In a complex network of computer systems and computing devices, the same data may be stored in multiple locations and may be structured and arranged in a particular location for use with a particular computing environment. A single reference address that independent of the various physical locations in which the business data may be located may be used to access business data. The location-independent reference address is translated to a reference address associated with the business data in the desired format and the desired storage location. The translation of the single reference address is based on information about the computing environment from which the request was made. The translation of the single reference address also may be based on user preferences.