Value transformations that enable data services to update data objects

A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code to be executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code including instructions to:

• output a data object in response to receiving a user selection of the data object;
• output, in response to receiving a user selection of a data service, a data service object associated with the data service;
• store, in response to receiving a user selection of a data field associated with the data object and a data service field associated with the data service object, metadata that maps between the data field and the data service field;
• create a transformation object that transforms one of:
• i) a value associated with the data field into a value associated with the data service field, and ii) the value associated with the data service field into the value associated with the data field;
• and
• update an instance of the data object by:
• i) using the metadata to send request data to the data service, ii) using the metadata to receive response data from the data service, and iii) applying the transformation object.

A method comprising:

• outputting, by a database system, a data object in response to receiving a user selection of the data object;
• outputting, by the database system, a data service object associated with a data service in response to receiving a user selection of the data service;
• storing, by the database system, in response to receiving a user selection of a data field associated with the data object and a data service field associated with the data service object, metadata that maps between the data field and the data service field;
• creating, by the database system, a transformation object that transforms one of:
• i) a value associated with the data field into a value associated with the data service field, and ii) the value associated with the data service field into the value associated with the data field;
• and
• updating, by the database system, an instance of the data object by:
• i) using the metadata to send request data to the data service, ii) using the metadata to receive response data from the data service, and iii) applying the transformation object.