Model for managing hosted resources using logical scopes

A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions for controlling a computer system to manage cloud-based entities through a resource scope that logically groups entities, wherein the instructions, upon execution, cause a processor to perform actions comprising:

• receiving a request from a user to perform a scope-based operation on one or more cloud-based entities associated with an identified scope, wherein the scope represents a logical grouping of the one or more cloud-based entities arranged in a hierarchy and handled by a cloud-based host, the one or more cloud-based entities being of a particular type provided by a-the cloud-based host and excluding at least one entity of the particular type that is not a member of the scope;
• identifying the scope referenced by the received request;
• identifying the one or more cloud-based entities associated with the identified scope;
• and performing the scope-based operation identified in the request on the identified cloud-based entities associated with the identified scope.

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor and a memory containing instructions that when executed by the processor, causing the processor to perform a process including:
• receiving a request from a user to create a scope, wherein the scope represents a logical grouping of at least one cloud-based entity associated with the user and handled by a cloud hosting infrastructure, the cloud-based entity including a process definition, a script, a configuration, a graphic, a workflow, or a data table;
• receiving a name for the requested scope and an identification of one or more cloud-based entities associated with the user and handled by the cloud hosting infrastructure that are to be associated with the requested scope;
• creating the requested scope having the received name and associating the identified one or more cloud-based entities with the created scope;
• and generating a reference to the created scope, the generated reference allows access to the generated scope and the one or more cloud-based entities associated with the scope.