SAP NetWeaver MDM 7-1 Administrators Guide电子书

SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide

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SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. MDM Scenarios and Fundamentals

Master Data Management

Benefits of Master Data Management

MDM scenarios

IT scenarios

Master Data Consolidation

Components required for implementing Master Data Consolidation

How this scenario integrates with other scenarios?

Master Data Harmonization

Components required for implementing Master Data Harmonization

How this scenario integrates with other scenarios

Central Master Data Management

Components required for implementing Central Master Data Management

How this scenario integrates with other scenarios

Business scenarios

Rich Product-Content Management

Process flow

Importing product data

Re-categorizing and enriching product data

Providing catalog content

Enabling print publishing

Global Data Synchronization

Customer-Data Integration

MDM Server know how

What is an MDM Server?

MDM auxiliary servers

What is an MDM repository?

What makes a database a master data repository?

MDM repository structure

Other key capabilities of an MDM repository

Taxonomies

Attributes

Qualified tables and qualifiers

Product family

Product masks

Data groups

Validations and validation groups

Summary

2. Getting to Know the MDM Console

Launching the MDM Console

MDM Console Settings file

Loading the MDM Console Settings file

Using the Console main menu

Using the Console desktop shortcut

Using the command line

MDM Console main window

Hierarchy pane

Objects pane

Object detail pane

Functions tab

Tables and Fields tab

Status bar

Configuration parameters

MDM Console settings

MDM server settings

MDM auxiliary server settings

Repository settings

DBMS settings

Keyboard shortcuts

Summary

3. Accessing the MDM System

Accessing the MDM servers

Mounting and unmounting an MDM server

Starting and stopping an MDM server

MDM repository properties

DBMS server

Repository port numbers

Accessing the MDM repository

Mounting and unmounting an MDM repository

Connecting to and disconnecting from an MDM repository

Loading and unloading an MDM repository

Summary

4. MDM Repository Maintenance

Working with MDM repositories

Creating an MDM repository

Creating a default repository

Creating a repository from an archive

Repository creation options

Deleting an MDM repository

Working with tables and fields

Table properties

Adding tables

Editing tables

Display Fields

Unique Fields

Deleting tables

Field properties

Adding fields

Editing fields

Reordering fields

Deleting fields

Working with tuples

Tuple properties

Adding or deleting tuples

Working with tuple member fields

Adding tuple member fields

Deleting tuple member fields

Summary

5. MDM Repository Administration

Appropriating an MDM repository

Updating an MDM repository

Verifying an MDM repository

Duplicating an MDM repository

Maintaining a master/slave repository

Benefits and limitations of master/slave concepts

Master/slave landscape strategies

Publication slave

Master/slave repository in the Console

Identifying master and slave repositories in the Console

Creating a master and slave repository

Synchronizing a slave repository

Normalizing a slave repository

Broken master/slave repository

Repository archive and unarchive

Archiving

Archive Options

Unarchiving

Publication model archive and unarchive

MDM schema transportation

Exporting schemas

Importing schemas

CTS+

Schema migration vs. CTS+

Summary

6. Server Administration

Accessing MDM servers

Monitoring MDM server activity

Optimizing MDM's performance

Import slices and import sleep time

Logs, traces, and reports

Logs

Traces

Reports

MDS configuration

Server-level configuration

Repository-level configuration

DBMS settings

DBMS initialization

MDM on multiple DBMS instances

DBMS servers list

Summary

7. Import Server Administration

Master Data Import Server

Difference between the MDIS and the Import Manager

MDIS's Ports

File types supported by the MDIS

MDIS's support for text files

MDIS's support for XML files

Working with other XML types

Virtual Extended Records

Structural Transformation phase

Value Transformation phase

Import phase

Using the MDIS

Exception handling

Structural Exceptions

Value and Import Exceptions

Block on Structural Exceptions

The MDIS configuration

Global MDIS parameters

Repository specific MDIS.ini parameters

Configuring the MDIS from the MDM Console

Configuring optimal performance

Troubleshooting

Import files are not being processed by the MDIS

Port has exceptions

Source fields or values not being imported

Source file is too large to open in the Import Manager

Enabling tracing and audit trails in the Import log

Summary

8. Syndication Server Administration

Master Data Syndication Server

Difference between MDSS and the Syndicator

MDSS Ports

Automated

Scheduled

Manual

Using MDSS

Monitoring MDSS activities

MDSS configuration

Global MDSS Parameters

Repository specific MDSS parameters

MDSS - Auxiliary Servers node in the MDM Console

Troubleshooting

Problem 1: No syndications are executed

Server and repository status

Outbound port settings

Map properties

MDSS configuration errors

Problem 2: Syndications are not executed as per scheduled time

Problem 3: Unchanged records are not suppressed

Problem 4: Changed records are not syndicated

Syndication tips

Tip 1: Syndicating large files

Tip 2: Avoid changes to master data during syndication

Summary

9. MDM System Administration

MDM security: at a glance

Managing MDM users, roles, and privileges

Managing MDM users

Managing MDM roles

Functions tab

Tables and Fields

Trusted connections

Additional system tables

Connections

Change tracking

Links

XML schemas

Summary

10. Security

Users, roles, and authentication

Password protecting the MDM servers

Password protecting the MDM repositories

Changing password on login

Password expiration

Avoiding weak passwords

Minimal password length

Deactivation due to inactivity

Resetting the admin password

Network and communication security

SSL support for securing the communication channel

MDM server configuration

Authorization concepts and management

Auditing

Content security

MDM file locations and file system security

Summary

11. MDM Integration Scenarios

MDM BI integration

Pre-requisites

Integrating BI and MDM

MDM XI/PI integration

Communication

Implementation

Configuration of the Adapter

Monitoring the MDM Adapter

MDM Portal integration

MDM Portal integration prerequisites

Before working with SAP Enterprise Portal

Integrating SAP NetWeaver MDM with Enterprise Portal

Summary

A. Getting Started with MDM

MDM concept

MDM functional components

Key capabilities

Setup and installation of MDM 7.1

Index