Manage your SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP master data with this hands-on guide! Walk through implementing, configuring, and using SAP Master Data Governance, both on-premise and in the cloud! Whether your organization requires custom applications or works with out-of-the-box central governance, consolidation, and mass processing, you'll find detailed instructions for every step. From data modeling to data replication, this comprehensive guide will help you master your data!

a. Modeling Create and extend data models by mastering entity types, attributes, hierarchies, and other elements. Use the floorplan manager for UI modeling and explore the use of change requests and workflows in process modeling.

b. Data Quality and Replication Ensure your organization is using quality data in its operations. Learn to remediate and your enrich data. Then, move that data to where it needs to be in your system using tools like the data export framework, data import frameworks, and entity-based upload/download.

c. Integrations and Extensions Put SAP MDG to use in your entire landscape by integrating with SAP Integration Suite, Central Finance, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, SAP Ariba, and more. Explore SAP MDG's quick start options and complementary solutions from SolEx.

Highlights:

On-premise and cloud deployment
Data modeling
Process modeling
Data quality
Data replication
Data migration
Consolidation
Operations
Mass processing
Integrations
Extensions
Analytics

About the Author

Homiar Kalwachwala is a senior consulting manager in the Data & Technology Services practice within Global Consulting Delivery at SAP. He is head of the Global Middleware Services practice and also leads the Master Data Governance and Enterprise Information Management practices in North America. He started his SAP career in 1996 in the partner ecosystem and has held various management roles in SAP since 2005. During the last 11 years, he has managed consulting groups for SAP MDM, SAP MDG, EIM, SAP Process Integration/Orchestration, AIF, mobility, and SAP BW.

Dilip Radhakrishnan has more than 15 years' experience in the enterprise software industry, designing and architecting enterprise solutions for companies globally. He has extensive experience in data management, specifically master data management, data governance, and data quality management. He has worked with a variety of SAP customers from a number of industries to implement end-to-end data management solutions. Currently Dilip is responsible for the enterprise information management portfolio in the SAP ValuePrototyping team. Together with his team of experts, he works on piloting and prototyping solutions for some of the most complex EIM customer cases. Dilip was also the solution architect for SAP MDG for the retail and fashion industry before it was converted into a standard product.

Syama "Srini" Srinivasan is an SAP certified professional and principal platinum consultant in the SAP North America Enterprise Information Management consulting team. He has more than 22 years of experience working with SAP software. Throughout his career he has implemented SAP solutions, and defined best practices, processes, strategies, and methodologies for enterprise master data management solutions. Srini was also involved in product testing and customer validation projects for SAP HANA SDI and SDQ and SAP HANA ADP. He has worked on several complex master data governance implementation projects across a variety of industries and is currently engaged in implementing SAP MDG for some of the top global companies and corporations in North America.

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