Database analysis tool

A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

• displaying selected contents of a database table in a database analysis tool being executed in a computer system;
• receiving a user's selection of a portion of the selected contents, the portion containing information that identifies an object associated with an application program in the computer system;
• and
• automatically causing the application program to perform a predefined action with regard to the object.

A computer system comprising:

• a repository having stored therein at least one database table;
• an application program configured to perform a predefined action with regard to an object;
• and
• a database analysis tool configured to display selected contents of the database table, wherein upon a user selecting, in the database analysis tool, a portion of the selected contents containing information that identifies the object, the database analysis tool causes the application program to perform the predefined action with regard to the object.