Introducing SAP Master Data Governance, Cloud Edition

Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

Describe master data domains in the public cloud versions of SAP Master Data Governance
Explain SAP Master Data Governance, Cloud Edition

Master Data Domains Covered by the Public Cloud Versions

The Business Partner domain is the first data domain model supported by SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition, and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, master data governance. You can use this data model for all business partner roles, however, the employee role is not supported. SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, master data governance also supports the Product Domain Model.

The figure below shows the Business Partner Data model.

This graphic shows the Business Partner Data Model of the SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition. The three Business Partner roles supported by this model are Organization, Person, and Group.

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For other data domains supported by public cloud versions, refer to the SAP Road Map Explorer.

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For capabilities and domain coverage of SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition, master data governance, see Lesson Introducing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition for Master Data Governance.

SAP Master Data Governance, Cloud Edition: Overview

SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) is an open Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering that delivers in-memory capabilities, core platform services, and unique services for building and extending the intelligent, mobile-enabled cloud application. SAP BTP is the foundation for SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition.

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If you want to know more about SAP BTP in general, see: http://www.sap.com/products/business-technology-platform.html or refer to the learning journey Discovering SAP Business Technology Platform | SAP Learning.

The figure SAP Master Data Governance in the context of SAP BTP provides an overview of the capabilities that the pillar Data and Analytics portfolio compromises. SAP offers different kinds of capabilities for different scenarios. Depending on the use cases, you can combine the capabilities and choose the required solutions.

This graphic gives an overview of the capabilities of SAP Master Data Governance in the context of SAP BTP. The SAP BTP platform brings together application development and automation, data and analytics, integration, and AI capabilities in one unified environment. SAP Master Data Governance falls under the Data and Analytics capability.

SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that supports you in maintaining a high level of master data quality, offering capabilities to manage the core attributes of business partners and to evaluate their quality. It offers the capability to centrally govern core business partner data to kick-start an MDG initiative at low entry barriers.

Learn about the key benefits and capabilities of SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition in the next video.

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Master Data Governance, cloud edition is based on the domain model for Business Partner data. Further domains are planned for future releases. For more information, see SAP Road Map Explorer.

Govern Business Partners

With SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition you can centrally govern your Business Partner master data and improve its data quality at the core data level:

Create master data in line with business processes
Consolidate master data into a single view for accurate analytics and operational insight
Define, enforce, monitor, and improve master data quality in one application

You can process core Business Partner master data (such as name and address) with the features Central Governance for Business Partner, Consolidation for Business Partner, and Data Quality Management for Business Partner.

The next video explains the key Business Partner features available with SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition.

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