module configured to download the enumerated metadata to populate the at least one cleared tool table;
• and
• a display module configured to display the downloaded, enumerated metadata stored in the at least one populated tool table.