Questions on MDG

My question is on MDG -
Is the standard data model for GL account, profit center already configured in the package? As in SAP MDM there are standard data models (sca files) which we can import, is it something similar in there?
Second question is - When the vendor gets accessed through portal in MDG, can a user enter in ECC and access the same vendor? I mean does it get locked for other users to access the same vendor in ECC?
Thanks,
Indraveer

Hi folks
I have following queriers:
1. When MDM is in Scope, How feasible is to opt MDG also.I mean what points we can raise so as to convience the client that we wud also need MDG.
2.How is MDG different in Standalone or with ECC Suite.
3. If both are in scope How is the integration between MDM and MDG happens.
Regards
Lakshmi

Similar Messages

Questions in MDG

Hi
I have few questions. Please find them below.
1) What is the use of Active area while created a data model . For example it is partner for BP.
2) what is qualifying, Leading and referencing relationship.
3) what is the role of business objects in MDG.
4) How do i get what is the purpose of paramters like process, CREQUEST ect . Where can i get more detail for this.
Also please provide any material to get basic information.

These are very basic MDG concepts. You should consider taking MDG training. Any way, to answer your questions quickly:
1) Active area contains data that is ready for transactional use.
2) Leading is just like a key field foreign key to a master record; qualifying is like a key field foreign key to a check table; and referencing is a regular field foreign key to a check table.
3) what do you mean by business objects here? do you mean the workflow BOR BUS2250? if so, the main reason behind this object is to integrate MDG into the workflow engine.
4) parameters of what? the WDA application? if so, these parameters will be used when displaying an MDG CR. so, if you pass a CREQUEST, that specific CR will be displayed, etc.

Consolidation and Harmonization

Hello,
Couple of question from MDG Side.
Is consolidation possible with MDG,
for example, i have my data in various ERP systems (ERP1, ERP2, SRM, CRM, ERP3) i want the data to maintained in an ERP4
which will be my central hub for data.
accordingly harmonization part of MDG from the above example ERP4 should send data back to the ERP1, ERP2, SRM, CRM and ERP3 system as in when require.
Regards,
Abhishek

Hi Abhishek
SAP MDG is used for data governance, especially when you want to create new data or change existing data. MDG is used on top of single ECC system data, so consolidation cannot be done by MDG. For consolidation purpose SAP MDM can be used.
Harmonization can be done by MDG. Data replication is a important feature in MDG. The data which is created or changed, after being approved by data stewards and master data specialists is stored in masters like MARA, LFA1 and can be replicated to different systems like ECC, SRM, CRM
Regards
Goutham Kanithi

Staging to Active area

Hi Friends,
Can you response to my basic questions on MDG?
1. How the records are moved from staging area to active area? Is there any interface available? How the records are moved from staging table to active table?
2. In Flex mode is there a specific table for active area or If the records are stored only in the staging table with indicator for active record.
Thanks
Bala

it depends on how you build your custom attributes. they can either be flex or re-use attributes. in the first case, you don't have to worry about moving data to the active area as the system will automatically do it for you. if you want your custom attributes stored in the re-use area then you will have to make sure the access class handles those. you can create your own access class or enhance the standard class. please review the http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-7858 document for the different enhancement scenarios as each has its own method of handling this.

MDG Questions...

MDG experts,
I donu2019t know much about MDG. I assume the process will be similar to MDM and that includes consolidation, harmonization & central master data management scenarios. If that is true then, could anyone clarify the following questions?. If not, guide me how MDG works. I am in the process of reading the MDG doc's.
1.     In MDG, where is the master data is stored?. Is it in MDM?
2.     Is there any architecture diagrams for initial load & Harmonization process?
Initial load
1.     How master data from SAP source systems will be loaded?. Is there any specific interface will be in-built with MDG?.
2.     How Non-SAP master data will be loaded?. By using file upload to MDG?
3.     Is Hierarchies can be build in MDG for example, Profit Center group hierarchies, UNSPSC codes?
Syndication of Master data from MDG to SAP & Non-Sap systems
1.     Is there any specific interface is already built for SAP ECC and BW systems?
2.     How to syndicate master data to Non-SAP systems? Downloading data in to files then load these data in to non-SAP systems?
Thanks
Mike.

1. In MDG, where is the master data is stored?. Is it in MDM?
ADB : could be in SAP systemsor in MDM or both.
2. Is there any architecture diagrams for initial load & Harmonization process?
ADB : yes - check link down
Initial load
1. How master data from SAP source systems will be loaded?. Is there any specific interface will be in-built with MDG?.
ADB : yes - specific extractors are designed in the MDG to extract from source and have them in MDM staging area
2. How Non-SAP master data will be loaded?. By using file upload to MDG?
ADB : file upload is supported
3. Is Hierarchies can be build in MDG for example, Profit Center group hierarchies, UNSPSC codes?
ADB : - yes can be done
Syndication of Master data from MDG to SAP & Non-Sap systems
1. Is there any specific interface is already built for SAP ECC and BW systems?
ADB : - there are syndicator interfaces built for any targets with PI as integrator
2. How to syndicate master data to Non-SAP systems? Downloading data in to files then load these data in to non-SAP systems?
ADB : - there are syndicator interfaces built for any targets with PI as integrator
this is Not MDG;s headache - it gives u the data out of its systems how u integrate to 3rd party systems ur effort and idea.
read this for all u want on MDG ! :
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/en/3e/b67a9facd34cb09ce87e3bc24b4c52/frameset.htm http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/en/18/a64e59f0744143a0c2ff9bc1b6aabc/frameset.htm
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SAPMDM/SAPMasterData+Governance
Embedded Master Data Management
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/60022998-5d17-2b10-dbaa-8e3ab357fa55
hth
thanks
-Adrivit

Profit Center value for Creation of Cost Center in MDG F

Hi
I am using MDG-F 6.1. I want to create cost center using change request type OG_W003 ( Cost Center single processing) without uploading intial data from ECC check table ( CEPC- Procit Center Master Data ).
Is this possible as there is warning message while creation of CC?
As there is warning message befor submitting of CR as
'Field "Profit Center": Field should be filled because Profit Center Accounting is active'
If we go ahead for with final processing then again one warning message
'The status of change request 86 does not allow for object changes'
After Approval active CC stores in MDG database table and not replicated to ECC even assigned Edition with flag'Immediate replicate' .
Also one more question How referance data ( Like Controlling Area/Company Codes) are retrived in MDG F in case of add on deployement?
Does intial upload is requird for this as well?
In ECC it is possible to create CC without PC.

Hello Sanjay
For Interface and for ALE setup Global company code is must. You are dealing with cross-company transfers since you are using MDG and ECC. In the ALE distribution layer, it is required to set up the global company code for the program to understand for which company code the master data is created. This setting will not affect any process. Tcode- ob72 and obb5.
Kiran

Group Accounts in MDG-F

What is correct way to handle Group account in MDG-F in MDG 6.0? We have an operating CoA and Group CoA, if I try to create an account in operating CoA, The MDG chnage request processing requires a value for Group Account. I created a account in Group CoA and tries referencing in operating CoA but it doesnt work as in data model this group account value is being referenced by FS Item entity type.
Should Group CoA be managed as FS Item? Is there any other way than using FS Item. It seems that if I use FS Item it will require FSI, FSIT & FSIH entity types to be added to edition type as well as chnage request.
Is it possible to replicate FS Item to Group CoA in ECC?
Any expereince in handling such situation?

Hello Zorawar
The process of creating group account in MDG is different. Since the group account is mapped in GL, you have use FSI entity type for creating group account. Then you can use the same group account and map it in operating GL - ACCOUNT entity type.
Now when you create a group account as FSI entity type, there are various fields which are really not required. Inform your business about it. You have to add FSI / FSIT and H in your entity type / edition as it is must but don't fill up values. You may get error but just proceed further. Ignore this error.
Regarding your question on replication - FSI won't get replicated as group account. So what we did is, we have created FSI as well as ACCOUNT for the same group account. Create both in one change request. Your account will get replicated and not FSI.
Try this approach and let me know. As this worked in our case since there was no option. You have to create the same account 2 times using FSI and ACCOUNT entity type,
Kiran

Vendor Hierarchy in MDG

Hello experts,
I have a requirement for making a replication of Vendor Hierarchy, how it is on ECC, i need to produce the name results in MDG Supplier/Vendor.
I do know that MDG works on Business Partner functionality, which is different.
My question is, do we design from scratch Vendor Hierarchy or extend it.
Also some inputs from MDG BP perspective, why is it different
thanks and regards
Abhishek

Hi lvshaolong,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I believe I have not misunderstood the business scenario.
But may I request you to tell me the process steps for the senario you told which is "Normally , you define condition with highest node in hierachy and then you can refer to it when you do biz with the lower nodes". How vendor rebate process takes place this scenarion (I mean process flow).
This might help me to find some solution further.
More input from my end:
When I am creating the PO against a vendor included in the vendor hierarchy(after agreement), rabate condiion A003 or A004 is not appearing in pricing and hence during BV comparison,system does not find any data to update.
Regards,
Munish

MDG BP(role=Customer) vs MDG Customer

Hi All,
As I understand,using the Supplier MDG,it can create a BP either as a Vendor or a Customer depending on the Supplier role chosen.
When EHP6 MDG comes with a Customer object,what will be the overlap between MDG-Supplier(role=Customer) vs MDG-Customer.
My questions:
(1) I am unable to understand the difference between creating a customer only and creating a customer via a BP(using BP-Customer CVI Integration)
(2) If I can create BP as a customer in the SAP provided MDG-Supplier package(ERP6 EHP5) ,why its always referred to as Supplier in SAP documentation.
Regards,
Premjit

Hi Premjit,
First, if you use MDG, you'll always create a business partner record (table BUT000) on your MDG hub. If CVI is active and you've chosen the appropriate BP roles for creating a customer and/or supplier, the system creates entries in the ERP specific customer (KNA1) and/or supplier (LFA1, LFB1, LFM1) tables, too. So you're right, choosing the customer role in MDG Supplier in EhP5 can create a customer record via CVI, too. But there are some impacts if you do this that you should keep in mind:
1) Checks
EhP5 does not yet support the checks for the Customer (e.g. required fields and so on). This can cause some trouble when CVI tries to save the data. Saving a customer might fail due to invalid data!
2) Data Maintenance
You cannot maintain customer specific data in EhP5. The out-of-the-box UI supports supplier specific fields (general data, company codes, purchasing organization) only. This features comes for the customer with EhP6 in a customer specific UI.
The data that a customer would receive in EhP5 is the common data that customers and suppliers share with the Business Partner (addresses, bank details, and so on). Customer specifics like general data, company codes, sales orgs, cannot be maintained in MDG EhP5 (without custom enhancements).
Best regards
Michael

MDG-S BP Grouping,BP Role,BP Categeory and ERP Vendoe Account Group

Hi
Can anybody explains me releationship between MDG-S BP Grouping,BP Role,BP Categeory and ERP Vendoe Account Group?
It seems there is no requried field except Change Request Description.If we input value for CR Description only, we can still able to sumbit and activate CR and Bussiner Partner ID (Which is internally generated) will be stored in MDG stagging table for entity type BP_HEADER.
My question is then what is use of BP Grouping,BP role in this as it contains blank value? Also it observed that for new ERP Vendor the Account Group field is always in non editable mode,Any reason for this? Same issue with Company Code after selecting CC it displayed as non editable field before submitting CR as well.

Hi Sanjay,
When you select New -> Organization, below screen comes, In Grouping drop down you need to select Vendor Account Group and in Role list enter role.
Follow same procedure when you want to create next vendor.
Under new pushbutton, you will get three options:
Organization means when you want to create vendor.
Person means you are creating person not vendor, these person you can assign as a contact person to the vendor in Relationship tab.
Regards,
Sudhir

SAP MDG - How to activate user settings for Dropdown box Change request?

Hello Expert,
I have a question related to Hide DropDown Box Change request.
When i save change request via collective processing, Change request Dropdown box is displayed. When, i select Change request dropdown list, only change request description is displayed, not change request number.
So how to activate access key from user settting ? Could you show me the menu path in order to activate it?
Best regards,
RAOELISON

This is a generic Web Dynpro question and not specific to MDG. Any way, this is how you can do it:
Right-click the field
Select: Use Settings --> More
Check the "Key Visible" checkbox
Keep in mind this is a user-specific setting and not a global setting.

MDG - S Workflow issue

Hi,
I have configured the MDG for Supplier where I am using the standard workflow template for Supplier Create - WS53100044.
I have a couple of questions here where I need your expert help.
1.I create a CR, it goes for approval. When I run validation it starts asynchronously. Any idea why this is happening? Though there are no validation errors.
2. I can also approve the CR. If I have Company Code and Purchasing Org data in it then it needs processing but the workflow log says 'No Processor assigned'.
3. If I do not have these information fed in the CR, the workflow gets approved and the next step is 'Decision on Process Contact person'. Here it looks for a reference BP. I do not get the list of BPs to select from. Please advise what is missing.
Thank you in advance..
Regards,
Jayati

Hello Jayati
your validation will always start Asynchronously as it is native feature within MDG. So no issues about it. The good part is you are not getting any validation error.
Since you using standard workflow template, try using other MDG workflow for the Processor assignment. Check the step number under "Define Workflow Step Numbers" step and then check if the correct processor is assigned there. More details can be found if you see the workflow log of your change request.
Regarding the BP issue, try completing the configurations suggested in MDGIMG under Master Data Governance for Supplier --> Set up Business Partner.
Hope this helps you.
thanks
Rahul

Including Contact person detials in MDG 6.1 - Customer

Hello All,
While Creating MDG - Customer, I need to include Contact person information. I can see Contact Person tab in Customer FPM screen(Organisation type) but not able to relate to Business Partner ID.
My specific questions are
1. How to create BP/Customer with Contact Person?
2. Do we need to create Contact Person first and then relate to BP/Customer? If so, how i can i co-relate that ealier created Contact person with my current CR, which is being created for Customer.
3. I need to create Customer that includes Contact person details under same CR.
Please suggest me how to go forward?

Looks like the Contact Person needs to be created in role BUP001 as a Business Partner first.
Then after activating the Contacts functionality you will have the following subscreen in the UI:
Clicking on the New button will allow you to select the Contact Person from the Busines Partners table and also to specify data you need like address, function, etc. See below:
Hope that helps you get the idea on how it works...
Perhaps someone who played more with it would be able to contribute here , it's an interesting topic.
Regards,
Boris

MDG F: Cost Centre Hierarchy - File upload

Hello All,
My intention is to load Cost center hierarchy into MDG system and i am following SAP Note: 1573223.
According to SAP Note, While uploading the hierarchy data, it is asking us to select the CR, which was already created. My question here is which CR type should be selected? I can see only type "Cost center - Single processing - (0G- W003)". There is no Cost Center hierarchy type.
Please advise how can i create CR for this.
Regards,

Hello Srinivas
The structure of any hierarchy is - Hierarchy - groups - Cost centers. If you don't load cost centers then you will not able to load the assignment file.
Load the master data first i.e all your CC. Then load the hierarchy file where you have one entry. The load all the groups. Once everything is updated in mdg, you can load the assignment file.
Thanks
Kiran

What is MDG

Hi Experts ,
What is basically MDG ?
S\hall anybody explain the difference between Master Data Governance and Master Data Management in general and with respect to SAP MDM and SAP MDG ?
Your inputs are highly appreciable .
Regards,

Hi Raghvendra,
SAP NetWeaver MDM :
MDM provides a trusted, consistent view of key information assets across the enterprise – ranging from "customers", "products", and "suppliers" to "locations" and more. In large corporations, MDM is becoming a business transformation strategy as the cornerstone of every critical business process and business decision.
SAP Master Data Governance(MDG):
SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) is arguably the first-to-market integrated and active data governance application
-- via its governance capabilities for creation, maintenance and replication of master data "upfront" (upstream) of line-of-business applications. Specifically, SAP MDG provides out-of-the-box, domain-specific master data governance to centrally create, change and distribute master data across your entire landscape -- with a focus on the SAP Business Suite. In other words, SAP MDG is an MDM application purpose-built and natively integrated with key SAP solutions, while SAP NetWeaver MDM is an infrastructure variation that requires additional customization to enable such central governance.
PFB a general compariosn betweeen SAP MDM and SAP MDG
Feature
SAP NW MDM
SAP MDG
ABAP Code base
Not Supported
Supported
Delivered Business Content(data model etc)
Supported
Supported
Workflows
Supported
Supported
Validation
Supported
Supported
Business Rules Engine
Via a supporting app
Supported
Reuse SAP Business logic
Not Supported
Supported
Handle unstructured content(PDF,Images etc)
Supported
Via a supporting app
SAP UI(WD,GUI)
Via a supporting app
Supported
Integration with SAP
Via a supporting app
Supported
Hierarchy and Taxonomy
Supported
Supported
Bid Data and Cloud Support
Not Supported
Via a supporting app
Last major Release in a year
Not Supported
Supported
Scenarios
Consolidation
Supported
Not Supported
Harmonization
Supported
Via a supporting app
Central Master Data Management
Supported
Supported
GDS
Supported
Not Supported
SRM Catalog
Supported
Not Supported
PIM
Supported
Via a supporting app
CDI(B2B)
Supported
Via a supporting app
CDI(B2C)
Not Supported
Via a supporting app
For more information, please visi the below mentioned link:
http://www.sapexecutivenetwork.com/phocadownload/sap_mdg_field_report.pdf
For SCN discussion on the same topic, PFB the links:
http://scn.sap.com/thread/1797486
https://scn.sap.com/thread/1890010
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Thanks and regards,
Satyam Rastogi

Questions on MDG

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for