Automatic instance data mapping generation

An information handling system comprising:

• one or more first processors;
• a first memory accessible by at least one of the first processors;
• a nonvolatile storage area accessible by at least one of the first processors;
• a first set of instructions stored in the first memory and executed by at least one of the first processors in order to perform actions of:
• invoking an edit command tracker for tracking one or more edit commands initiated by a developer;
• receiving one of the edit commands initiated by the developer that modifies a first version of a computer program;
• updating the first version of the computer program using the received edit command, the updating resulting in a second version of the computer program that is different than the first version of the computer program;
• storing the received edit command into a migration mapping definition, the migration mapping definition utilized to migrate original instance data that is useable by the first version of the computer program to migrated instance data that is useable by the second version of the computer program;
• and
• deploying the migration mapping definition and the second version of the computer program to an end user;
• an end user's computer system, wherein the end user's computer system includes a second processor and a second set of instructions executed by the second processor in order to perform actions of:
• storing the migration mapping definition and the second version of the computer program in memory located at the end user's computer system;
• retrieving the original instance data located at the end user's computer system;
• loading the migration mapping definition into a migration engine located at the end user's computer system;
• converting the original instance data to the migrated instance data using the migration engine and the migration mapping definition at the end user's computer system;
• and
• in response to the converting, displaying, on a display, the migrated instance data using the second version of the computer program at the end user's computer system.

A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by a first information handling system and a second information handling system:

• causes the first information handling system to perform actions that include:
• invoking an edit command tracker for tracking one or more edit commands initiated by a developer;
• receiving one of the edit commands initiated by the developer that modifies a first version of a computer program;
• updating the first version of the computer program using the received edit command, the updating resulting in a second version of the computer program that is different than the first version of the computer program;
• storing the received edit command into a migration mapping definition, the migration mapping definition utilized to migrate original instance data that is useable by the first version of the computer program to migrated instance data that is useable by the second version of the computer program;
• and
• deploying the migration mapping definition and the second version of the computer program to an end user;
• causes the second information handling system to perform actions that include:
• storing the migration mapping definition and the second version of the computer program in memory located at the end user's computer system;
• retrieving the original instance data located at the end user's computer system;
• loading the migration mapping definition into a migration engine located at the end user's computer system;
• converting the original instance data to the migrated instance data using the migration engine and the migration mapping definition at the end user's computer system;
• and
• in response to the converting, displaying the migrated instance data using the second version of the computer program at the end user's computer system.