MDM tools

Hi,
Can any body give me a link to get the tools for MDM on which i can work??

Hi Charan,
Please follow this links,
https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700004121872006E.HTM
NOTE: You need Service marketplace User ID.
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Rehman
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MDM tools that can integrate with Hyperion EPM and SAP

We currently have Hyperion/EPM products, and want to introduce an MDM tool in the mix-mainly for automated metadata management.We are planning to purchase Hyperion DRM.
Meanwhile, somebody within the company has suggested we investigate SAP-business objects, since it is already freely available to us.I am not sure if there is an MDM tool packaged with business objects.
We already pull data from SAP. Just want to know if anybody knows of a viable solution for an MDM tool-one way or the other.

Hi Masa
Thanks for the reply. The vendor supports OCI as well. However, since I was not familiar with it, I was thinking to go with cXML. When I opened the OCI pdf in the URL that you mentioned, it talks about SRM server. Like I had mentioned earlier, we don't use SRM at our company here. Can you let me know in couple of steps how OCI works and how fast we can implement in our ERP ECC 6.0 environment ? I am delighted to note that one of the companies in Japan implemented in 4 hours.
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Evaluation of MDM Tools

Hi All,
We are currently working in a scenario where we need to gather master data from 10 different systems and then harmonize the data. We would like to know how we can go ahead with this process in SAP MDM to solve issues of Conflict and Duplication. Do the rules need to be provided by us or does the tool provide some generic rules?
Are there any other tools for MDM in the market which would be able to address this kind of complexity? How should we go ahead with the evaluation?
What is the volume of data that can be handld by SAP MDM?
Pointers would be really helpful.
Thanks and Regards

Hello:
MDM has good dedplication functionalities but yes, you have to enter the dedup rules yourself.
I've seen that there's documentation about some scenarios where SAP provides some generic rules as a guide, but it's always better that you can provide your own rules based on your specific data.
MDM can handle up to millions of records
Finally I'd like to point out that SAP MDM provides all the functionality you are looking for without needing a single line of code. API for Java/COM/ABAP is available if you need something really special, but whole scenarios are supported without the need of coding. I believe this should be one main point on your evaluation.
I hope this helps
alejandro

Require MDM tools

Hi Buddy's,
 I am very much interested in MDM; I am new to SAP and have been asked to develop my skills on MDM. I have got couple of documents which I have gone through; but I dont have the tools to work on. When I try to access it ask's for Market Place id; which I dont have. Can anybody provide me an alternate location from where I can have these tools or can anybody forward those tools to me.
 If so my mail id is : [email protected]
Thanking you in Advance
 Bhavara

Hi bhavara,
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdmgds55/helpdata/en/
https://websmp201.sap-ag.de/~sapidb/011000358700004121872006E.HTM
You can download from this site but again it requires Service.SAP ID.
Regards
Rehman
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MDM tool for SAP PM

Hi all,
I need to know if there's any Master Data management tool (like MDG)? Preferably SAP product.
NRX Asset Hub is one which my client is using but it may not fulfill the complex requirement of client.
Best Regards,
Anish

Hi Anish,
LCI(Life cycle Information) tool,STID(Technical Information Update) could be the equivallent for MDG tool.But needs interface program to map the field values.
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Baiju

MDM tool for SOX

Dear All
in typical CMDM scenario using portal we want to use MDM for SOX complinace- rigin for all records creation and edits.
The standard change history package is not supported for qualified tables. Any changes, addition made in qualified tables cant be seen via the change history tables.
What to do here? Or can we assume that MDM can nt be used for SOX?
Thanks for all your valuable inputs.
regards
Ravi

Hi All
Is this confirming that MDM 5.5 can not be used for SOX? Or in other words MDM 5.5 does not support CMDM.
regards
Ravi

Change Tracking in MDM

We have a requirement to create sequential AutoID for each master record created/changed. I don't see any problem for generating sequential number for master data request for new record. Problem is with change records - How to generate seqential number for change records? AutoID field doesn't increase the number for change records.
Example -
New Record - AutoID 1- Material A
New Record - AutoID 2 - Material B
New Record - AutoID 3 - Material C
Now next request is to change Material B. SAP MDM tool just save same record after change for AutoID-2. No new number will be generated for this change record.
I some how need to create
Change Record - AutoID 4 - Material B
Is there any workaround possible?

Hi Rohit,
Please refer the link mentioned below on change tracking based on MS SQL database
Re: Tracking the changes made to a Record in Data Manager
Hope it helps.
Regards,
RDNPrasad

Problem in Posting Messages to MDM from SAP XI

Helloo Experts,
First of all I want to tell you this is my first day working with SAP MDM. I donu2019t even know the basics of MDM.
I am trying to Post the Message from XI to SAP MDM Console. When I am trying to post a test message it appears success in XI and it is not visible in SAP MDM.
But, the logs of MD shows the Namespace and Interface were not registered. Can any one tell me how I can register my Namespaces in the SAP MDM console?
From some of the previous topics I can understand that to register any interface I need to have the below details
Namespace :
Interface :
Bean :
Method :
I can provide the Namespace and Interface which I am using to post the messages to SAP MDM console.
Can any one tell me where do I can find the Bean and Method of the particular inbound interface? I mean do I need to deploy the any files in MDM server so that it can understand
Cheers!
Ram

Hi Ramachandra,
I am trying to Post the Message from XI to SAP MDM Console. When I am trying to post a test message it appears success in XI and it is not visible in SAP MDM.
1.But, the logs of MD shows the Namespace and Interface were not registered. Can any one tell me how I can register my Namespaces in the SAP MDM console?
2.I am trying to Post the Message from XI to SAP MDM Console. When I am trying to post a test message it appears success in XI and it is not visible in SAP MDM.
3.But, the logs of MD shows the Namespace and Interface were not registered. Can any one tell me how I can register my Namespaces in the SAP MDM console?
firstly your Scenario be like this:
R/3-(Proxy OR IDOC)->XI (MSG-MAPPING) where sender side having R/3 structure should mapped with MDM Receiver side (Repository structure) --->MDM (File Adapter) which will ping at the ready folder of your inbound Port for your maintain Remote system.
1. you dnt need to maintain NameSpaces in the MDM console afterall. you need to create Remote system, inbound port(where you define what kind of file it accept (Xml, Excel etc).
2. For this firstly you need to Map your both source and target structure. Apart you also should need to have a save map in MDM Import Manager using this map( inwhich you map fields and values of your source file to target MDM Repository Structure) only then you could able to insert Data into MDM Data Manager.
3. As i said above you dnt need to maintain NameSpaces in the MDM console afterall. Also in File as Adapter comm channel you define FTP sever IP machine, path of the inbound Ready folder .
i think you just start with Basics of MDM tools now:
SAP Reference guides:
MDM Console -- http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdmgds55/helpdata/en/88/9f9c427055c66ae10000000a155106/frameset.htm
MDM Import manager --http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdmgds55/helpdata/en/43/120367f94c3e92e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
MDM DataManager --http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdmgds55/helpdata/en/43/e0615a82b40a2ee10000000a11466f/frameset.htm
MDM Syndicator --http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mdmgds55/helpdata/EN/43/5fe0e8a55f5f6be10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm
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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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Need notes on MDM and on material master data

HI Gurus
Can some one help me In understnding MDM tool and if can provide notes and second need notes on material master data
thanks everybody

Hi,
Please refer below links for the MDM and material master. Thanking you.
http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SAPMDM/SAPNetWeaverMDM+Tools
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/classification-view-of-material-master.htm
http://www.magnatraining.com/how-to-create-material-master-in-sap-mm/

Is Spell check feature currently available in SRM MDM Catalog

Hi
Can anyone let me know if the Spell check feature is currently available in SRM MDM Catalogue. We are trying to simulate the following scenario:
We want to replicate the Content Management functionality in SRM MDM Catalog so that an external tool is not required prior to Catalogue Admin i.e. the MDM tool covers the current functionality used by us in the existing Microsoft access system including Spell Check, Quality Control.
Is this possible, or do we still need to do this outside the system.
Please let me know, will reward points for the solution without fail.
Cheers
Tridip

Hi,
you can try this.There is a spell checker in MDM Data Manager .Select all records goto edit menu there is an option of spell check.
If u want it at field level then goto field enter a value Right click(on the field itself)-select Spell check.
Regards
Nisha
Edited by: Nisha L on Jul 22, 2008 3:56 PM

Coding is requird 4 MDM?

Hi experts,
I am new to MDM. what are the prerequisites to learn MDM.
Is there any relation with BW.
and is there is any coding in MDM?
Thnx and regards,
Prerna.

MDM is a niche area.It is one of the evolving component of the NetWeaver Stack . BW/BI is a reporting tool .What MDM does in conjunction with BI is ,MDM consolidates Master Records from different Sources and hands it over to BI for Reporting.
It Must be remebered that MDM dosesnt have any intelligence within.There is no coding within the MDM tool .It all works in drag and drop fashion.Since you have BI knowledge MDM is a good area for you to venture upon.
I am giving you a brief insight over MDM Capabilities.
MDM stands for Master Data Management.Master Data of an organization drives the Transactions .So Master Data quality directly influences the reporting quality.That is why Master Data Management has become such a prominent domain of expertise.
Organizational challenges are the people challenges the ones that are introduced as a by-product of changing the way people both manage and view information. There are 4 issues to be taken care of broadly.
The Strategic Vision
Data Ownership
Performance-Oriented Management
Change Management
Operational Challenges
Choosing to deploy a master data management program is a strategic decision that reverberates across the enterprise.
Just like the operational challenges of construction projects are finessed through proper planning and governance, the critical operational challenges of MDM involve instituting the appropriate oversight into a rapidly changing environment, including:
Data Quality Management
Data Standards Management
Data Governance
Data Integration
Technology Challenges
Master data management is not just software; it is a solution that embodies a management program, linking technology, principles, and policies. Once the governance infrastructures are in place, and the policies have been defined and endorsed within the enterprise, though, there are a number of technical hurdles that must also be cleared for a smooth migration to the MDM environment:
Selecting and MDM Architecture style
Transitioning to the new infrastructure
Performance
The IT scenario consists of the following scenario variants:
&#56260;&#56512; Master-data consolidation
Allows to identify identical master data objects within heterogeneous landscapes,
merge identical objects centrally, and provide the relevant key mapping information for
further use in business operations or analytics.
&#56260;&#56512; Master-data harmonizationOrganizations can cleanse master data on materials, retail articles, suppliers, and
customers and leverage the results to perform enterprise-wide analytics, such as
global spend analyses. Consolidated master data is then distributed to the connected
remote systems to streamline business operations based on high-quality data.
&#56260;&#56512; Central master-data managementOrganizations can consolidate and centrally manage their master data. They can
support company-wide quality standards by ensuring that central control of master
data begins as soon as the data is created.

Implement MDM Validations

Hi MDM Experts
I have a requirenemt where in I need to Implement all the validations on MATERIAL repository similar to standard SAP, is there a way I can achieve this either using JAVA API / web services.
The only idea is no to create validations in MDM.
Appreciate your thoughts and feedback.
Regards
Vickey

Hi Vickey,
If you are using the MDM system for the Master data maintainence process and the MDM tool is capable to handle the SAP standard validations in MDM ,then the better decision would be to go for MDM internal validations.
However if your business process requires validations to be done outside MDM ,then thsi can also be achieved.
If you are using the SAP NW application as teh front end with your MDM rep at the backend.Then you will have to design the webdynpro screens in NWDS .
These screens will then fetch data to and fro from your backend system.
You can use the Validations on this front end by doing extensive coding using the MDM Java Api packages and logic.
To know more on the use of MDM Java API kindly refer the below links:
http://help.sap.com/javadocs/MDM/SP06P2/index.html
SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management Java API u2013 New features in SP06 Webinar Details
https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/event/webinars?rid=/library/uuid/209cad46-e080-2a10-7390-a5a43bd0ad2f
Hope it Helps
Thanks & Regards
Simona Pinto

Using SAP ECC as a MDM Hub

I would like to know the pros and cons of using SAP ECC as a MDM hub instead of using standard MDM tool like SAP MDM. Many folks in my company thinks that it is possible by adding some governance functionality & quality tools to standard SAP ECC.
Please let me know if this is a good idea , if not what are the reasons.
Thanks

Hi,
To answer in general terms, It is like going to a physician for surgery instead of going to a surgeon.
There is no restriction of exploring ECC for master data & governance. But SAP's EIM solution products like SAP NW MDM are result of growing market requirements for speciality tools. Read more about customer success stories of using SAP NW MDM solutions at - http://www.sap.com/platform/netweaver/components/mdm/index.epx
Few highlights -
SAP MDM is designed to be a central hub of master data. MDM will maintain global attributes that can be sent to different target systems including your ECC. Then each of your target systems can maintain their local attributes in additon to the global attributes sent by MDM. MDM will maintain the global unique ID's thus providing a single version of truth for your master data across the organization. SAP NW MDM can be integrated with SAP BOBJ DS and a continuous cleansing/validating/removing duplicates can be achieved. Master data Address cleansing/D&B enrichment can be achieved with real time services present in BOBJ DS & MDM. Enterprise Portal/BPM has standard MDM API's providing data governance capability at its best.
SAP ECC on other hand is a transactional system/operational system. The load on ECC of maintaining global master data will unncessarily affect the performance. Maintaining master data, removing duplicates, running data vaidations/assignments for cleansing data, then adding central data maintenance with data governance is like adding load on your transactional system. The outmost priority of ECC system is its performance and availability.
Similar SDN thread - MDM Vs ECC
Thanks,
Shambhu.

IBM MDM vs. SAP MDM

The company has decided to use IBM MDM rather then SAP MDM as there preferred master data management tool. However, we would like to also implement SAP SRM 6.0 in the near future and we're wondering if choosing IBM MDM instead of SAP MDM will cause problems with SRM?
Does anyone know the key touch points between SAP MDM and SAP SRM? Has anyone had SAP SRM and used a MDM tool other then SAP MDM?

SAP MDM comes with the catalog with search and alternative features such as spares which you are aware. In fact I understand from SAP that SAP MDM is the preffered catalog solution rather than going from the SRM side - particularly because SRM catalog is not freely available with SAP SRM - While with SAP MDM it is.
IBM MDM does not have a good integration with SAP SRM - infact needs the configuration changes each time the catalog is modified.
With SAP MDM - there is a standard Business Content delivered respository which you can extend while with IBM you will have to implement both WPC and WCC to get this - hence double license cost and double logins
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