Agenda

Introductions

Business Need for Data Governance

MDG Overview

MDG Implementation Timeline Overview

Q&A
Business Need for Data Governance
• Central Maintenance Process (create / change)

• Proactive Application of Governance rules

• To formalize Master Data Life-Cycle Management

• To enable Communication about MD Governance

• To expand automated DQ checks and escalations

• To enable the Data Steward’s role in Business

• To enable Data Governance Roadmap and Maturity

Model
Industry View on Information Governance
Governance Starts With the Master Data Life Cycle
Data Governance Maturity Model
Information Steward

MDG
 MDG Overview

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SAP Master Data Governance - Overview
Centrally Govern Master Data on top of SAP Business Suite

Master data fit for use with SAP

Business Suite and SAP ERP

Native integration with SAP Business Suite and

ERP

Re-use of SAP data model, UI and existing business

logic and configuration for creation and validation
of master data

Enables governance, compliance and transparency

through integrated staging, approval and central
audit trail

Information Mgmt External Delivers consistent definition, authorization and

Data Integration & Quality Services replication of key master data entities for SAP

Data Validation & Eliminates error prone manual maintenance

Approval
Maintenance Data Quality processes of master data in multiple systems

Business Logic Can complement and extend SAP NetWeaver MDM

Local adaptations
in de-central systems Integrates with Business Objects Data Services for
data quality & enrichment
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Master Data Governance – Architecture Overview

Central Hub for Master Data Processes Client Systems

Portal / NWBC ERP

Master Data Governance Applications SRM

User Interfaces

CRM

Ch. Of Accounts

Customer-defined
Cost Elements
Data Ownership

Profit Center

Cost Center

Company
Supplier
Material

Customer
Data Replication
SCM
Validations
NW MDM
Workflows Staging
LE OD
Enterprise
Search
Data Quality Search / Change
SBOP Data Analytics
Interface Dupl. Check Request BYD / NWA
Services Key / Value
Rules Engine UI Framework Metadata
SAP Information Mapping

Management Suite Integrated in Application Server (ABAP) 3rd Party

 Tight integration into SAP Business  MDG applications leverage standard

Logic
 Applications support central
maintenance and data governance
processes end-to-end
AS ABAP  Client systems are integrated via
various channels (such as SOA ,
 Integrate data services for ALE, RFC, File) and provide local
cleansing, matching & consolidation enrichment functionality
(such as provided by SBOP)

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Master Data Governance
Building Blocks of MDG Framework
Flexibility Option
 SAP delivering a model for master data
objects as a template for customer
modifications
 MDG Framework providing flexible
modeling capabilities for customer
defined Master Data objects
 MDG Framework providing Primary
persistence as well as Staging area
Reuse Option
 SAP delivering a model for master data objects
including an implementation reusing the existing
master data implementation for Primary persistence
 SAP delivered model can be enhanced (new fields,
new tables) but not modified by customer
 MDG Framework providing Staging area and a switch
for Primary persistence

MDG Framework MDG Framework

UI Layer UI Layer
Design
Design Time
Time UI
UI Framework
Framework Design
Design Time
Time UI
UI Framework
Framework

Process Layer Meta Data Repository Process Layer Meta Data Repository
Change
Change Change
Change
WF
WF Rules
Rules Generator
Generator WF
WF Rules
Rules Generator
Generator
Request
Request Request
Request Existing application
(such as Material or BusinessPartner)
Abstraction Layer Abstraction Layer
Business
Business
Switch
Switch Mapping
Mapping Logic
Logic

Persistence Layer (MDF+) Persistence Layer (MDF+)

Primary Primary
Primary
Staging Primary Staging
Staging DB Staging DB
DB
DB

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Workflow
Features

 The entire master data

governance process is flexible
- can be adapted and tailored
Flexible based on defined
responsibilities existing in a
company across various
business units
MDG  MDG-S is based on SAP
Workflow
Business Workflow
Linear /
Distributed Extendible  Workflows can include steps
such as activation, replication
etc.

 Possibility to extend the

process by adding business
Business Logic logic and thereby bringing in
data quality

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Master Data Governance
Optional Components

MDG Applications are designed to run stand-alone in an ABAP stack.

Extend functional capabilities of MDG by optional components

• SAP NetWeaver MDM: Consolidation capabilities
• Enterprise Search (TREX): Search and Duplicate Check (mandatory for Material)
• SAP Business Objects Data Quality Management: Duplicate Check & Address Validation
• SAP Business Objects analytical dashboards: Alternative UIs (instead of standard ALV lists)
• SAP NetWeaver PI: Third-Party integration or complex system landscape management
• SAP Portal (optional SAP NetWeaver Business Client)
• Adobe Document Server for print forms and interactive forms (Internal Service Requests)

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Deployment Options
Hub versus Co-Deployment

Deploy MDG
SAP MDG & SAP ERP SAP ERP, SCM,
… on top of operational ERP CRM, SRM …
3rd party

… as standalone system / hub

SAP ERP
SAP MDG SAP SCM
…
SAP SRM
3rd party
Customers typically choose to
…create a dedicated master data hub and distribute to all operative systems from there
…identify one of their SAP ERP’s as the master for a particular domain, create and distribute
master data from there
…co-deploy with their single instance SAP ERP

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Summary

Master Data Governance provides centralized governance and authoring,

including collaboration, data quality and distribution capabilities for selected
master data domains

Rules based workflow Mass Processes

Roles based UI
Fuzzy Search
Data Quality Services

Audit Trail Replication

Data Model Full Integration

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Highlevel Timeline – Example

A typical project implementation of MDG for Material or Vendor with medium-

high complex workflow

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