Patent ID: 8868488

Claim:
A computer-readable memory device having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform steps comprising: from an application operable to manage structured accounting data related to an entity, receiving a selection of a create option to create a document container for a collaboration tool with one or more document libraries, the document container being operable to store unstructured data related to the entity, the entity including at least one of a customer, vendor, account, or project; in response to receiving an integration detail including a location of the collaboration tool and a security setting for a user associated with the application, using the integration detail to authenticate the application to the collaboration tool; in response to the selection of the create option, launching a site creation service for automatically creating the document container from a document container template including default site options and library creation options using one or more settings previously specified by an administrator on a configuration screen of the application, wherein the site creation service is called through a web service proxy, and is configured to create new collaboration tools and document libraries to store unstructured data being tracked by the application by utilizing a site creation business object that interfaces with a data access application programming interface (API) to read and write data from a database; enabling the administrator to specify settings for the collaboration tool including a root site uniform resource locator (URL) where the collaboration tool is located and a sub-site URL where the document container is stored; once the document container is created, storing at least some unstructured data related to the entity in the document container; and in response to detecting a disabled publish configuration on the configuration screen, disabling management of the entity by the collaboration tool.