Persisting Forms Data in a Composite Web Application Environment

A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, the computer program comprising computer executable instructions configured for:

• providing access to a first webpage via a portal User Interface (UI) on a display on a client computer;
• receiving, from a user of the client computer, a data entry input of forms data for the first webpage;
• providing access to a second webpage via the portal UI;
• in response to providing access to the second webpage, storing the forms data in a server;
• in response to the user inputting a request to return to the first webpage, creating a populated first webpage by populating the first webpage with the forms data that is stored in the server, and returning the populated first webpage to the portal UI.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a data bus coupled to the processor;
• a memory coupled to the data bus;
• and
• a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
• providing access to a first webpage via a portal User Interface (UI) on a display on a client computer;
• receiving, from a user of the client computer, a data entry input of forms data for the first webpage;
• providing access to a second webpage via the portal UI;
• in response to providing access to the second webpage, storing the forms data in a server;
• in response to the user inputting a request to return to the first webpage, creating a populated first webpage by populating the first webpage with the forms data that is stored in the server, and returning the populated first webpage to the portal UI.