Abstract: Techniques are described that enable a user, such as a business analyst or a system administrator, to configure a computer application program that was developed by a commercial software developer for sale to many business enterprises. An automated process and tools enable preconfigured business content for an application program to be identified, modified and activated in order to configure the application program for use in a particular business enterprise. The preconfigured business content for an application program may include a set of parameter values that customize the application program for use in a particular country or geographic region, a particular industry, and/or a particular size of business enterprise.

Abstract: Methods and systems for preparing source data files by a processing system. The processing system receives, either through an automated process or through manual entry, source data for a source computer system. Next, the processing system compares the value of the dimensions of the source data to the value of the data dimensions of the manipulation program and identifies the source data dimension whose value exceeds the value of the corresponding manipulation program dimension limitation. The processing system reformats the source data so that the exceeded dimension is converted to a second dimension whose value is within the limitation of the corresponding manipulation program dimension. After reformatting the source data, the processing system outputs the reformatted data to the manipulation program.