Abstract: Setup of accounts in accounting software is automated, based on user input on (1) a name of an account of a specific type, and (2) a specific value to be used to identify the account uniquely, among other accounts of the specific type. The account's name is used by one or more computers to automatically look up N unique values that identify N entities of an organization. Then, a pattern of segments that defines an account identifier is automatically used by the one or more computers, to insert into the pattern the specific value and each of the N unique values, to obtain N account identifiers. Thereafter, N tuples are automatically formed by the one or more computers and stored in a table, each tuple comprising one of the N account identifiers, and the account's name. Subsequently, N accounts are setup in the accounting program, based on the N tuples.