Mapping organizational accounting codes to access business information

A computer-program product for use in conjunction with a computer system, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a computer-program mechanism embedded therein, to access information in business databases, the computer-program mechanism including:

• instructions for receiving a query from a user, wherein the query is associated with an organizational accounting code;
• instructions for dynamically generating a mapping using a reclassification list, wherein the mapping maps the organizational accounting code to a plurality of database-specific accounting codes, and wherein the plurality of database-specific accounting codes correspond to a plurality of business databases;
• instructions for generating a set of database queries for the plurality of business databases based on the received query and the dynamically generated mapping;
• instructions for providing the generated set of database queries, which are associated with the database-specific accounting codes, to the business databases;
• instructions for receiving answers to the set of queries from the business databases;
• and
• instructions for presenting the answers to the user.

A computer system, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory;
• and
• a program module, wherein the program module is stored in the memory and configurable to be executed by the processor to access information in business databases, the program module including:
• instructions for receiving a query from a user, wherein the query is associated with an organizational accounting code;
• instructions for dynamically generating a mapping using a reclassification list, wherein the mapping maps the organizational accounting code to a plurality of database-specific accounting codes, and wherein the plurality of database-specific accounting codes correspond to a plurality of business databases;
• instructions for generating a set of database queries for the plurality of business databases based on the received query and the dynamically generated mapping;
• instructions for providing the set of queries, which are associated with the database-specific accounting codes, to the business databases;
• instructions for receiving answers to the set of queries from the business databases;
• and
• instructions for presenting the answers to the user.