1. A method comprising operating a computer system with executable program instructions to perform steps of: accessing a first data view definition from among a plurality of stored data view definitions, the first data view definition comprising references to one or more database tables; accessing data from a first database table referenced in the first data view definition, wherein the first database table comes from a first database schema, which is identified using an identifier that identifies the first data view definition or an identifier that identifies the first database table; and generating a view of the first data view definition using at least the data accessed from the first database table.