A method and a system that provides for mapping business concepts (13) to data stored (35) in databases (31) for legacy business systems (15) and for accessing the data. The schema for at least one business system (35) is determined. Business concepts (13) within the system are then defined and mapped to elements of the schema. Views are then created for displaying the business concepts (27) to end users and for allowing end users to access and work with the data in the database (31).
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