Methods of exposing business configuration dependencies

A method of analyzing data relationships in a table-based business application, comprising:

• identifying, in the table-based business application, a first logic entity, a second logic entity, and a logical connection between the first and second logic entities;
• defining at least one transformation rule for converting the first logic entity, the second logic entity, and the logical connection into a plurality of object-oriented elements;
• converting the first and second logic entities and the logical connection into the plurality of object-oriented elements according to the at least one transformation rule;
• and
• displaying the plurality of object-oriented elements to show a relationship between the first logic entity and the second logic entity.

A system for exposing business configuration dependencies in a business application, comprising:

• an identifying component configured to identify, in the business application, a first table-based data structure, a second table-based data structure, and a logical connection between the first and second table-based data structures;
• a defining component configured to define at least one transformation rule for converting the first table-based data structure, the second table-based data structure, and the logical connection into a plurality of object-oriented elements that reflect a logical attribute of the logical connection;
• a converting component configured to convert the first and second table-based data structures and the logical connection into the plurality of object-oriented elements based upon the at least one transformation rule;
• and
• an expressing component configured to express the plurality of object-oriented elements as a plurality of interrelated object-oriented programming language elements.