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Process documentationCreation of New Content for Master Data Governance

 

This documentation provides an overview of the individual steps required to create new content without using a template. Not all of this information provided is available in the Implementation Guide.

Note Note

You create the new data model in the customer namespace under X*, Y*, or Z*. All lower-level objects (such as entity types or attributes) can be in either the customer namespace or the SAP namespace.

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Process

Customizing

The paths specified below are for Customizing for Master Data Governance and are relative paths under General Settings.

  1. Data Modeling

    Create the data model.

    You can make this assignment in one of the following activities in Customizing for Master Data Governance:

    • Start of the navigation path Data Modeling Next navigation step Edit Data Model End of the navigation path(view cluster VC_USMD001).

    • Start of the navigation path Configuration Workbench End of the navigation path (Web application).

    When doing so, take into account the following information:

    Activate the data model. The system uses the generated database tables for active and inactive data.

  2. UI Modeling

    1. Create a new configuration for the user interface for single processing or for the change request under Start of the navigation path UI Modeling Next navigation step Edit UI Configuration End of the navigation path. For more information, see Managing of UI Configurations.

      • In deep copy mode, copy the application configuration USMD_ENTITY_VALUE2.

      • You create UI configurations for entity types with storage and use type 1 and configure the relevant user-interface building blocks (UIBBs).

    2. You can create your own implementation under Start of the navigation path UI Modeling Next navigation step Business Add-Ins Next navigation step BAdI: Adjust User Interface for Single Processing End of the navigation path (BAdI USMD_UI_EVENT2).

  3. Process Modeling

    1. If you have defined entity types with Validity Edition in your data model, configure these under Start of the navigation path Process Modeling Next navigation step Create Edition Type End of the navigation path.

    2. You can create a business activity under Start of the navigation path Process Modeling Next navigation step Change Requests Next navigation step Create Business Activity End of the navigation path.

    3. Create a change request type under Start of the navigation path Process Modeling Next navigation step Change Requests Next navigation step Create Change Request Type End of the navigation path.

      Assign a workflow template to the change request type.

      If you want to use the rule-based workflow, you need to assign workflow template WS60800086 to your change request type and the rule-based workflow under Start of the navigation path Process Modeling Next navigation step Workflow Next navigation step Rule-Based Workflow End of the navigation path. For more information, see Setting up Rule-Based Workflows.

  4. Validation and Derivation

    You can create validation and derivation rules under Start of the navigation path Data Quality and Search Next navigation step Define Validation and Derivation Rules End of the navigation path.

  5. Data Replication

    Configure the data replication settings for each entity type in your data model. For more information, see Configuring Data Replication.

    Note Note

    If you cannot use existing service interfaces, the options listed here require significant implementation effort since you would be required to create your own outbound implementations.

    For more information about integrating the outbound interface framework with the data replication framework, see Start of the navigation path Data Replication Next navigation step Enhance Default Settings for Outbound Implementations Next navigation step Define Outbound Interface Models End of the navigation path.

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    If you want to define a new SMT mapping (SMT = Service Mapping Tool), you need to create SMT structures. These can be used to:

    • Provide data for advanced SAP services

    • Provide data for customer-specific services

    • Provide data for other communication channels (ALE, RFC)

    Specify the source structures for the SMT under Start of the navigation path Data Modeling Next navigation step Generate Data Model-Specific Structures End of the navigation path. Create the structures using the Generate Structures function.

  6. Enterprise Search (ES)

    1. You configure the search object connector relevant for your Enterprise Search template. For more information about integrating Enterprise Search into Master Data Governance, see Enterprise Search.

    2. For each entity type in your data model, you need to create the ES-specific structures under Start of the navigation path Data Modeling Next navigation step Generate Data Model-Specific Structures End of the navigation path.

    The following options are available for ES configuration:

    • Separate search object connectors for the staging area and active area

      In this case, Enterprise Search is activated for the active area for the master data entity. Since the data model in the staging area can differ to that in the active area, you need a separate template for the search object connector in the staging area.

      When a search is carried out, the system has to merge the results from the staging area and the active area and display a standardized search result on the user interface for the search. For this purpose, you can use a Business Add-In under Start of the navigation path Data Quality and Search Next navigation step Business Add-Ins Next navigation step BAdI: Search for Data in Reuse Active Area End of the navigation path (BAdI BADI_SDQ_PP_SEARCH). This implementation must make the results from the active area available using method SEARCH_PP.

    • Common search object connector for the staging area and active area

      In this case, you use just one template for the search object connector for both areas. The system therefore creates only one index for the two areas. To retrieve data from the active area, you use the Business Add-In Data Extraction from Reuse Active Area for Enterprise Search (BAdI BADI_SDQ_PP_DATA_EXTRACTOR_ES). This implementation must make the results from the active area available during the initial load and delta load using methods INITIAL_DATA_LOAD() and DELTA_DATA_LOAD().

  7. Print Output

    Configure the print output settings for each entity type in your data model.

    1. Specify the structure names for the PDF output under Start of the navigation path Data Modeling Next navigation step Generate Data Model-Specific Structures End of the navigation path. Then create the ABAP Dictionary structures using the Generate Structures function.

    2. Configure the settings for print forms in the relevant Customizing activity.

Activities Beyond Customizing

  • Assigning and Personalizing the Role

    1. Create the role or roles that you want to assign to the users for Master Data Governance.

    2. Assign the role(s) to the users.

    3. Assign the data model and UI configuration as default values to the role or roles that you assigned to the users for Master Data Governance: You edit the Personalization Key SAP Master Data Governance (R_FMDM_MODEL) on the Personalization tab page.

  • Configuring SAP NetWeaver Portal or SAP NetWeaver Business Client

    Recommendation Recommendation

    The following Business Packages are available as templates for SAP NetWeaver Portal:

    • Business Package for Financial MDM 1.51

    • Business Package for Material Governance 1.50

    • Business Package for Master Data Governance for Supplier 1.50

    End of the recommendation.