
Product Information
SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG), central governance provides central ownership of master data in line with a company’s business rules and processes. MDG delivers domain-specific, out-of-the-box applications as well as a framework for custom-defined master data. MDG offers change request-based processing of master data with integrated workflow, staging, approval, activation, and distribution. MDG can be deployed as a separate hub system, or co-deployed with SAP ERP. In both cases, MDG can use SAP and company-specific business logic to create master data ready to be used in a company’s business processes.
Master Data Governance offers the following features:
Centrally Governed Master Data
You can manage master data centrally in the Master Data Governance system. You can use a change requests to request changes to existing master data or to create new master data. A flexible workflow concept enables you to create the exact master data control process you require, including quality checks and authorizations.
Pre-Built Content for Master Data Domains
SAP Master Data Governance provides standard data models, user interfaces, and workflow definitions for financial master data, material master data, business partners, customers, and suppliers. This standard content can be flexibly enhanced as needed.
Create Custom-Objects
You can use the SAP MDG Application Foundation to build central governance processes for your unique master data objects.
Replicate Central Master Data
You can use the data replication framework (DRF) to replicate your master data to target systems. Filters allow you to determine the data sent to each target system. Key mapping allows for different IDs in different systems and value mapping supports translation of attribute values so that they can be understood in the target systems. You can use enterprise services, IDocs, or the file download functions, as the underlying replication technology.
Load Master Data
You can use functions such as File Upload or Import Master Data to transfer data into your Master Data Governance system.
Ensure Master Data Quality
To increase your master data quality, you can check the data in your MDG governance processes against SAP business logic and rules you have defined in the BRF+, or you can use data quality checks from external service calls.
Change Multiple Master Data Records
SAP Master Data Governance offers a range of methods to change multiple master data objects in a single change request.
Side Panel
Side Panels enable you to extend the SAP MDG user interface by enriching it with additional content for the end-user.
Process Quality Analytics
You can use Smart Business to analyze SAP MDG processes based on the MDG data stored in SAP HANA. This analysis provides intuitive access to information such as KPIs for change request processing times and successful execution rate. Users can then navigate from the KPIs to more detailed analysis for issue resolution. You can freely define your own SAP Smart Business KPIs based on SAP HANA views.
Optional Use of SAP HANA
You can use SAP HANA for search and duplicate detection, for real-time aggregation of KPIs and trends in process analytics, as well as for increased throughput in master data consolidation.
SAP Fiori Apps
A suite of dedicated SAP Fiori apps support use cases such as display and approval of master data requests.
Consolidate Master Data
You can standardize master data loaded from different sources and identify potential duplicates. You can calculate best records based on duplicate groups and survivorship rules.