Carrier in MDM

hi ,
I m BW consultant.
and our client going to install MDM 5,5.
So,how is the carrier in SAP MDM .??
and what are the basic required for me to learn that ?
Jimmy

Hi Jimmy,
in the BW area, MDM makes much sense as the single master data supplier. This way, you can cleanse your BW master data, while still being able to correctly identify the master data object in BW when uploading transactional data from various systems (MDM Master Data retains information of various keys in source systems).
MDM makes most sense in combination with other (SAP) products, like BW, so a knowledge of both systems is an advantage.
As for getting started: there are learning maps for consultants. Also, the WebEx Sessions are a good place to start.
For the Content repositories, there are scenarios that include BW-integration. One scenario is about extracting from R/3, transferring via XI into MDM, cleansing and transferring (XI) into BI. There is content to be installed in each system to make this work, but it gives you a good overview of the process.
Cheers,
Chris

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Carrier in SAP: Is it worth learning MDM?

Hello Everyone,
Looking for a carrier guidance please let me know your thoughts.
I'm a J2EE Developer specializing in Content Management systems/Portals with about 8 years of experience.
Looking for learning new skills specifically learning vendor(canned) applications which would also require J2EE Experience so that i can use all my J2EE experience and as well learn new applications to better position myself in the consulting market.:-)
Started looking at the SAP Netweaver Technology and all the products stacked against key areas of the Netweaver Architecture. Lack of my experience in SAP landscape made me get confused on what product to pick and learn to position myself in and also was not sure about whether one would really get any jobs after going through all the learning with no experience in that product.
So wanted to reach out to all of you and see what you guys think and suggest after reading through my thoughts and confusion.
Getting into emerging technologies in SAP made more sense since there will be opportunities for people with less or no experience in sap landscape :(.
Do you guys think it is worth learning and planning a carrier in MDM?
How does the feature look for SAP MDM?
How should one go about planning to get to the MDM world. What other skills one should know that would help ?
Thanks All for all the help.
Rajes

Hi Rajesh,
MDM is truly a new way of solving old data management problems, Morris said. Traditional information architecture focuses on the infrastructure and design of systems in a company, and can include practices like synchronizing data around a hub. These architecture approaches are much more monolithic than MDM. Applied MDM, which includes data governance techniques, along with MDM infrastructure tools, represents a more flexible way of approaching the problem.
Andrew White, research director at Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc., agrees that MDM is a legitimate solution for data management difficulties.
"Information architecture is lost," White said. "We're realizing that we need a different kind of governance model."
MDM is "80% old stuff and 20% new stuff," White said. The "old stuff" is technology expanded from product information management and CDI tools, as well as some of the data definition concepts of metadata management. The "new stuff" is a major emphasis on data governance and new MDM tools, which are different from anything the industry has seen before, White said.
MDM software, from companies like IBM, Kalido and others, acts as middleware, in essence giving systems a commonplace to look for approved data definitions. White describes this MDM software as an "intermediate tier between physical data and the consumption of that data." Combining software and data governance best practices, MDM is an innovative approach to solving data management problems, he said.
It's only a matter of time before companies start to adopt MDM, White said. The coming year will be one of awareness, and the peak of spending will come in two to three years, he predicts.
Between emerging technologies like SOA and RFID requiring consistent data definitions and motivators like heavy-handed fines for inaccurate reporting and non-compliance, analysts like Morris and White feel that MDM is a critical component to many business initiatives.
Master data management is not a technology market, but a business capability," said Rob Karel, principal analyst with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc. "All of the vendors branding themselves as an MDM solution, I liken to comparing apples and Volkswagens. They're all very different pieces of the larger complex technology puzzle that's required to solve the master data management capability."
Vendors from across the IT landscape emerged in force in the last few months, joining such players as IBM, SAP and Burlington, Mass.-based Kalido Inc. in announcing MDM products. Dayton, Ohio-based Teradata partnered with Dallas-based i2 Technologies Inc. for its new Teradata MDM platform. Other announcements amounted to repositioning and re-branding. Product information management (PIM) vendor TIBCO Software Inc., based in Palo Alto, Calif., announced its Collaborative Information Manager MDM application. Customer data integration (CDI) players made their move as well. Redwood City, Calif.-based Purisma Inc. updated and re-named its "data hub," and San Mateo, Calif.-based Siperian Inc. emerged with a new "customer-centric MDM" hub. Other pure-play vendors and big players alike have scrambled to use MDM label.
Of course, every vendor has a slightly different take, and the relative infancy of the MDM discipline makes product comparisons tough. Buyers should be wary of any vendor that claims to solve MDM problems with just one tool -- an impossible feat, Gartner and Forrester analysts agreed.
Forrester: Evaluate your MDM ecosystem
Karel introduced the concept of an "MDM ecosystem audit guide," a tool intended to help companies identify technology components that should be part of their data supply chain.
"MDM is a capability which will cross multiple technology platforms," Karel said, "because information is being captured, managed and consumed across many platforms."
An MDM capability may include processes and technologies such as data governance and stewardship, data quality management, integration tools, service-oriented architectures -- as well as systems that help manage master data definitions. Ultimately, successful MDM will be achieved by combining a wide variety of technologies and applications that create, manage and consume master data. Some capabilities might already exist in a company, Karel said. In fact, he added, companies could conceivably manage master data with no tools bearing the MDM label at all.
"If you knit together some of these disparate tools [that you already have] with custom code and random wrappers, you can create an MDM solution for your company -- it just won't be pretty," Karel said. "The vendors that will be successful are the ones that [can] create a more seamless administrative experience and the ones that allow you to leverage your existing investments."
No vendors really fit that description today, though some, such as IBM, are further along than others, Karel said. And there are more mature sub-segments of MDM, namely CDI or PIM, with vendors that have successfully addressed the problems of managing a specific kind of data entity. But, he said, a true MDM capability should address multiple kinds of data entities -- not just customer or product -- and that's where the complexity comes in.
Gartner: Consider the MDM continuum
The Gartner study placed vendors on an "MDM continuum," according to Andrew White, study co-author and research vice president with the Stamford, Conn.-based analyst firm. The continuum looks like a horizontal line, with "MDM niche" vendors on the left, "MDM generalists" on the right, and infrastructure giants Oracle and SAP in the middle.
The niche vendors on the extreme left of the continuum solve complex problems in certain industries or domains, White explained. These products can handle the complexities of very specific kinds of entities, such as customer or product data. They can potentially manage thousands of attributes and hundreds of hierarchies and are suited for operational purposes. This is where PIM and CDI vendors fit in, he said. Gartner placed IBM, Siperian and Wayne, Penn.-based PIM vendor FullTilt Solutions Inc. on this end of the continuum.
Products that appear closer to right side come from generalists and help companies get a single view of many different data entities, White said. These products are probably more appropriate for analytics and business intelligence uses. Generalists' products handle many different kinds of entities with relatively low complexity -- for example, labeling many master data objects with a low number (say, five to 25) of attributes. Kalido; Hackensack, N.J.-based Data Foundations Inc.; and Paris-based Orchestra Networks appear on this end of the continuum.
The study was specifically presented as a continuum, not a ranking, White said. Like all IT programs, the selected MDM tool should fit a company's specific problem, and legacy vendors might not always be the best choice, he cautioned.
"Vendors are making hay with [MDM]. They're all calling themselves MDM vendors," White said. "Customers have to be very careful. It's not that one MDM vendor is better. It's really about form fitting function. Where is your business? What is your particular problem of the day, and what will your problem be next year? Then figure out which data is most important, and look at that part of the continuum."
For Details learnings go through this link, which requires SAP Service Market place ID.
https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700004121872006E.HTM
Hope you are more confussed.
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Rehman

Justification to pursue a carrer in MDM

Having enough experience in .net and Java ( 12 + years) , need Justification to pursue a carrier in MDM - How rewarding is MDM in terms of average salary/remuneration over a period of 0 - 5 years. Are the projects usually long term or short term like XI.

Hello Ramesh,
I dont have knowledge about MDM salary packages.The following links will give you the latest market trends.As you know java there is a great scope for you in this field.
http://events.techtarget.com/mdm-ent/?Offer=DMwn716mdm
http://viewer.bitpipe.com/viewer/viewDocument.do?accessId=6721869
http://searchdatamanagement.bitpipe.com/data/search?site=sdmgt&cr=bpres&cg=VENDOR&sp=site_abbrev%Asdmgt&cp=bpres&st=1&qt=MasterDataManagement
http://viewer.bitpipe.com/viewer/viewDocument.do?accessId=6721819
http://www.dmreview.com/channels/master_data_management.html
http://searchdatamanagement.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid91_gci1287620,00.html?bucket=NEWS;topic=307330
http://searchsap.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,289625,sid21_gci1265266,00.html
Hope this may help you.
Regards
Ankit

Grey out of MDM managed fields in R/3 4.7 (Interface between R/3 & SRM)

Hi All,
We have requirement for Creation/extension/changing of MMR (MM01/MM02/MM12).
Current Process:
Creation of MMR for certain material types carried out by MDM team from SRM side.In this case these materials replicated from SRM-MDM to R/3 4.7.
In such case core users from R/3 side can able to change MM fields relevent to MDM managed to fields.So that we want to restrict these fields (Replicated from MDM).to further change
The changes to MMR is only from the MDM side.Not from R/3 side
we dicided to make these fields grey out(Not Editble).through ABAP Development
case1:
If we go through standard configuration of field stutus as a grey out from Field selection/Field Reference.based on materials types/Transaction.then we will face problem while replicating master data from MDM to R/3 .this means that
If we r creating/changing materials from MDM side.and replicated to R/3 side.
Because in R/3 side if i make these fields as grey out .It won't take input values while replicating data from MDM to R/3.so i could end up with idoc error.
Finally the above process is excluded
case2:
If want to go through ABAP development,plz guide on this
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Some important questions on MDM functionality

Hello All,
I have some basic/imp questions to be understood on MDM 7.1 for a data consolidation project.
1) When importing records in import manager, some of the records are failed with this error message "Import failed. Unable to find value map index". When checked the records in excel source, those records are having one or two fields carrying some square like char, ? and some non readable char (chinese, japanese). SAP is the source and SAP CRM has those characters successfully maintained in the system but MDM has some issue. How do we tackle these in MDM to successfully import those records?
2) How do we archive a repository to create a new one which needs to have empty records in main table but need to carry look up table records?
3) There are some records attached to workflow and when deleted those records from data manager, system throwing error "attached to workflow". Can anyone help me how to remove this attachment and delete those records?
4) The max number of records which can be imported at one shot in import manager is 100K? What happens when we exceed this records let's say 200K? Does the process go infinite loop? Is there a way out to import more than 100K records at one shot?
5) What are the different types of data consolidation projects MDM Gurus encounter? Elaborate please.
6) How many clients use Hierarchy, taxonomy, family tables for repository design? Is it very common or rare? And what would be some of the reference use cases (articles) I could find in sdn blogs for these?
Thx and appreciate for responding to these and also please let me know if any additional articles around MDM which are very popular and must see for a MDM consultant.
-Mike

1) When importing records in import manager, some of the records are failed with this error message "Import failed. Unable to find value map index". When checked the records in excel source, those records are having one or two fields carrying some square like char, ? and some non readable char (chinese, japanese). SAP is the source and SAP CRM has those characters successfully maintained in the system but MDM has some issue. How do we tackle these in MDM to successfully import those records?
Thats a known issue in MDM 5.5 but i am not sure about the current 7.1 SP08 release it might by fixed too, MDM Import manager does not support some special characters,only solution is to identify those records which has special characters in excel and exclude them from the load, may by unmapping the field which has special characters and load the other fields data using the map. and then login to Data manager and copy the text to the corresponding record manually.
2) How do we archive a repository to create a new one which needs to have empty records in main table but need to carry look up table records?
We can not create a repository from an archive with out main table data automatically. you need to clean the main table manually or by using an import map we can delete the data.
Check the below link for deleting data from a main table through import manager:
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/d0245870-0adf-2b10-46a8-ca9dcf8e1a4d?QuickLink=index&overridelayout=true
3) There are some records attached to workflow and when deleted those records from data manager, system throwing error "attached to workflow". Can anyone help me how to remove this attachment and delete those records?
Click on workflows tab in data manager and you can find in which workflow the record is and check the history by right clicking on the record. if you have rights to stop the workflow do that , or else login with the workflow owner and stop the workflow so that record will come out of the workflow and will be able to be delete that record.
4) The max number of records which can be imported at one shot in import manager is 100K? What happens when we exceed this records let's say 200K? Does the process go infinite loop? Is there a way out to import more than 100K records at one shot?
Importing 100K data in one shot is not a good idea, and the system will go in infinte loop. you need to split the source files in to multiple chunks. chunk size in your system will be set in MDS.INI file, talk to your MDM Basis guy he will help you in getting details of those..
5) What are the different types of data consolidation projects MDM Gurus encounter? Elaborate please.
Let us know which kind of consolidation project you are working in, Tricks will be based on the particular requirement
6) How many clients use Hierarchy, taxonomy, family tables for repository design? Is it very common or rare? And what would be some of the reference use cases (articles) I could find in sdn blogs for these?
Again for this question it will be based on the requirements... i am sure you will be able to find blogs how to use hierarchies,taxanomies and family tables but not the client names...
Hope i answered your questions.
regards
Sowseel

SRM, MDM, ECC integration for central contract management.

Hi there,
I am questioned by a client with respect to the possibility of the following scenario -
1. There are several SAP back end systems in place.
2. SRM 7.0 will be implemented as single sourcing system.
3. The SAP back end systems carry different material master codes for the same material and this will remain the same and no cleaning effort to have a unique code across all systems is going to be done.
4. If we use MDM in the mix - will it be possible for the SRM system to act as a central contracting solution and create a central contract with the unique material code in MDM.
5. On distribution of this contract across to individual SAP back end system the back end should map the MDM code to correct material code in that respective system.
Any insights with respect to if this is possible with some enhancements or not at all possible will be highly appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
Shantanu Joshi

Hello Shantanu Joshi
Your business scenario is standart MDM functionality
More about how it works you can read from:
MDM overview
and standart help links (see scenarios part):
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/D7AED5058201B4E10000000A11466F/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmdm71/helpdata/en/43/D7AED5058201B4E10000000A11466F/frameset.htm
Regards
Kanstantsin

SRM -- MDM -- ECC integration for central contract management for SRM 7.0

Hi there,
I am questioned by a client with respect to the possibility of the following scenario -
1. There are several SAP back end systems in place.
2. SRM 7.0 will be implemented as single sourcing system.
3. The SAP back end systems carry different material master codes for the same material and this will remain the same and no cleaning effort to have a unique code across all systems is going to be done.
4. If we use MDM in the mix - will it be possible for the SRM system to act as a central contracting solution and create a central contract with the unique material code in MDM.
5. On distribution of this contract across to individual SAP back end system the back end should map the MDM code to correct material code in that respective system.
Any insights with respect to if this is possible with some enhancements or not at all possible will be highly appreciated.
Thanks and Regards,
Shantanu Joshi

Hello Shantanu Joshi
Your business scenario is standart MDM functionality
More about how it works you can read from:
MDM overview
and standart help links (see scenarios part):
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdm550/helpdata/en/43/D7AED5058201B4E10000000A11466F/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmdm71/helpdata/en/43/D7AED5058201B4E10000000A11466F/frameset.htm
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Kanstantsin

C/O dosent carry over along with billto to part func. using custom Creat SO

Hi Gurus!
We have a custom program to create sales order ZVA01 which creates sales oder. When using that program , we eneter the sold to , the bill to party carries over to the partner function and everything else carries forward except the C/O(Care off) dose not carry forward. I have checked with the MDM group and its all set up correctly . When using the trabnsaction VA01 to create sales order it does carry over everything to the partner function even the C/O. We need to use this cutom program for a specific purpose so using VA01 is not teh solution to our problem. I would like to know why everything except the c/o part is not getting carried over. Could anyone please tell me what maybe the reason for c/o not to carry over in my custom transaction to create sales order.
Thanks

You have my deepest sympathy. I can't imagine anyone trying to replicate SAPMV45A modules into a custom program, although I once removed about 20-30K lines of "cloned" SD code, replacing it with standard SAP with exits, transaction variants and variant transactions. Or, perhaps you've just written a front-end that executes VA01?
Obviously, you've missed something in SAPMV45A partner functions. I think you'll have to find that and replicate to get the missing partner(s). What you've encountered is a spectacularly good example of why not to attempt to "re-write" standard SAP functionality, IMHO.

Import two XML file in MDM

Hallo MDM Expert,
I would like to import two files XML in MDM, because I carry out By Manuel import. besides, are both XML file from two different System needs to remove de-duplication of the both file and compared them. afterwards as a file to the export manager be exported.
Please could give a Input? which step I can done to Import the both file and alimented de-duplication.
Thank in advance

Hi Dominique,
 To Import Second file please follow these steps:
In Import Manager after you import your first file then go to File --> Connect to Source in import manager, a new window comes then specify your second file name and perform Import normally.
 After both the files are imported you can follow these steps to remove duplicates:
Matching Mode is used to find and merge duplicates.This can be done in following steps:
 You have to use key mapping if incoming files are from different system.
Step1. In Data Manager go to Matching Mode and Select Transformation tab.Right click in Transformations pane and select Add Transformation then go to Properties pane and select the field you want to transform.Do the proper substitution in substitution pane example: Suppose that there are two values Marta. and Marta due to the "." MDM will interpret them as different values but they are duplicates so to eliminate this problem you can use substitution. So specify ".' in From and Blank space in To .Create similar transformation for other fields as well.
Step2. Go to Rules tab and Right click in Rules pane and select Add Rules then go to Properties pane and select the transformed field i.e.[XFM] .
Specify the scores for success failure and undefined properties as per your requirement.Create similar rules for other fields as well.
Step3. Go to Strategies tab. and Right click in Strategies pane and select Add strategies In the Rules Pane select the rules you want to include in the Strategy.Min Score and Max Score are calculated automatically. It is the sum of all individual matching rules in this strategy. Low Threshold and High Threshold classify the matching results and must be set manually. They decide the Match Class for a record upon executing the strategy.
Step4. Go to the Records Pane and to execute the matching, select one or more records from the record set and right-click. Select Match Records from the context menu and select the relevant matching type:
Selected vs. Selected matches the selected records with each other
Selected vs. Results matches the selected records with the record set derived from the search criteria
Selected vs. All matches the selected records with all records in the repository
Results vs. Results matches all records that result from the search criteria
Results vs. All matches all records that result from the search criteria with the records in the repository
Step5. On the basis of the Score select the record and See the corresponding matched records in the Matches tab and include the records you want to merge.
Step6. Go to Merge tab and for the selected matched records select the appropriate values and then right click in the bottom pane and select merge records. So the selected records are now existing as a new single merged record.
In order to syndicate data out of MDM follow these steps in Syndicator:
Step1. Go to Destination Items tab in bottom pane. Right click in Destination Items window and select "Add Destination Item" from the Context menu.
Step2. Go to "Properties" window and fill the required details.
Similarly you can create other destination fields as per your requirement.
Step3. Go to "Item Mapping" tab in bottom pane and Map the source field to the required destination field.
Step4. After all the mapping is done you can "Execute Syndication" and a flat file will be syndicated.
Note: You can syndicate Client specific data as well using Map Properties tab and selecting Output client system property
Thanks and Regards,
Sagar Sonje

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SAP MDM field status and SAP ERP field status

Just wanted to understand what are the implications of a field status mismatch between SAP MDM and SAP ECC for Vendor Masters. Further, what happens in a scenario where the vendor master data is changed directly in SAP ECC. I am presuming that both systems will not be in sync as the MDM system talks one way and updates the SAP ECC system. Or is there a feasibility whereby any change carried out in SAP ECC is also routed back to SAP MDM.

Hi,
Basically MDM is implemented in order to maintain Master Data at single location, such that control can be incorporate in flow of Master Data.
Thus it is recommended that master data should be changed or created in MDM itself and than syndicated to other systems.
But in case Master Data need to be changed in ECC, MDM ABAP API's can be used to update data in MDM Repositories directly from ECC so that Master Data remains in Sync.
(Using MDM ABAP APIs, code can e developed in ECC to update fields in MDM.)
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ISE integration with Mobile Device Management ( MDM ) help required

Dear Techies,
     Am here bring to your notice an different issue and no much resources to support even in PEC or Cisco Document.
     We are conduction a Proof Of Concept (PoC) on Secure Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD ) using Cisco ISE and gonna test all the scenarios like Wired, Wireless and VPN user access.
Setup Brief :
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      Our Setup has ISE VM acting as Admin, Monitor and Profiling Device, we have NAC 3315 physical Appliance as Inline posture Device, Wireless LAN controller, Access point and the Identity source as Microsof Active Directory
     Having Plans to Integrate Mobile Device Management ( MDM ) and Citrix VDI setup also.
Activity Brief:
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     As of now we have tested the Wired Scenario Authentication and authorization for guest users and gonna carry out the profiling and posture.
Clarifications Required
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Wired Scenario - Require some configuration / steps on how to carryout posture for the guest wired users i.e. LAPTOP.
Wireless Scenario
MDM can be integrated to ISE ?
How the MDM can be integrated to Cisco ISE configuration or Guide to show the same?
What is the demarcation between MDM and ISE ( i.e. What is the role of ISE and MDM on Mobile Devices ) ?
If MDM is available so then when the control of ISE ends, does MDM do management or ISE will do management of the devices ?
Is MDM will do client provisioning or ISE should do ?
Is MDM send or update patches of Mobile Devices ?
As of now these are the scenarios, kindly revert if any good documents to show this or share your expertise on the Integration Part.
Thanks for Reading...
Arun

I would like to avail your valuable inputs to understand on the Client provisioning part for the Mobile Devices/ Laptop. I understand from your reply that MDM integration is not available in the current release ISE 1.1 - That is correct.
Kindly let me know your views or any documents on the following scenarios with the current release in mind
1. User with Mobile devices connecting to Wireless ( both Employee and Guest ) , How the Flow differs for the Employee and Guest. How the client provisioning is done ( i.e. Like Posturing or Compliance Check ).
The posturing and compliance check is done based on the user authentication information (i.e. AD memberOf vs Guest user) combined with the users endpoint (windows, mac osx, or a mobile device), ISE then has a few decisions to make based on the authorization policies. For example, if a Domain User coming from a Windows 7 machine joins the network, then can either use the nac agent, or the web agent. Then you can scan for registry settings, file settings, program requirements, hotfix compliance...and the list goes on. If the user fails a check then you can either assign an acl for the user so they only have guest access, or you can place them into a remediation vlan the options are entirely up to the requirements and however the solution is implemented.
2. User with Laptop connecting to Wireless ( both Employee and Guest ). How the client provisioning is done ( i.e. Like Posturing   or Compliance Check ).
Guests are usually redirected to the guest portal which they authenticate and their user group falls within the Guest container that is on the ISE internal database, that is usually coupled with an authorization profile that grants them internet access. For the client provisioning, that is usually done based on the operating system, via profiling (dhcp, and user agent string., netmap...etc) and can be fine tuned for all laptops or to a specific set of users based on their group membership.
3. What are advantages of having ISE also in place for Mobile devices, since most of the Mobile related tasks ( like Authentication, Authorization, Profiling and Posture ) are carried out by MDM. I am checking for the significant advantage of having ISE for Client network having only Mobile devices. Kindly clarify.
Currently the advantage of Cisco ISE is that it supports profiling within wireless and really fits well within a network that has mostly Cisco products since they are all part of of the Borderless security initiative being driven on the backend. The product teams for wireless, wired, security (vpn..etc) and ISE are pretty close in building their solutions so that you can get connected with any device any where (sorry for the sales pitch). The latests wireless code is improving and is going to have support similar to the ios sensor for wired devices where dhcp, cdp, and other attributes can be sent in the radius packet for better profiling decisions. With integration for an MDM platform coming soon, and also support for TACACS rumored (have to verify with your account rep) you have options that really stand out from a unit that only supports MDM. Cisco ISE also comes with a wireless product ID so that makes the budget work when it comes to deploying ISE if you arent looking for enforcement on your wired devices.
4. Do you recommend 802.1X Authentication to use for the Employee and Contractor? The Guest user authentication as Open ?
For internal users and vendors the best option by far is dot1x, almost all operating systems are capable of performing dot1x and the 1.1.1 MR has a piece now that can provision the supplicant for the users, by using scep to enroll certificates or configure peap settings.
There is a feature within the guest portal that allows you to statically assign guests into endpoint group, that feature is called device registration web authentication. It seems like an open network but uses mac filtering to assign these devices to an endpoint without requiring users to enter any credentials. They are presented with an AUP page, once they accept their mac address is mapped to the endpoint group
5. How can we ensure the Encryption of traffic from the Guest user to the NAD ( Network Access devices ) ?
This may be a wireless question but I am sure the encryption is done using AES and using dot1x as the key management here is a brief background for this - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk722/tk809/technologies_configuration_example09186a00807f42e9.shtml#L2
You can also use the anyconnect client which can provide macsec which is layer 2 encryption for wired - http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/vpndevc/ps6032/ps6094/ps6120/qa_c67-622477_ns1049_Networking_Solutions_Q_and_A.html
6. We are also looking for VDI ( Citrix, VMware ) solution for the client ( both Employee and Guest ) , how ISE can play a role in securing the VDI environment.
For most thin clients you can perform dot1x authentication on the device itself, however that is something the manufacturer will have to support. This is a little gray for me.
7. Is that any integration required with Citrix or VMware. How the VDI can be offered based on the User role ( i.e. Employee, Contractor or Guest ), since Guest database is available only with ISE, how the checks are made from the VDI environment.
IN ISE there is an identity sequence which can authenticate users in AD first, if the user is not found then it can look in the internal database.
Our solution demands MDM in the integrated solution, As on today ISE cant be integrated with MDM. so what kind of solution we can propose to have MDM and Cisco ISE .Do the clients now enter the network should have already installed the MDM agent (or) any other way of pushing the same to the Client.
Today there is no integration between the devices, the last release time I heard was December for this feature. However it would be best to confirm with your Cisco Account rep on this issue.
Thanks,
Tarik Admani
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SAP MDM and Informatica ETL as Integration Tool

HI Expert's
We have a Scenario where i want to use Informatica ETL as a Middle ware. Informatica will pull the data from legacy and will post a tab delimited file in MDM inbound folder.
can any one guide me how to achieve this ? what all steps need to be defined at Informatica ETL Level does any one know ?
I wont be using FTP for this activity si is there any other way for this?
Thanks in advance to all of you.
Regards
Praful.

Hi Praful,
You are free to use any middleware as long as it gives data in required format to MDM
It depends what data you want to pull from source system using middleware. for Main table data (records) I am sure Middleware like informatica can place data in MDM inbound folder directly, then you don't need to Make it as FTP enabled. If NOT then you need tomake FTP enabled.
About reference data you need to decide how will you pull that from source system. Since it is not very frequent activity and if you have less number look-ups then even we can prepare data in spreadsheet and pull in MDM. Also check with Informatica if they can pull reference data from source system and place in MDM inbound folder of respective ports. If possible then you don't need to make it FTP enabled.
Having Informatica as middleware will also be helpful to carry your cleasing actvity. Update us on your views.
Cheers,
Rc

MDM Catalod data to ECC

Hi,
I have a requirement like the following.
From MDM server, the catalog data will be maintained.
From ECC, we need to pull the data from MDM catalog and create PR ( Purchase Requisition ) in ECC.
How can we achieve this?
Is it possible via PI?.
If so, please provide me the steps to carry out.
Please let me know if incase of any queries.
Thanks & Regards,
Prabu

Hi ,
Just a thought .
Can't we call the BAPI_PR_CREATE1 /BAPI_PO_CREATE1 directly from MDM to create the PO ?No PI development required in that case ..
Thanks,
Anjaneya .
Edited by: Anjaneya Bhardwaj on Nov 29, 2011 6:56 AM

Central MDM Performance

MDM: 7.1 SP6
CE 7.2
Fields in main table (customer): 75
Total records: approx 500,000
MDM JAVA API and Web Services Configurator used
Hi,
Has anyone, using MDM for central master data maintenance, carried out performance tests on their systems? Do you get good performance (lets say 3-5 secs response). Does your system scale when multiple users send concurrent requests to the MDM server to update records? Do you experience a bottleneck due to MDM product design?
Any learnings will be much appreicated...
Thanks and regards,
Shehryar

Hi Shehryar,
what OS system do you use? I have experienced that especially on AIX/Unix systems performance issues occur because of incorrect AIX memory handling parameter settings (e.g. "ulimit"). As an example - although one of my customers had 60GB RAM we got memory and therefore performance issues because ulimit was set to 32MB. In general I would say - this is really important to have all these parameters right!
Pls do also check following notes:
1282668 - Performance settings for AIX
973227 - AIX Virtual Memory Management- Tuning Recommendations,
1012745 - Tips for improving MDM performance,
1240587 - MDM 5.5 and 7.1 Low performance when MDM workflow is used,
Moreover, pls do also keep in mind that e.g. MDM Data Manager is actually an administrative tool, i.e. not really suitable for mass user access! Pls do therefore also check # 1512323 - Number of Data Manager instances affects performance. Instead, for that sort of access - you should use e.g. Portal or CE (--> BPM) etc.
If you don't use Portal or CE - pls setup your environment in a way so that import server is used instead of manual modifications!
Example: instead of having 10 users logged on via rich client doing mass changes - you might want to consider a way where you prepare an upload template file (xml or txt format) that you use to feed import server. IS does the job right away, All you need to do is to check whether the import went through the right way etc.
Pls do also not forget to delete all completed workflows as they have a big impact on the MDS performance! In SP06 it is possible to archive them which should be done periodically (e.g. via clix). If you have many WFs to trigger - this really helps increasing performance.
Another important point are all In-/outbounds directories. Here, you might want to bring in periodic jobs that empty your Archive folders (Repository --> Remote System --> Port --> Archive ).
Moreover, delete all unreferenced tables and fields in your data model. You might also want to deactivate change tracking on all fields (in case it is activated). Pls do also check Sort Index parameters, whether you need Stemmers, etc etc etc.
It looks simple to setup a proper working MDM - however it requires a lot of experience and technical expertise!
Hope this helps!
Best Regards,
Erdal

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Hi Adam,
From MDM Documentation (can be found here [http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nwmdm71/helpdata/en/49/0505fba870404ce10000000a42189b/frameset.htm]):
Retrieving Image Variants
To retrieve binary data for image variants carry out these steps:
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Hope this information helps,
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