SAP Master Data Governance

on SAP S/4HANA
Overview
SAP
January 2025

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Agenda

The master data challenge

• Why is master data management important?

Enterprise master data management with SAP Master Data Governance

• Concepts and deployment options

Functional overview of SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA

• Key scenarios (consolidation, central governance incl. mass processing, data quality management)
• Integration within and beyond company boundaries

Latest key innovations and summary

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Tackling the master data challenge
Typical structural business dynamics
Master data management is an integral part of the solution

Digital Transformation
Integrating digital technologies and solutions into every area of business, RISE with SAP

Modernization of IT Landscapes and Move to the Cloud

Consolidate systems, apply cloud strategy (public and private cloud, on premise), reduce TCO

Mergers/Acquisitions or Divestitures
Acquisition, joint venture vs. reorganized business area (for example, as independent company)

Corporate Restructuring
Change organizational units in landscape accordingly

Business Process Optimization

Adapt processes in systems, unified accounting, master data cleansing

Digital transformation is a game changer that inevitably triggers activities to improve and harmonize master
data across the enterprise. The same applies for ongoing business dynamics.
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Digital transformation and master data

Digital technologies drive process automation in business

• Automation drivers can be based on Artificial Intelligence

(AI) incl. Generative AI, Machine Learning (ML), or rule-
based process accelerators

• The higher the degree and volume of process

automation, the more important the quality of the
underlying master data

• Training AI models must be based on a high-quality data

layer

Applying master data management is a prerequisite for

digital transformation and effective automation

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Typical business process challenges
Master Data Management is an integral part of the solution

Consistent master data helps to avoid process disruptions and unreliable analytics across lines of
business. Automation in the provisioning of consistent master data is crucial.
Optimized Asset Utilization
Sales Effectiveness
▪ Ability to use technical assets to capacity
▪ Consolidated customer view across all
channels ▪ High product quality due to well maintained
production systems
▪ Transactions driven by full picture of the facts
▪ Minimized safety risks for maintenance staff
▪ Collaborative sales and promotion planning
and operators

Readiness for Change

Supply Chain Efficiency
▪ Readiness for automation, e. g., to cope with
▪ Enabled real-time collaboration with partners information needs from AI, IoT and Big Data
in supply chain and product development Enterprise ▪ Ability to exchange trusted master data
▪ Faster throughput of higher volumes through MDM with business partners
supply chain to the end customer ▪ Ability to respond to mobile needs
▪ Cloud readiness

Procurement Decisions Finance Effectiveness

▪ Transparent picture of suppliers and ▪ On-time group closes
products ▪ Accurate IT resource planning
▪ Cost savings due to fact-based supplier ▪ Support compliance to IFRS, SOX etc.
selection and rationalization ▪ Business flexibility
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Typical approaches to master data management (MDM)
Central governance and distribution, decentralized ownership, and consolidation

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Systems not under central governance
Legacy systems Reporting and analytics Business networks Cloud

Typical approaches are supported: Central governance with distribution, decentralized ownership with consolidation, and data quality monitoring with remediation.

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SAP Master Data Governance
Consistent high-quality master data for your entire organization
SAP Master Data Governance is a state-of-the-art master data management application geared towards automation. It
provides preconfigured, domain-specific master data governance to monitor and correct potential data quality issues, to
centrally create, change, and distribute, or to consolidate master data across your enterprise system landscape.

Central governance or consolidation for consistent master data

• Enables centralized governance, compliance, and transparency of master data during
creation and change through integrated staging, approval, and central audit trail
• Delivers consistent definition, authorization, and replication of key master data entities
• Eliminates error-prone manual maintenance processes for master data in multiple systems
• Supports consolidation of decentralized master data in any enterprise system landscape to
create best records and key mapping between duplicates
• Optionally combines consolidation with central governance for sustained master data quality

Quality Management
• Define master data quality rules, striving for consistent usage across all points of data entry,
and enabling data quality monitoring, analysis and remediation
• Observe and investigate master data management process quality to enable optimization

Integration and re-use

• Native integration and openness to integrate 3rd party services
• Re-use of SAP’s data models, existing business logic, and configuration for data validation
• Open application to manage your own master data flexibly also for non-SAP environments
• Enables federated master data governance for business partner
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Versions of SAP Master Data Governance according to business needs
SAP Master Data Governance
Central Data Master Data Data Quality
Governance Consolidation Management

Organizations running
Organizations running SAP Organizations running hybrid
SAP S/4HANA Cloud private edition
S/4HANA Cloud public edition landscape; focus: aligned core data
(or SAP S/4HANA on-premise)

Centrally govern S/4HANA-based Centrally govern S/4HANA-based

Centrally govern core
core and application master data core and application master data
business partner data to
to control key master data (product, business partner)
kickstart an MDG initiative
processes across the enterprise to control key master data
at low entry barriers
(broad domain coverage) processes across the enterprise*

SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition, SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition, SAP Master Data
master data governance master data governance Governance, cloud edition
Target state across all versions: same processes, user experience, extensibility, different data models (based on the underlying platform)
Public *) Scope enhancements to cover central governance planned according to SAP Roadmap Explorer. Initially for business partner, then product. 9
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SAP Master Data Governance, product portfolio and key capabilities
Options to centrally-manage or federate your master data governance

SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud Edition, master data governance and SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA
▪ Can be used as one enterprise-wide hub to centrally-manage core and application attributes based on S/4HANA data models, for
customer, supplier, product, financial, enterprise asset and retail master data, and is open for custom-defined objects
▪ Is provided on SAP S/4HANA on-premise or private cloud edition
▪ Open for federation: Can be used as the core data owner and application data owner in federated MDG deployments
This presentation is about SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, master data governance and SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA (on-
premise)

SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud Edition, master data governance

▪ Enables master data management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition
▪ Applicable for business partner (customer, supplier) and product master data
Explained in separate presentation

SAP Master Data Governance, cloud edition

▪ Offers governance of core attributes for business partner master data
based on the SAP One Domain Model (more domains planned)
▪ Is provided as a subscription to a SaaS solution in the public cloud
▪ Enables kick-start of MDG initiatives for business partner data at low entry barriers
Explained in separate presentation
▪

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SAP Master Data Governance
Product description
All domains and processes
Service and
Order to cash Procure to pay Design to order Acquire to retire
maintain
Key capabilities
Enterprise
The application for master data
Customers Finance Vendors Products Assets Location
the entire enterprise
master data management All use cases and implementation styles
Manage data quality
Continuous quality management and remediation
Ensure high data quality by continuously measuring, analyzing and correcting quality issues

Periodic consolidation for analytical purposes

Get data clean
Enable data consistency via consolidation for analytical use cases like global spend reporting

1 Get data clean

Consolidation for initial load before central governance
Enable data correctness and accuracy via consolidation run before starting central governance
2 Keep data clean

Get data clean Consolidation for M&A (or for MDG rollout to more regions/units)
Enable data consistency via consolidation every time it comes to an acquisition or, for example,
Keep data clean when onboarding master data for more regions, while continuously running central governance

Central governance only

Keep data clean
Have clean data at the point of creation or change

Get data clean Coexistence hybrid approach

Deliberately keep some parts under local ownership with continuous consolidation and some
Keep data clean parts under central governance
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Functional overview of
SAP Master Data Governance on S/4HANA
SAP Master Data Governance – Value Proposition

SAP Master Data Governance ensures high-quality master data in SAP Master Data Governance
heterogeneous and hybrid application landscapes, providing the
basis for flawless business transactions across LoBs, and reliable Central Data
Governance
Master Data
Consolidation
Data Quality
Management
enterprise analytics.

Key capabilities are:

• Data Quality Management
Ensure and control master data quality: define business rules, monitor
and control master data compliance, remediate errors directly
• Master Data Consolidation
Ensure that de-centrally managed master data is not redundant and of
high quality
• Central Data Governance
Ensure that master data complies with company standards from the
beginning, before it gets activated

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SAP Master Data Governance, Data Quality Management*
Process flow

Define Quality Enter Quality Monitor Quality Improve Quality

Requirements are defined based on Ensure quality at point of entry Operational motivation: detect Correct data and drive the
your company’s business processes issues before processes fail correction process
Consider all entry-points: single
Priorities are set according to value, changes, mass changes, load Tactical: ensure progress and Fix data entry processes
impact, and quality evolution scenarios, in daily business, performance of current activities
Evolve the definition of quality
projects, …
► Experts collaborate to define Strategic: enable achievements,
► Tools to fix data and to improve
needed quality level and required ► Rule-based checks in all define new initiatives
checks at point of entry
checks processes of SAP MDG
► Easy to consume monitoring
► The system helps to identify and trend reporting
additional meaningful rules

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Master data quality management*
Improve the quality of your business partner and product data
In a nutshell …
Business user application to define master data quality rules, striving for consistent usage across all points of entry and
enabling data quality monitoring and remediation.

Business value
Define Quality Enter Quality Monitor Quality Improve Quality

Central place for master data quality rules. Providing

transparency on business aspects, usages and technical
implementations, consistent quality definition, and
continuous evaluation and monitoring
• Business partner and product master data covered as packaged
applications, and platform for custom-defined objects
• Collaboratively describe, catalog, and implement rules for data
quality evaluation
• Schedule quality evaluations, analyze evaluation results and
initiate correction of erroneous data
• Get an overview on current data quality status and KPIs
• Allow for drill-down analysis of data quality scores along multiple
dimensions

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SAP Master Data Governance, Consolidation
Process flow

Calculate Best
Data Load Initial Check Standardize Match Validate Activate
Record

Open to SAP HANA View loaded data Validate and enrich Find duplicates based Create “Best Records” Validate best records Provide consolidated
smart data integration, and check data address data on customer-specific based on approved against backend master data for
non-HANA based SAP quality based on matching rules match groups customizing to verify analytical or
Possibility to connect
ETL mechanisms, backend whether records can operational use
to 3rd party tools for BRF+ can be used for
non-SAP ETL options, customizing Review match result be activated
standardization and customer-specific
or data import from Option to activate
enrichment Best Record
file Validate against directly, or indirectly
Calculation
Usage of BRF+ for ctrl. governance triggering post
standardization and Review Best Record checks (BAdI, BRF+) processing using
enrichment Calculation result central governance

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Master data consolidation
Create a single source of truth of your customer, supplier, and product data
In a nutshell …
Highly effective data consolidation option for master data specialists seeking the single source of truth for customer, supplier,
and product data.

Business value
Enable consolidation for customer, supplier, and product data Data Initial Calculate
based on intuitive and flexible process with consumer-grade Load Check
Match
Best Record
Validate Activate

user experience through SAP FIORI user interface

• Highly effective data processing option for master data specialists
• Easy-to-use UI to visualize all data during a consolidation process
(drill-down, show changes, match review, best record review)
• Confidence and transparency when loading large volumes of data
through statistics, change indicators and ability to validate prior to
activating the data
• Configurable matching capability to identify duplicates inside loaded
records and against existing records
• Wizard-like UI to upload source data into the system
• Background execution enables users to close the application while
processing continues. Users can check the status or proceed with their
work later

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SAP Master Data Governance, Central Governance
Process flow

External Providers External Services

SAP Master Data Governance

Re-use existing business logic, Collaboration
integrate external services Adaptable workflow
for data enrichment, address
Auditable change process
cleansing, duplicate detection, …
2 3
Maintain
Maintain Validate
Validate Approve
Approve Replicate
Replicate
Central maintenance of 1 4
master data in staging area
Automatic replication to
non-SAP and SAP systems

Business Processes

5
Adapt
Adapt

Adaptation / enrichment
in local systems

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Central governance
Effective governance in single and mass processing

In a nutshell…
Centrally govern the creation, change, and distribution of master data across the complete enterprise system landscape to
ensure that master data complies with company standards when it is activated.

Business value
• Proactive approach to ensure that master data complies with
company standards when it is activated
• Organizations can ensure flawless business processes and
trustworthy analytics right from the start
• Out-of-the-box business content (data models, UI, process
templates)
• Broad domain coverage and extensibility
• Single and mass processing
• Geared towards automation (for example, automated field
population in creation or change processes via data provider
integration or rule-based derivation

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SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA and its rich business content
Not a toolbox, but a suite of tailored applications according to business needs

SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA

comes with predefined, yet further configurable data
models, UIs, process templates and data quality Business Partner
rules. Customer Supplier
• SAP Master Data Governance is a cross-domain
master data management solution
• Broad out-of-the box content across domains helps
organizations to speed implementation and realize
business value faster Product/Material Financials Technical Asset*
• Extensibility framework enables organizations to
adjust processes and add master data domains
defined by themselves
• Quick-starter package service for SAP MDG on Retail Article* Custom objects
S/4HANA additionally shortens time to value

*Solution extension
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 SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA
Integrated object models in detail
Out-of-the-box delivery of proven data models for operational and financial master data

Financials Material Supplier & Customer Enterprise Asset Mgmt. ** Retail & Fashion Mgmt. ***

Basic & Classification Data

Business Partner Attributes

Asset Structures
GL Account* /
Basic & Classification Data
General Data & Work Centers Descriptions Units of Measure
Chart of Accounts Descriptions Central Data Roles
Tax Bill of Material
Equipment Master

Linear Asset Capabilities

Cost Element* / Units of Measure Bank Details Identification Textile Components
Accounting, Controlling and Consolidation

Hierarchies Functional Location & Fiber Codes

Quality Data Tax Numbers Industry Sectors
Object Links and Networks Characteristics
Financial Reporting
Assignment & Variants
Structures: EAN, UPC Addresses with Usage and Versions
Balance Sheet, Maintenance Plans Distribution Curve

Work Management
P&L Statement Classification Business Partner Relationships

& Procurement
Maintenance Items Purchase Info Record

Purch.
Cost Center / Document Link
Supplier Attributes Customer Attributes Purchasing Org / Vendor / Site
Hierarchies Measuring Points
Sales Data General Data General Data
Profit Center / Task Lists Stores Distribution Cntrs.

Logistics, Listing, Sales

Logistics Data

Hierarchies Listing Layout Module

Plant Data Comp. Code Data
Service Master
Comp. Code Data Point of Sales Sales Org. Data
Internal Order
Storage & Sales Area Data
Assortment Season Assignmt.
Warehouse Data Header: Identifying and Quantity,

Bill of Material
Company
Purchasing Data Tax Indicators Additionals Article Hierarchy
Validity Data, Material Data, Texts
Production Version Substitution Additional Texts

MRO
Consolidation:
Item, Group & Contract Account Attributes Item: Detail, Quantity, Status, Document Management System
Value

Hierarchies, Unit, Valuation, Costing, MRP and Purchasing Data,

FMS
Break Down Category Material Ledger General Data Partner-specific Data Text and Document Assignment Segmentation Seasons

* User interface integration between GL Account and Cost Element only supported in SAP MDG on SAP S/4HANA ** SAP MDG, enterprise asset mgmt extension by Prometheus Group *** SAP MDG, retail & fashion mgmt. extension
by Prometheus Group
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SAP Master Data Governance Application Foundation
Tailor and extend content and processes in central governance (classic mode)

Feature description
Extend data models, create your own custom objects or adjust processes and UX to tailor the central governance processes
to your needs.

Business value
▪ Preconfigured data models, user interface
configurations, workflows, and data distribution
are adjustable
▪ You can extend the existing models with your
own master data attributes, change the UI
configuration to your users’ needs, and
customize the workflow and distribution to define
your specific governance processes
▪ Tools allow you to define new objects and related
processes in order to govern your own master
data domains

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End-to-end integration in heterogeneous landscapes
SAP Master Data Governance
SAP S/4HANA
Some examples of SAP Master Data MDG co-deployed on SAP S/4HANA,
Governance integration scenarios: MDG feeding SAP S/4HANA systems
(e.g. provide MDG key mapping for Central Finance)
Business-led integration
SAP Master Data Governance External Authorities
Procurement
provides interfaces based on a Integration of supplier onboarding
Validate addresses versus external references,
tax jurisdiction codes via Vertex, or identify denied
(e.g. integration with
process choreography for easy end- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle Experience (SLP)
parties, etc..
(e.g. SAP Business Partner Screening to check
to-end integration… against lists of persons and organizations
published by governments
…not just technical interfaces and institutions across the world)

Customer
Knowledge Providers
Not only for SAP Relationship Mgmt. / CX
SAP Master Data Governance Allow for de-central look-up and ad-hoc SAP Use trusted information for data creation
and change processes, etc.
replication, or for de-central creation
provides open interfaces to integrate and subsequent global governance
(e.g. SAP CX integration when
MDG (e.g. Data Provider Integration to take over trusted
reference data in master data creation and change)
with every solution as needed prospects become customers)

Out-of-the-box for SAP

In addition, for SAP to SAP Business Analytics Product Catalog and eCommerce
integration, we provide out-of-the- Provide trusted master data and … … Synchronization and enrichment of product and
key mapping between duplicates customer master data
box integration content for better insight into transactional
data or big data analytics
(e.g. for SAP Commerce Cloud and other product catalogue
and ecommerce solutions)
(e.g. export of MDG key mapping
to SAP Datasphere
Product Lifecycle Mgmt
Integration of material master data mgmt
into the broader engineering change process
(e.g. UI and process integration to SAP PLM)
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SAP Master Data Governance and automation
Using artificial intelligence, machine learning, rule-based derivations, etc.

There are two key aspects in the context of master data management
and automation incl. artificial intelligence (AI):
1. Master data management plays a pivotal role for digital
transformations.
➢ For example, by providing the underlying high-quality data layer for
AI-based processes.
2. For effective master data management, SAP Master Data
Governance has various features for process automation in the
provisioning of high-quality data. For example:
➢ Detect and make use of hidden patterns in master data processing using
ML-based rule mining
➢ Integrate services for automated address validation
➢ Auto-populate fields in master data processing via attribute
recommendation or derivations
➢ Use proven reference data from external sources to prefill fields in
business partner processing

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SAP Master Data Governance in hybrid landscapes
Synchronized master data across on-premise and on-demand solutions

All systems always in synch Real-life customer example: SAP MDG managing prospect
and customer data between cloud and on-premise systems
• Master data creation can happen in on-demand systems, on-premise systems,
or in SAP MDG on S/4HANA
• De-central creation triggers a process in SAP MDG on S/4HANA
• After approval, enriched high-quality master data is replicated to all relevant
cloud and on-premise systems

Out-of-the-box, yet adaptable integration

• Can be implemented based on standard capabilities, synchronization e.g.

Opportunities
using extendable SOA services

Customers
Prospects
Cloud
• Any system can be involved as source and/or target
• Pre-built integration for selected SAP systems Enrich Validate Approve
SAP ERP
SAP Master Data Governance
SAP ERP
Move to the cloud at your own speed
Key
mapping
SAP ERP…
Inquiries

• A master data hub (like MDG) that synchronizes master data across on- Fulfillment …

premise and on-demand solutions is a prerequisite for your system landscape Invoicing …

simplification and your step-by-step move to the cloud

• SAP MDG on S/4HANA can act as a core data owner in landscapes with
federated governance

On-Premise
Systems
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SAP Master Data Governance for business transformation (example use case)
Prepare and govern your data for a successful migration to SAP S/4HANA

Know prevailing data quality to Gain valuable experience Centrally govern master data
provide proactive assurance of in your new SAP S/4HANA creation, maintenance and
high-quality data assets to environment with master data distribution to help ensure quality
drive business transformation. consolidation across and reduce effort.
sources and domains.

SAP Master Data Governances helps 1 GET data clean

getting and keeping master data clean

2 KEEP data clean

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MDG Supporting Central Finance (SAP S/4HANA Finance)
Data consistency in central finance scenarios

Key Mapping Table

Central Finance System A System B

MDG-F
Business Partner / (Central Governance)
Customer / Supplier Cost Center 410133 444113 104113

Customer 11004267 105450 A4782316

Local
SAP MDG,
systems
Consolidation
Central Finance Business Mapping ECS Error Correction
Accounting Interface / MDG Suspense Accounting
Central Finance
Business Error correction
Accounting
Business Value Mapping / MDG handling
Interface
▪ In an SAP Central Finance usage scenario, MDG-F can
optionally serve as the central master data governance
application to ensure high-quality and consistency for financial Universal Journal Entry

master data SAP ERP

Central Finance instance
▪ In addition, MDG consolidation can create the necessary key
mappings for customer and supplier data by many-to-one Central Finance on S/4HANA Finance Instance
matching, and keep them updated

Universal Journal
SAP HANA Entry

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Latest Key Innovations and Summary
Introducing “Cloud-Ready Mode” and Federated MDG
With SAP Master Data Governance on SAP S/4HANA 2023 See blog post on SAP MDG on S/HANA 2023

Cloud-Ready Mode for Business Partner

• Additional option to use master data governance
processes like central governance, mass processing,
consolidation, and data quality management
• Based on ABAP Cloud as next-gen development model
for cloud-ready and enterprise-grade applications
• Excellent user experience using the newest SAP Fiori UI
technology, plus process visualization
• Enables use of data provider integration for increased Data provider integration for
reference data from external
automation sources

• Enables the option for system use in a federated master

data governance context
Federated Master Data Governance for Business
Partner
• Increased agility by balancing central and de-central
master data management processes to ensure that data is Federated

governed where it is best understood: SAP MDG on SAP master data governance

S/4HANA can act as core data owner for business partner,

other SAP S/4HANA systems can act as application data
owners
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 The cloud-ready mode in SAP Master Data Governance
For processing of business partner data*

Benefits from platform perspective:

The same development model and technology (ABAP Cloud) for all versions of
SAP MDG (on-premise, private cloud and public cloud)
• Facilitates the re-use of extensions and coding and supports organizations on their path to
the cloud
• Increases the output and performance of SAP development for our customers’ benefit

Benefits from process perspective:

Enables a consistent process design and SAP Fiori-based user interfaces across all MDG
processes
• Allows for end-to-end automation of processes.
• Workflow is possible for all relevant processes, including consolidation and mass processing.
• Enables direct editing within the mass processing UI (spreadsheet-like UI) for any process
step.
• Provides seamless navigation between mass processing and single processing UIs.
• Ensures consistent field extensibility across all applications, incl. key user adaptation in Fiori
UI.
• New features based on cloud-ready mode include:
– Data provider integration (i.e. with CDQ AG)
– Enablement of federated governance
– Attachments for all processes
– Process visualization

*Further domains planned for future releases, please see SAP Road Map Explorer.
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Deployment options: centrally-managed or federated governance

Centrally-managed MDG:
Central Owner Application 1
Typical deployment variant where organizations take centralized control on all
enterprise-wide relevant master data attributes​.
• SAP MDG can be the central hub that owns (centrally governs) core and Application 2
application data and distributes these accordingly in the application landscape.
• Many centralistic organizations take this monolithic hub-and-spoke approach. Core Data and
Application Data
Owner Application 3
Federated governance:

Optional deployment to add agility for organizations with several SAP S/4HANA
systems:
• Applications can form an MDG network with clear data ownership concept Unit 1 Application Data Owner
Core Data Owner
orchestrating the data processes between a central core data owner (CDO) and
contributing application data owners (ADOs).
Unit 2 Application Data Owner
• Best suited for organizations pursuing to balance central and de-central control Corporate
on master data according to the business context
• Combines advantages of central master data management with advantages of
Unit 3 Application Data Owner
a decentralized approach. Application Data Owner

• Allows management of master data where it is best understood.

• Non-disruptive additional deployment option for existing SAP MDG
implementations. As central as possible, as local as needed.

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 Summary

SAP Master Data Governance: Your MDM solution today . . .

SAP Master Data Governance
• The solution for your entire enterprise master data management program
Central Data Master Data Data Quality
• Application providing preconfigured, domain-specific master data governance Governance Consolidation Management
• Open platform to manage your own master data for SAP and non-SAP
environments

. . . and a key enabler to get ready for the future

• Gradually move master data management to the cloud as required by your
applications and benefit from new approaches to value creation.
• Manage the data where it is best understood, and federate master data
governance to flexibly address all corporate and business units needs.
• Your digital transformation requires harmonized, high-quality master data
to enable end-to-end processes for an intelligent enterprise.
• New business models will require more master data of even higher quality
and greater demand for automation and intelligence for master data
management.

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Learn more about SAP Master Data Governance

► SAP Road Maps

(direct link: SAP MDG in Roadmap Explorer)

► SAP Community

► SAP User Groups

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(Projects: MDG 2018, MDG 2019, MDG 2020, MDG 2021/22, MDG 2023, Continuous
Influence)

► SAP Master Data Governance on SAP.com

► SAP Master Data Governance Community

(recent strategy updates: mdgupdates)

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