... Preface ... 19

... Who This Book Is For ... 19

... How This Book Is Organized ... 20

... Acknowledgments ... 23

... Conclusion ... 24

1 ... Introduction to Enterprise Information Management ... 25

1.1 ... Stages of Enterprise Information Management Engagement ... 26

1.2 ... Organizational Drivers for Enterprise Information Management ... 28

1.3 ... Enterprise Information Management Capabilities ... 31

1.4 ... Key SAP Solutions for Enterprise Information Management ... 34

1.5 ... SAP Master Data Governance ... 42

1.6 ... Summary ... 45

2 ... Deploying SAP MDG ... 47

2.1 ... Overview ... 48

2.2 ... Architecture ... 50

2.3 ... Available Deployment Options ... 57

2.4 ... Overview of Data Domains ... 76

2.5 ... SAP S/4HANA ... 96

2.6 ... Summary ... 98

3 ... Data Modeling ... 99

3.1 ... Introduction to Data Modeling in SAP MDG ... 99

3.2 ... Standard Data Models ... 125

3.3 ... Summary ... 138

4 ... User Interface Modeling ... 139

4.1 ... Floorplan Manager ... 140

4.2 ... User Interface Framework ... 144

4.3 ... Summary ... 166

5 ... Process Modeling ... 167

5.1 ... Governance Scope ... 168

5.2 ... Change Requests ... 170

5.3 ... Single-Record Processing ... 193

5.4 ... Multiple Object Processing ... 205

5.5 ... Workflow Process Modeling ... 219

5.6 ... Summary ... 241

6 ... Data Quality and Search ... 243

6.1 ... Search Functionality ... 244

6.2 ... Duplicate Check ... 258

6.3 ... Business Rules ... 263

6.4 ... Data Enrichment ... 278

6.5 ... Summary ... 287

7 ... Data Replication Framework ... 289

7.1 ... Building Blocks and Configuration Objects ... 291

7.2 ... Material Master Replication ... 325

7.3 ... Customer, Supplier, and Business Partner Replication ... 328

7.4 ... Financial Master Data Replication ... 330

7.5 ... Replication Options for Non-SAP Systems ... 334

7.6 ... Operations ... 335

7.7 ... Summary ... 341

8 ... Analytics ... 343

8.1 ... Embedded Business Intelligence Content ... 344

8.2 ... SAP HANA-Based Analytics ... 349

8.3 ... Summary ... 354

9 ... Data Migration ... 355

9.1 ... Overview ... 355

9.2 ... Data Migration Strategies ... 369

9.3 ... Summary ... 388

10 ... Integration Scenarios ... 389

10.1 ... SAP MDG Application Programming Interfaces ... 389

10.2 ... Integration with SAP Solutions ... 392

10.3 ... Integration with Third-Party Solutions ... 399

10.4 ... Summary ... 400

11 ... SAP Fiori Applications for SAP MDG ... 401

11.1 ... Introduction to SAP Fiori ... 401

11.2 ... SAP Fiori Applications for SAP MDG ... 403

11.3 ... Extensibility Options ... 409

11.4 ... Summary ... 421

12 ... SAP MDG Extensibility ... 423

12.1 ... Extending Standard Data Models ... 424

12.2 ... Enhancing SAP-Delivered User Interfaces ... 427

12.3 ... Using the SAP MDG Business Add-In ... 433

12.4 ... Enhancing Master Data Domains with Search Capabilities ... 440

12.5 ... Summary ... 445

13 ... Building Custom Applications: Data Modeling and User Interface Modeling ... 447

13.1 ... Custom Data Models ... 448

13.2 ... Create a Custom Data Model ... 454

13.3 ... Create a Custom User Interface ... 478

13.4 ... Summary ... 496

14 ... Building Custom Applications: Process Modeling and Data Replication ... 497

14.1 ... Process Modeling ... 497

14.2 ... Security and Roles ... 506

14.3 ... Translation ... 516

14.4 ... Data Replication ... 525

14.5 ... Enabling Key Mapping ... 536

14.6 ... Enabling Value Mapping ... 538

14.7 ... Summary ... 540

15 ... Operational Strategies ... 541

15.1 ... Edition Strategy ... 541

15.2 ... Ongoing Data Loads ... 548

15.3 ... Performance Optimization ... 554

15.4 ... Troubleshooting ... 556

15.5 ... Summary ... 558

16 ... Consolidation ... 559

16.1 ... Overviews and Use Cases ... 560

16.2 ... Process Flow ... 563

16.3 ... I