Systems, methods, and media for processing a spreadsheet for storage in a database

A machine-accessible medium containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request to process a spreadsheet for storage in a database, the spreadsheet having a plurality of records;
• accessing a configuration file associated with the spreadsheet;
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• for each record of the spreadsheet, creating a new business object and populating the new business object based on the record and the configuration file associated with the spreadsheet;
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• passing each new business object to a back-end business component.

A spreadsheet record processing system, the system comprising:

• a spreadsheet interface to access a spreadsheet having one or more records;
• a configuration file database having a configuration file associated with the spreadsheet, the configuration file having information relating to processing of the spreadsheet;
• a processing engine in communication with the configuration file database and the spreadsheet interface, the processing engine being adapted to create and populate a new business object based on one of the spreadsheet records and the configuration file associated with the spreadsheet;
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• a back-end application interface in communication with the processing engine to pass the created new business object to a back-end business component of a back-end application.