EXECUTING A BUSINESS TRANSACTION IN AN ENTERPRISE SYSTEM USING BUSINESS DATA OBTAINED FROM HETEROGENEOUS SOURCES

1 . A computer implemented 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 from one of the plurality of sources that is relevant to a business transaction 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 the business transaction using the business object instance.

2 . The computer implemented method in claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining the part of the business data from each of the plurality of sources based on the business context; and

presenting the part of the business data from each of the plurality of sources in an information space user interface.

3 . The computer implemented method in claim 2 , wherein the business context is defined by a semantic mapping between each of the plurality of sources in a metadata repository.

4 . The computer implemented method in claim 1 , wherein receiving business data from a plurality of sources comprises identifying a format of the business data based on each of the plurality of sources.

5 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the business data comprise data selected from a group consisting of supplier details, logistics service provider details, product details, and customer details.

6 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sources comprises a source selected from a group consisting of internet, an enterprise system, and a web service.

7 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein receiving business data from a plurality of sources comprises receiving the business data via a protocol selected from a group consisting of a really simple syndication (RSS), a simple object access protocol (SOAP), a hyper text markup language (HTML), and a business intelligence consumer services (BICS).

8 . The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein a format of the business data includes a BICS format, a SOAP format, a RSS format, and a HTML format.

9 . 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.

10 . The article of manufacture in claim 9 further comprising:

obtaining the part of the business data from each of the plurality of sources based on the business context; and

presenting the part of the business data from each of the plurality of sources in an information space user interface.

11 . The article of manufacture in claim 10 , wherein the business context is defined by a semantic mapping between each of the plurality of sources in a metadata repository.

12 . The article of manufacture in claim 9 , wherein receiving business data from a plurality of sources comprises identifying a format of the business data based on each of the plurality of sources.

13 . The article of manufacture in claim 9 , wherein receiving business data from a plurality of sources comprises receiving the business data via a protocol selected from a group consisting of really simple syndication (RSS), simple object access protocol (SOAP), hyper text markup language (HTML), and business intelligence consumer services (BICS).

14 . The article of manufacture in claim 9 , wherein a format of the business data includes a BICS format, a SOAP format, a RSS format, and a HTML format.

15 . The article of manufacture in claim 9 , wherein the business data comprise data selected from a group consisting of supplier details, logistics service provider details, product details, and customer details.

16 . The article of manufacture in claim 9 , wherein the plurality of sources comprises a source selected from a group consisting of internet, an enterprise system, and a web service.

17 . 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.

18 . The system in claim 17 further comprising a metadata repository in communication with the mash component invoker to define a structure of the business object and a semantic mapping between each of the plurality of sources.

19 . The system in claim 17 further comprising a user interface engine that renders an information space user interface to display the part of the business data from each of the plurality of sources based on the business context.