$byte = '';
if ($obj->{organization} =~ /^\s*$/)
{ $byte .= '0'; }
else
{ $byte .= '1'; }
...
if ($obj->{report} =~ /^\s*$/)
{ $byte .= '0'; }
else
{ $byte .= '1'; }

##</code><code>##

if ($byte =~ /1(0|1){3}0{3}(0|1)/)
{ do more checks against database }
elsif ($byte =~ /0{4}1(0|1)0{2}/)
{ do other checks against database }
else
{ produce error message }