SAP MDG (Master Data Governance)

Learn MDG for Domain Business Partner, Supplier, Customer, Finance & Hierarchy Management. Crack SAP MDG Certification.

A warm welcome to the SAP MDG (SAP Master Data Governance) course by Uplatz.

SAP MDG (SAP Master Data Governance) is a module by SAP that empowers an organization in enhancing the data quality and streamline its operations. SAP MDG reinforces a collective workflow process that integrates business rules and subject matter expertise. SAP MDG module improves Master Data Management (MDM) function and activities such as customer service and financial consolidation resulting in simplified management and reduced cost.

SAP MDG is one of the first-to-market integrated and active data governance applications and provides its governance capabilities for creation, maintenance and replication of master data "upfront" (upstream) of line-of-business applications. SAP MDG is a pre-built solution that requires configuration rather than a toolset that requires coding. SAP MDG can also be configured to leverage consolidated master data from SAP NetWeaver MDM as well.

SAP MDG is an important module within the SAP ERP suite. SAP defines MDG as a state-of-the-art master data management solution, providing out-of-the-box, domain-specific master data governance to centrally create, change and distribute or to consolidate master data across your complete enterprise system landscape. Automated workflows in SAP MDG facilitate the stabilization and acceleration of the maintenance and business processes.

In simple words, SAP MDG is a state-of-the-art master data management solution, providing out-of-the-box, domain-specific master data governance to centrally create, change. It provides an integrated data management tool for the maintenance, validation and distribution of master data. MDG module is highly compatible within the SAP ERP system. The integration accelerates the maintenance process leading to a vast improvement in the quality of the company's master data and ensures the observance of legal requirements, for instance by validating the checks already available in the ERP system for various business scenarios.

Uplatz provides this extensive training on SAP MDG module covering all functionalities, features, configurations, and implementation involved in using SAP MDG. This SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) training provides a detailed understanding of the features and fundamentals of MDM in a step by step manner through practical examples. You’ll learn to create, maintain, and consolidate master data effectively using SAP MDG. This SAP MDG course also helps you in clearing the SAP MDG certification exam and sets you on track to become a top SAP MDG consultant or power user.

Course Objectives

• Describe SAP Master Data Governance

• Learn and understand in Master Data processes, Single and Multi Object processing

• Plan SAP Master Data Governance

• Implement SAP Master Data Governance

• Expertise in Process and User Interface Configuration and Data Quality and Search Configuration

• Present the MDM solution strategy of SAP

• Explain the data domains and processes related to MDG

• Perform basic configuration of standard MDG content

• Adjust and extend the standard MDG content

• Create custom content for MDG

• Gain an understanding of MDG process analytics and modelling

• Learn how to customise, setup and use project strategies in MDG

• Understand MDG for domain business partner, supplier, and the customer

SAP MDG - Course Syllabus

1. Master Data Introduction

• Explore SAP ERP Basics Master Data

2. MDG Overview, Roadmap and Product Portfolio

• Explore MDG Introduction Central Governance and Mass Processing

• Describe the general concepts and capabilities of SAP MDG, central governance

• Illustrate the scope of SAP MDG, central governance in the current version

• Understand EIM Product Portfolio

3. MDG Domain Material, Overview

• Get an Introduction to Domain Material

• Process Simple Material Objects

4. MDG Domain Business Partner, Supplier, Customer

• Explain business partner, customer, vendor, and CVI

• Describe simple business partner processing

• Introduce the current reality and the needs for the future

• Understand functions in detail, integration scenarios, and the benefits from the solution

5. MDG Domain Finance, Overview

• Explain Domain Finance Change Request and Hierarchy Management

• Process simple Financial objects

6. MDG Multiple-Records Processing and Mass Processing Including Hierarchy Management

• Explore Multiple-Records Processing and Mass Processing

• Explore Hierarchy Processing

7. SAP User Experience with MDG (Fiori)

• Get an introduction to SAP Fiori for SAP MDG

• Perform Fiori Apps for request and approve master data processes

8. MDG Analytics, Monitoring, Smart Business

• Explore Analytics in MDG

• Describe Contextualized HANA Based Analytics

9. MDG Consolidation and Mass Processing

• Explain Consolidation

• Explain Mass Processing

• Explore Consolidation and mass processes

10. MDG Data Quality and Search Overview

• Get an Overview of Data Quality and Search

11. MDG Data Quality and Search Implementation

• Configure Search and Duplicate Checks

• Define Derivations, Validations, Checks, and Deviations

• Understand Concepts of BRFplus

12. MDG Processing with Business Workflow

• Learn Workflow Basics

• Explore concepts of process modeling with rule based workflow

13. MDG Data Transfer and Exchange

• Explain Concepts of Key and Value Mapping

• Perform Data Replication

• Consider Data Export and Data Import via Transfer

14. MDG Customizing, Setup and Project Strategies

• Activate and configure the default processes for MDG

• Understand and use advanced customizing e.g. in the area of workflow

• Understand the new and updated functionality that is offered with MDG

• Start first MDG projects that use the standard data models

15. MDG Custom Objects and MDG Enhancements

• Explore Data Modeling Concepts

• Explain the Process of Reference Data Governance with MDG CO

• Explain the Configuration of Reference Data Governance with MDG CO

• Configure User Interfaces

• Process Custom Objects: Hierarchy Management

Key Topics covered in this SAP MDG course

• Introduction to SAP Master Data Governance

• S/4HANA Master Data Overview

• MDG for Domain Material

• MDG for Domain Business Partner, Supplier, Customer

• MDG for Domain Finance & Hierarchy Management

• MDG Multiple Object Processing & Mass Changes

• MDG Consolidation and Mass Processing

• MDG Process Analytics

• MDG Master Data Quality Application

• MDG Data Quality Enhancements

• MDG Process Modeling

• MDG Exchange & MDG Data Transfer

• MDG Custom Objects & Enhancements

• MDG Customizing, Setup & Project Strategies

Get a practical understanding of the following concepts

SAP MDG introduction

• Configure MDG Material/Supplier Out of the Box.

• Reuse mode

• Flex mode

Data Modelling

• ER modeling

• SMT mapping

• Extending MDG Standard data model for Reuse mode.

• BADIs for Data modeling

UI Modelling

• Floorplan Manger (FPM) Basics

• Linking FPM with MDG

• UI per workflow step

• Configuring the UI as per user defined criteria

• BADIs for UI modeling

Data Replication

• Data replication Framework (DRF)

• Enriching MDG standard code or

• features to user requirement

• File Upload/Download

• User exits

• Linking change request UIs to NWBC

• Creating new roles for MDG

Workflow modeling

• Rule based work flow(RBWF)

• Create change request types, step types, actions and link to RBWF

• Linking rule based workflow to MDG

• Configuring BRF+ decision tables

• Linking HR organizational structure to MDG workflow

• Extending the workflow as per user defined criteria

• BADIs for workflow modeling

Search and Duplicate check

• Configuring Search with TREX

• Duplicate check configuration.

Validations and Derivations

• BRF+ Validations and Derivations

• Validations and Derivations using ABAP BADI

• Cross entity derivation using ABAP BADI