In the previous blogs around MDG DQM i talked about the overall positioning of DQM in the MDG portfolio and how MDG DQM can be used to create rules at a single place for use in mass processing, consolidation, governance and quality evaluation. If you have missed those blogs then you can find them here:....
Navigating to MDG CRs can be cumbersome at times. If users are on the Go and the CRs are awaiting their action, a direct CR link would help users. Although we can setup extended notifications will a link in the emails to navigate to NWBC Home Page(hard coded link) via variables. Business Need: Better....
In my previous blog MDG DQM: Empowering Your Business with High-Quality Data i talked about the DQM solution in context of MDM. The blog provided a step by step overview of how to create a basic rule in DQM, enable it for data quality evaluation and generating evaluation scores on the in the system for product master.....
The Collection Management submodule is part of the SAP S4 FSCM module. It facilitates proactive accounts receivable management. Using these collection strategies, we can evaluate and prioritize customers from the perspective of receivables management. Customers must be created as business partners with the Collection Management role (UDM000). Collection profiles are at the header level, while....
Introduction: In this article, I’ll demonstrate, how we can draw an HTML table in an E-mail body by using an E-mail template with all the styles we can do in Microsoft Word and a simple way to do this. In SAP_BASIS 750 and above releases or in S/4 systems, we have an Email template feature available....
As organizations embark on the journey of digital transformation and re-discovering their business processes,at the heart of this transformation is the master data. Most of the organizations miss to capture valuable insights in their businesses due to lack of master data quality, starting from supplier records, customer records, product data etc. INTRODUCTION SAP already has....
Introduction: Recently I have encountered a business scenario where we needed to schedule a batch job for a definite period and on a regular time interval. Furthermore, subsequent jobs should not trigger, if we needed to stop/delete a previous job in case of any error. In T-code SM36, we don’t have this functionality available. We can....
Data remediation is a long and cumbersome process, and SAP Master Data Governance is a product responsible for primarily governing the master data by adding a set of processors utilizing the 4-eyes principle to maintain material, business partner, and financial data in SAP. Although data governance is of paramount importance, data quality in SAP also....
Previously I had shared the steps on how to configure the mass processing of business partners, and business partners relationships, the links to the blogs can be found below. https://blogs.sap.com/2021/02/01/mass-processing-of-business-partners-using-mdc-in-fioripart-1/ https://blogs.sap.com/2021/02/01/mass-processing-of-business-partners-using-mdc-in-fiori-part-2/ https://blogs.sap.com/2021/03/17/mass-processing-of-bp-relationships-using-mdc-in-fiori/ In this blog post, I will share the steps on how to create a material record using the Consolidation feature in MDG using....
Introduction: I recently experienced a scenario in which we wanted to send data from the SAP MDG (release 750) system to the SAP ECC (release 740) system following an upgrade of the MDG system. There were no problems prior to the upgrade when both SAP systems were on the same release (740). Background: To illustrate the issues....
Introduction: In my previous blog, I explained a scenario in which we needed to add new fields in a custom segment of the IDOC in two SAP systems while both systems are on different releases. It is mention to worth it that there were no problems before the upgrade when both SAP systems were on the same....
Scenario: There are many times when we need to translate some text from one language to another based on business demands during the runtime and display it over the UI. For this, I came up with a Runtime Language Solution using existing API resources. I have developed 2 solutions as below Using Google Translate API....
If for any reason, you have a fairly detailed segmentation of BP types and activities in MDG, there’s a chance you have had to copy over BRF+ workflows. Now, this is not a terribly difficult thing to do as the Import/Export functionality in BRF+ is a great feature. However minor changes can be a headache....
In Master Data Hub scenario the MDG system is the “source of truth”, master data is replicated to satellite systems and can be extended there, but in general the common part should not be changed locally because at next replication it will get back overwritten with the version from MDG. In some cases, it may....
Business Partners are governed and maintained in the SAP MDG hub environment, however, there are a few roles like Credit Management which SAP does not fully support in MDG. Hence, it’s essentially maintained in the S/4 operational instance. Problem The OTC team updates the BP by adding Credit Management role UKM000 in the SAP S/4....
In this blog post you will learn how to easily change the Search Method in SAP MDG. I have a Master Data Management background and train to master the MDG tool to make it usable for my customers. When I first had to change the Search Method, I ran into some dead ends, and you,....
Searching for latest Technology trends will fetch you “Data Visualization”, as one of the latest trends. Why Data Visualization? In simple terms Data Visualization is visual representation of data. It is the key element and important stepping stone for Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM). Data driven decision making (or DDDM) is the process of making organizational....
SAP Master Data Integration has been described as a multi-tenant cloud service for master data integration. It provides a consistent view on master data across a hybrid landscape. It is a part of the SAP Cloud Integration Strategy. But what does it mean? It means it will bring uniformity for master data objects across different SAP....
In an SAP S/4HANA (and SAP ERP) System you typically maintain address information for Business partners (like Vendors and Customers). One of the important fields within an address is the region code which belongs to a country. An example is the region “Hessen” which belongs to the country “Germany”. In an S/4HANA System the region....
SAP NetWeaver MDM was a stand-alone system built on C/C++, which started its journey in 2005, when SAP acquired of a company named A2A. It has reached its End of Life in 2020. In 2022 there are many organizations who are still using SAP NetWeaver MDM as the single version of truth for their SAP....
After watching and being involved in activities around mergers, divestments, and acquisitions over the 16 years of my career so far, I have realized never to underestimate the importance of an organization’s Master Data. A consumer products company I am familiar with acquired a big competitor in Australia in 2018. I was involved in the....
SAP Master Data Governance being used manage all master data objects for an Enterprise, it enables the enterprise to effectively manage their master data via governance and involving appropriate stake holders to validate and enrich the data when needed. As enterprise thrives, so do changes in MDG system. We’re going to talk about the way....
Overview: This blog will help to create/change the hierarchy assignment to respective MDG objects. Here we will be focussing on how to create the assignment of cost center to cost center group and cost center hierarchy through a program in MDG. Prerequisite: Cost center hierarchy assignment change request type should be configured. Necessary authorizations should....
Concento Rapid Data Governance (RDG) is an add-on tool that is based on the SAP ui5 Cloud application. SAP Cloud platform technology is leveraged to design RDG which makes it possible to do the customizing and enhancements using the Standard APIs. RDG is designed to reduce and automate the number of technical configuration steps required for....
With business analytics, individuals and organizations are in the best position to succeed when they gain value from data to drive improvements both internally and for their customers. It’s important for IT and non-IT employees and stakeholders to look holistically at the entire use case. Getting deeper on business analytics has been a long-time passion....
SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition released to customers: a new way of thinking in master data management. Master data integration and management In a recent blog post, I outlined the interplay of master data integration and master data management as a highly beneficial strategy for the intelligent enterprise. An SAP expert talk reiterates the complementary nature of these....
In this blog post, we will see the step-by-step details on how to extend the MDG Hana Search view and configuring the view in Search page. The below mentioned steps are relevant for BP data model. There is a similar blog post by Steffen Ulmer on MM data model. The content of this blog pot is already an answer....
SAP Customer Connection is a perfect means for customers to integrate, collaborate and contribute to shape SAP products. In this upcoming SAP Customer Connection Delivery Call, the SAP MDG development team will provide the information which improvements have finally been developed within the SAP Customer Connection Project SAP Master Data Governance 2020 to be used by you, and how....
This post captures a few quick notes about supporting multiple languages in your SAP implementation, and perhaps a surprise or two if you haven’t been down this road before. A recent project required master data with descriptions in multiple languages: 1X Spanish Mexico 3E English Canada 3F French Canada 6X Spanish Puerto Rico There’s nothing....
