Change of ERP customer account group

The account group of an ERP customer assigned to an MDG business partner can now be changed within the MDG-C single object maintenance. The change of an account group on an operational ERP system can be loaded to MDG using the Import Master Data and replicated to other systems using ALE or SOA.

To change the account group a new change request type can be used, if you want only selected users to be allowed to do the change. The account group can also be changed within the normal process of changing customer data. In this case all or most of the users are allowed to do the change.

Changing the account group enables the user to re-categorize the ERP customer if required. The change of account groups is also supported in the customer client maintenance scenario. For more information, see Master Data Governance for Customer on Client (ERP).

Template for distributed workflow

The business function provides a new workflow template that fits to the common organizational setup to create customer master data: After the request is submitted the central data is verified by an approver. Afterwards there is a 4-eyes-principle for company code data as well as for sales area data. Specialists responsible for the organizational unit can maintain and approve data. After finalizing the data maintenance for all organizational units the data is written to the active area and can then be replicated to client systems.

IBAN without BIC

MDG-C fulfills the legal requirement of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) to only maintain the International Bank Account Number (IBAN) for SEPA countries. The maintenance and generation of bank details (Business Identifier Code (BIC)) is not required anymore. You can specify the countries only using the IBAN. For these countries you only have to enter the IBAN for a customer bank account. The system automatically provides the bank details with default values not being used by the business processes.

New role specific user interfaces

MDG-C offers new role specific user interfaces to be used by all business users that are requesting a new customer as well as by financial and sales specialists:

Link between ERP customer and ERP vendor

The general data of an ERP customer contains a link to the corresponding ERP vendor. With the business function Master Data Governance for Customer 7.0 Feature Pack this field (KNA1-LIFNR) is part of the MDG-C data model.

The maintenance dialog for ERP customers in MDG-C enables you to link to the corresponding ERP vendor. The similar feature for MDG-S is part of the business function Master Data Governance for Supplier 7.0 Feature Pack.

Change request types adapted for highlight changes

To use the feature Highlight Changes from the business function Master Data Governance, Generic Functions 7.0 Feature Pack the business function Master Data Governance for Customer 7.0 Feature Pack provides the BC sets CA-MDG-APP-CUS_VC_USMD110_C04 and CA-MDG-APP-CL_VC_USMD110_C02 that contain the required change request types.

Change request types for SAP Fiori

This business function provides the BC set CA-MDG-APP-CUS_CR_ODATA_05 that is required to use SAP Fiori.