Providing data as a service using a multi-tenant system

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing instructions that when executed by a computer processor cause the computer processor to perform steps comprising:

• storing by a multi-tenant system, tenant data for a tenant in one or more storage systems of the multi-tenant system and one or more external data sources;
• receiving by the multi-tenant system, metadata describing tenant data stored in an external system;
• creating a plurality of objects comprising a first set of objects based on tenant data stored in the storage system of the multi-tenant system and a second set of objects based on data stored in the external data source, wherein an object of the second set is configured based on the metadata received from the external data source;
• providing access to the plurality of objects to an external system distinct from the multi-tenant system;
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• receiving, by the multi-tenant system from the external system, requests to perform operations on objects of the plurality of objects, wherein an operation performed on an object from the second set of objects comprises one or more of accessing data required for the operation from the external data source or storing data modified by the operation in the external data source.

A computer system comprising:

• a computer processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium for storing instructions that when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to perform steps comprising;
• storing by a multi-tenant system, tenant data for a tenant in one or more storage systems of the multi-tenant system and one or more external data sources;
• receiving by the multi-tenant system, metadata describing tenant data stored in an external system;
• creating a plurality of objects comprising a first set of objects based on tenant data stored in the storage system of the multi-tenant system and a second set of objects based on data stored in the external data source, wherein an object of the second set is configured based on the metadata received from the external data source;
• providing access to the plurality of objects to an external system distinct from the multi-tenant system;
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• receiving, by the multi-tenant system from the external system, requests to perform operations on objects of the plurality of objects, wherein an operation performed on an object from the second set of objects comprises one or more of accessing data required for the operation from the external data source or storing data modified by the operation in the external data source.