Search by product index - SRM-MDM

Hi! I know that in MDM, we can set up hierarchy or category (taxonomy) and can search for products under that means. We have used Requisite in the past and in Requisite, the system can group items by the category they are created under and we can search by the category or what we called product index.
Is there similar concept in MDM?
Appreciate any enlightenment on the above.
Thanks!
SF

Hi SF,
The Feature in MDM closest to the requirement you have mentioned is the use of the MDM Taxonomy table.
Here you can group records based on the category they below and attach additional attributes to them which cannot be done when using only Hierarchy tables.
The other features as available within MDM which can address similar issues are the Family and Relationship tables in MDM.
Here also we group records having a relation between them say either sibling or parent child relation and then we can search based on those relations.
You can refer the below links which will explain you these concepts a little more in detail:
SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (Families and realtionship tables)
Hope It Helped
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Simona Pinto

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