MDM delivers an enterprise information foundation for SAP’s Enterprise Services Architecture
MDM enables flexibility and data reusability through loosely coupled
business processes that can access data easily
Business processes can leverage MDM to generate data models automatically
Enterprise web services can access MDM seamlessly
SAP Analytics leverages MDM and Business Intelligence
Master Data Consolidation
Definition
Consolidation (matching, normalizing, cleansing) and storage of master data imported from client systems. Includes capabilities to identify identical or similar objects spread across the local systems, build consolidated master data, and provide ID mapping for unified, companywide analytics and reporting.
From master data consolidation, companies gain the following benefits:
Helps companies to leverage IT investments already made since it complements and integrates with their existing IT landscape
Provides a starting point for subsequent master data harmonization or central master data management
Helps companies in major decision-making processes since decisions can be based on consolidated data
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Most Frequently Asked Questions
1) Can Mask functionality be used for determining which BP records exist in R/3?
Ans. There is no need for a mask to be generated, as Syndicator can filter records to be sent according to the Agency and remote key stored within MDM. The “suppress records without key” option needs to be set to “Yes”.
2) Can a mask be recreated automatically from a saved search selection criteria?
Ans. This is not currently supported. Records can be hidden per role using “constraints” functionality in the console.
3) Can MDM send only changed fields and data and not the whole record?
Ans : There are two possible answers to this.
1. If you are extracting changed data through the API, you can set the timestamp field to change only when your key fields change. This will allow you to select only those records whose changes need to be sent to R/3.
2. Using the Syndicator you can use the timestamp technology in calculated fields or set up the relevant search criteria in the Syndicator to select only those records that have relevant changes
