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If you want to enhance existing Master Data Governance Content, this documentation provides an overview of the individual steps, which contain additional information to that provided in the Implementation Guide (IMG).

Note Note

You configure the settings in Customizing for Master Data Governance under   General Settings  . The paths specified below are for Customizing for Master Data Governance and, unless otherwise specified, are relative paths under General Settings.

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Process

  1. Adjusting the data model

    You can customize the data model by:

    If you have implemented SAP enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 and are using a standard data model, note also the following information:

  2. Activating the data model

    You have to activate any data models that you want to use. You activate a data model under   Data Modeling   Edit Data Model  . Afterwards, check and modify the additional Customizing settings.

  3. Defining authorization-relevant fields

    Edit the Customizing activity   Data Modeling   Define Authorization Relevance per Entity Type  .

  4. Adjusting the UI configuration

    Take into account any new entity types or attributes in the UI configuration. For more information, see Managing of UI Configurations.

  5. Assigning and personalizing the role

    • On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Tools   Administration   User Maintenance   Role Administration   PFCG - Roles  . Edit the personalization key SAP Master Data Governance (R_FMDM_MODEL) on the Personalization tab page: Determine a standard data model and a UI configuration; and, if applicable, the default values for the edition, change request type and entity type.

    • On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose   Tools   Administration   User Maintenance   SU01 - Users  . On the Personalization tab page, check whether you need to adjust the Personalization Key SAP Master Data Governance (R_FMDM_MODEL) for the role or roles that you assigned to the users for Master Data Governance.

  6. Defining the validation rules

    Edit the Customizing activity   Data Quality and Search   Define Validation and Derivation Rules  . For more information, see Defining Validations.

  7. Configuring settings for the change process

    Edit the following Customizing activities:

    •   Process Modeling   Create Edition Type  

      Note Note

      This Customizing activity is only relevant if you have restricted the validity for entity types to editions.

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    •   Process Modeling   Change Requests  

      • Edit Statuses of Change Requests

      • Create Change Request Type

    •   Process Modeling   Workflow  

      For more information, see Configure the Workflow.

  8. Creating hierarchy versions

    Edit the Customizing activity   Process Modeling   Create Hierarchy Versions  .

  9. Setting up data replication

    Edit the Customizing activity under   Data Replication  .

    For more information, see Configuring Data Replication.

More Information

Creation of New Content for Master Data Governance

Enhancing an existing data model requires minimal effort. However, if you want to incorporate significant master data changes into the data model, for example, creating a totally new data model may be the more suitable option.