Managing Serviceguard Extension for SAP, December 2007

SAP Master Data Management (MDM)
Master Data Management - Overview
Chapter 5240
MDM Server Components
The MDM Server Components provide consistent master data within a
heterogeneous system landscape and allows organizations to consolidate
and centrally manage their master data. The MDM Server components
import and export this information to and from various clients across a
network.
Table 5-2 details the MDM Server components in greater detail:
Table 5-2 MDM Server Components
Component Description
MDS
(MDM Server)
Manages one or more MDM repositories
containing master data. It allows users to store,
manage and update master data consisting of
text, images, and other rich content, and to create
taxonomies, families, and relationships.
Some examples of typical MDM repositories types
are:
o Material data
o Vendor
o Customer
o Employee
o Retail Articles
o Product/Material
o Business Partner/Vendor/Customer
MDIS
(MDM Import
Server)
Allows you to import data (e.g. Excel, delimited
text, SQL, XML, and any ODBC-compliant
source) automatically in conjunction with
predefined inbound ports and import maps (e.g.
restructure, cleanse, and normalize master data
as part of the import process).