Custom MDM Scenario - Level of Effort

Gi All,
Has anybody cretaed any custom repositories in MDM. Our company needs to maintain Financial Master data Objects( G/L Account Master,Bank Master, Exchange rates etc) through MDM primarily. I would like to give the best best possible estimates for the level of efforst involved to build, congigure and test it. So that I can give a good comparison with ALE option. Would appreciate if anyone who has created a custom repository gets back.
Thanks,
Salil

Hi Salil
Creating a customized repository is technically easy using the MDM Console. The "Hard" part is modeling the repository to accomplish your goals. Deciding which fields/objects you want to include in the repository and how you want then to reside is the "Brain Exercise".
There are two documents that can help you in the process:
1. How To proced by Data Modeling within MDM 5.5
https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/nw-howtoguides > (Select Master Data Management)
2. MDM 5.5 SP03 - Console Reference Guide
https://websmp104.sap-ag.de/instguides > SAP NetWeaver >Release 04 > Operations (Select MDM)
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