Set up the Customer–Vendor Integration (CVI): In the SAP system, CVI is a framework designed to harmonize and unify master data for customers and vendors by synchronizing them with Business Partner (BP) functionality, where the Business Partner (BP) is the single point of entry for managing master data related to customers and vendors. It ensures data consistency, improved integration, and streamlined business processes by enabling automatic synchronization between customers, vendors, and Business Partner (BP) entities. CVI helps organizations achieve efficient master data management and system-wide consistency.
CVI replicates BP as a Vendor and vice versa, as well as customers as BP and vice versa. Regarding SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance integration, we deal with only vendors, not customers. Once you create an entry in vendor master, it will get replicated as BP.
Configure Change Request in SAP MDG-S: To know more about configuring the Change Request functionality for New and Updated Records in the Process Template for SAP MDG-S and Consolidation, please refer to the Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycleand Performance guide. Navigate to:
Configuring Supplier Data Integration>Configure Activation Targets for New and Updated Records in Process Template for MDG, Consolidationsection, and Configuring Supplier Data Integration>Configure Hub Inbound Change Request Type for Supplier in MDG section.
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A Change Request (CR) in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) is a structured workflow process that facilitates creating, modifying, approving, and deleting supplier master data. It ensures data quality, compliance, and consistency before changes are applied to the system’s master data records.
A CR in SAP MDG plays a crucial role in ensuring data accuracy, governance, and compliance. They provide a controlled workflow-driven process to manage master data changes efficiently while maintaining auditability and data integrity across the enterprise.
The Consolidation functionality in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) identifies, cleanses, matches, and merges duplicate supplier master data records from multiple sources into a single "golden record." It ensures data consistency, accuracy, and quality across the organization.
The Consolidation in SAP MDG ensures that organizations maintain clean, consistent, and high-quality master data. By leveraging fuzzy matching, cleansing, and merging capabilities, businesses can create a single, accurate version of supplier master data that enhances efficiency, compliance, and decision-making.