Mastering SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management

1 Introduction ... 3
... 1.1 ... Contents of the Individual Chapters ... 3
... 1.2 ... Acknowledgments ... 4

2 The Sample Project ... 5
... 2.1 ... Process ... 5
... 2.2 ... Consolidation and Harmonization ... 5
... 2.3 ... Importing the Sample Repository ... 6
... 2.4 ... Summary ... 7

3 The Repository ... 9
... 3.1 ... Repository Structure ... 9
... 3.2 ... Creating a Repository ... 9
... 3.3 ... Loading a Repository ... 11
... 3.4 ... Creating the Necessary Tables ... 11
... 3.5 ... Creating the Client Systems ... 13
... 3.6 ... Creating Users and Roles ... 14
... 3.7 ... Configuring Change Tracking ... 16
... 3.8 ... Summary ... 16

4 Preparatory Data Maintenance ... 17
... 4.1 ... Data Manager: Startup and Overview ... 17
... 4.2 ... Data Maintenance in Tables ... 18
... 4.3 ... Summary ... 23

5 Importing Master Data ... 25
... 5.1 ... Loading Data from a Microsoft Excel File ... 25
... 5.2 ... Batch Import ... 31
... 5.3 ... Importing an XML File ... 32
... 5.4 ... Summary ... 34

6 Data Maintenance Using the Data Manager ... 35
... 6.1 ... Searching ... 35
... 6.2 ... Comparing Items ... 36
... 6.3 ... Protecting Entries ... 37
... 6.4 ... Check-In and Check-Out ... 38
... 6.5 ... Validations ... 40
... 6.6 ... Relationships ... 44
... 6.7 ... Masks ... 48
... 6.8 ... Attributes ... 49
... 6.9 ... Modeling the Workflow ... 51
... 6.10 ... Executing the Workflow ... 53
... 6.11 ... Summary ... 56

7 Consolidation ... 57
... 7.1 ... Consolidation with the Import Manager ... 57
... 7.2 ... Consolidation with the Data Manager ... 60
... 7.3 ... Summary ... 66

8 Exporting Master Data ... 67
... 8.1 ... Syndicator GUI ... 67
... 8.2 ... SyndicatorBatch ... 71

9 Summary and Outlook ... 73
Index ... 75