Master Data Harmonization

Hi,
I have been studying about MDM. I do understand by now how does data come into MDM through XI and using Processes Chain goes in CI for Matching and Cleansing. After that once the Change Request is processed and Workitem is Activated the Data moves into the MDS DB.
What I dont understand is how & to what extent MDM manages the replication of clean Data back on MDC, what happends to old data. If new data goes into MDC then how does syncronization happen with Transaction data (assuming Transaction are created with duplicate IDs). Can some one please help.
Thank you
PB

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Hi,
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3. Central Master Data Management---
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5. Customer Data Integration---
The Customer Data Integration scenario lets you harmonize customer master data records across heterogeneous systems.
6. Global Data Synchronization---
Through Global Data Synchronization, unified object information is synchronized with data pools, such as UCCnet and Transora, in a standard industrial format, then provided
to trading partners.
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Difference between Consolidation, Harmonization and Central master data man

Hi ..Expertise
Consolidation is use to identify duplicate records and merge them into one record.
Harmonization is the process of pushing the new cleansed data back out to your partner systems.
Central master data management means you create records within MDM and then you distribute (Syndicate) this centrally created data to your Remote Systems.
My Question is her after Consolidation both Harmonization and Central master data management is doing the same thing i.e. sending the clean data to the other system. What is the difference between these two? Please explain me with an example or scenario..

Hi Yugandhar,
There are three basic scenarios that we follow in MDM:
Data Consolidation
Data Harmonization
Central Master Data Management
Consolidation :
Conolidation (matching , normalization, cleansing) and storage of master data imported from client system. Entails capabilities to identify identical and similar objects spread across the local systems , build consolidated master data.
Key Capabilities:
1. Cleansing and de-duplication
2. Data normalization including categorization and taxonomy management
3. New interactive consolidation capabilities
Data Harmonization :
In case of Harmonization we generally aim at reaching high quality master data within heterogeneous system landscapes. Here the main focus is on ensuring high quality of master data within the connected systems and then distributing the Master data
Key Capabilities:
1. Automated synchronization of globally relevant master data information
2. New Interactive distribution capabilities
Central Master Data Management :
In case of CMDM, it is not always the scenario that the Client wants to go for the above two scenario`s, but CMDM is always required as it helps us to maintain the Business data effectively and efficiently.
After MDM is put into the business scenario all the operations related to the Master records are done in MDM only. For Eg: Creating a record, Deleting a record, Distributing a record etc.
Now it is the work of CMDM to centrally maintain the data and check that no duplicate enteries can be created.
And all the various systems that are attached to MDM gets the updates from CMDM with the help of Syndication Process or Distribution Process.
Key Capabilities:
1. Central creation and maintenance of data
2. Ongoing master data quality
Hope this would be helpful !!!!!!!!!
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Hello everybody,
I'am building up an EDW and actually have some problems on loading some master data in a DataStoreObject on the harmonization layer.
I try to explain the szenario with an example:
DataSource 1 (Sorts of icecream):
ID (let's say I have 20 sorts of Ice -> So the ID would have an range of 1-20)
Text
ColorID (ID for the color of the icecream, let's say there are five different colors)
example
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DataSource 2 (Colors of the icecream):
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example:
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Problem
On the harmonization layer, I want to have a DSO with the following structure:
ID (1-20; Key)
ColorID (1-5; Key)
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example:
ID: 1
ColorID: 1
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The problem is, that he is always writing two rows for values like in the example. Of course understand why: The Color don't have the ID (Sort of the IceCream) as a key. So the Systems is doing the following:
ROW 1
ID: 0
ColorID: 1
Text:
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ROW2
ID: 1
ColorID: 1
Text: vanilla
Text:
After I long way of trying I try to find an answer on this way.
Thank you in advance!!
P.S.
Rule on the harmonization layer: No InfoObjects with MasterData are allowed!

I'm guessing that you have two transformations right now, one from DS 1 to the DSO and one from DS 2 to the DSO, right?
To do this right, you need only one transformation from DS 1 (flavors) to the DSO. In the end routine of that transformation, you can look up the corresponding text for the color and populate the DSO field.
Another way to do this would be to give the color infoobject text and you can load DS 2 into the color iobj text instead of to the DSO. You could also drop the flavor text from the DSO and make it text of the flavor iobj. This is the recommended approach especially if you may need to translate your texts to other languages in the future.

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Multichannel syndication of product catalog content -- Publish restructured and reformatted extracts or incremental updates of your product catalog content -- and distribute them to trading partners in several delimited text and XML formats -- on an unscheduled or regular basis.
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Central Master Data Management

Hi All,
Can anyone tell me about central master data management ?
In what way it is difference from consolidation and harmonization?
I have gone through several documents but i did n't get any idea on that topic.
If anyone have knowledge on CMDM, Please explain in their own words.
Thanks
Narendra

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Hi masters , Actually maintain the master data in BI also then why the spec

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Actually maintaing the master data also we can do in BI, then why we have to need MDM.
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Edited by: DOLA AICH on Oct 14, 2008 10:34 AM

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