Configuring a computer application with preconfigured business content

A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a configuration handling component to perform operations comprising:

• enabling user selection of business functions provided by a computer application to be configured for use in a particular business enterprise wherein the computer application includes instructions that, when executed, cause transaction data to be processed in a manner that is applicable to many different business enterprises;
• identifying configuration information that is related to the selected business functions wherein the configuration information includes configuration information entries, each configuration information entry 1) having a configuration parameter attribute to control operation of the computer application and 2) being associated with at least one of the selected business functions;
• enabling user selection of a value for a particular configuration attribute in at least one of the identified configuration information entries, the value being applicable to the particular business enterprise;
• identifying, in the configuration information, multiple entries that each has the particular configuration attribute;
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• storing the value for the configuration attribute in each of the identified multiple entries of configuration information.