Data streaming for interactive decision-oriented software applications

A computer program product for providing data to a computer software application, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium;
• and
• computer-readable program code embodied in the computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to
• define a first record that refers to a data item requested during execution of a computer software application, wherein the first record is associated with a first decision path of the computer software application,
• define a second record that refers to the same data item requested during execution of the computer software application, wherein the second record is associated with a second decision path of the computer software application,
• associate with each of the records an indicator indicating that the data item is associated with multiple decision paths, and
• associate the records with a data retrieval plan for providing data during a subsequent execution of the computer software application.