Integrated version control in a business intelligence environment

A version control system for a business intelligence network comprising a business intelligence server and a metadata repository in communication with the business intelligence server for storage of metadata indicative of a definition of an object of a business intelligence environment developed via a browser of a client directed by the business intelligence server, the version control system comprising:

• a server computer comprising a version control server configured for network communication with the business intelligence server and the client;
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• a version control repository in communication with the version control server and configured for storage of multiple versions of the object definition;
• wherein the business intelligence server is configured with a first textual instruction set to direct the browser to create an interface of the business intelligence environment, the interface comprising a save operation to store a current version of the object definition in the metadata repository, and
• wherein the browser is further directed by the version control server with a second textual instruction set called by the first textual instruction set and configured to integrate into the interface a version control operation directed to managing one or more of the multiple versions of the object definition, the second textual instruction set directing the browser to incorporate an interface element into the interface, the interface element being selectable by a user to initiate implementation of the version control operation by the version control server.