Executing a business transaction in an enterprise system using business data obtained from heterogeneous sources

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a machine readable medium having instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform a method for receiving heterogeneous data from disparate sources, structuring the received data in an enterprise system and executing a business transaction using the structured data, the method comprising:
• receiving business data of an entity from a plurality of sources;
• determining a part of the business data that is relevant to a business process from each of the plurality of sources based on a business context;
• retrieving a mapping of the part of the business data with fields of a business object in an enterprise system;
• creating a business object instance of the business object;
• and
• executing a business transaction using the business object instance.

A computer system including a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processor, the system comprising:

• a plurality of sources to provide business data of an entity;
• a mash component engine to extract the business data from each of the plurality of sources;
• a mash component invoker in communication with the mash component engine to determine a part of the business data that is relevant to a business transaction based on a business context;
• a mapping tool to map the part of the business data to fields of a business object in an enterprise system;
• and
• an execution engine to create a business object instance and execute a business transaction using the business object instance.