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 Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 8.0

 

Technical Data

Technical Name of Business Function

MDG_FOUNDATION_6

Type of Business Function

Enterprise Business Function

Available From

SAP Master Data Governance 8.0

Technical Usage

Master Data Governance

Application Component

Master Data Governance (CA-MDG)

Required Business Functions

Master Data Governance, Generic Functions (MDG_FOUNDATION)

Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 2 (MDG_FOUNDATION_2)

Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 3 (MDG_FOUNDATION_3)

Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 4 (MDG_FOUNDATION_4)

Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 5 (MDG_FOUNDATION_5)

You can use this business function to employ enhanced and simplified hierarchy management in SAP Master Data Governance. Enhanced and simplified hierarchy management makes the user interface more intuitive, speeds up the approval process, and enables users to manage and analyze hierarchies more efficiently. A simplified generation of model-specific Datasources allows the efficient execution of analytical reports. In addition, the integrated creation of change requests for mass changes and file upload provides additional efficiency in these processes.

Integration

Once the business function is activated, you can adjust your Customizing settings under Start of the navigation path Cross-Application Components Next navigation step Processes and Tools for Enterprise Applications Next navigation step Master Data Governance Next navigation step General Settings End of the navigation path. In the target systems, you activate the business functions of SAP Master Data Governance that are relevant for your applications.

Prerequisites

  • You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

    Type of Component

    Component

    Required for the Following Features Only

    Software Component

    MDG_FND 749

Note Note

  • For information on MDG business functions and activated industry solutions, see SAP Note 1690202Information published on SAP site

End of the note.

Features

When you activate this business function, the following features of the application component SAP Master Data Governance (CA-MDG) become available:

Enhanced and Simplified Hierarchy Management

  • Improved process for the assignment of master data

    • Assignment of master data objects to hierarchies in the Single Object Processing UI

    • Intuitive access to hierarchies from the search and improved switching between hierarchies

    • Integrated creation of change requests in the Hierarchy Processing UI

    • Control over the scope for changes, which determines how many levels of the hierarchy are available for processing in separate change requests

  • Faster approval of hierarchy changes

    • Display of pending change requests in the Hierarchy Processing UI

    • Easy access to and intuitive display of change documents

  • Enhanced processing of multiple changes

    • Multiple nodes can be restructured or deleted at the same time

    • Insertion of flat lists of subnodes from a file in the Hierarchy Processing UI

    • A user-customizable number of subnodes is displayed when a node is expanded

Generic Datasources for Analytical Scenarios

  • Support for analytical reporting by a simplified generation of model-specific Datasources for master data and by the provision of the Datasource for key mapping

Integrated Creation of Change Requests for File Upload and Mass Change

  • Enhanced efficiency through integrated creation of change requests in file upload and mass change processes