Methods of using an integrated development environment to configure business applications

A method of analyzing configuration of a table-based business application, comprising:

• receiving an object-oriented model representing the table-based business application;
• displaying the object-oriented model and the table-based business application together in a single integrated configuration environment;
• receiving a change to the object-oriented model through the integrated configuration environment;
• correlating the change to the object-oriented model to a corresponding configuration change in the table-based business application;
• and
• updating the single integrated configuration environment to show the object-oriented model and the table-based business application together after the change has been correlated.

A system for analyzing configuration of a business application, comprising:

• a receiving component configured to receive a model representing the business application;
• a displaying component configured to display the model using a developer interface;
• a receiving component configured to receive a change to the model through the developer interface;
• and
• a correlating component configured to correlate the change to the model to a corresponding configuration change in the business application.