5. The method of claim 4 wherein the application is provided by an independent software vendor (ISV) that provides the application hosted on the server computer for use by the organization.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the application is provided by an independent software vendor (ISV) that provides the application hosted on the server computer for use by the organization. 6. The method of claim 5 wherein the authorized user comprises an ISV support representative performing maintenance functions for the hosted application, and wherein the ISV support representative is granted privileges allowing the support representative to view and modify the metadata in relation to performing debugging functions on the application.