MDG
Quick answer
Learn MDG through its core processes, its master data and configuration, and its integration with the rest of the SAP landscape.
Key takeaways
- MDG provides governed processes for master data: request-and-approve workflows for creating/changing key master data, validation…
- MDG integrates across the landscape, governing master data centrally and replicating it to S/4HANA and other systems.
- Governed workflows for master-data change.
- Watch out: Learning features, not the end-to-end process.
What MDG does
MDG provides governed processes for master data: request-and-approve workflows for creating/changing key master data, validation and duplicate checks, data quality rules, and central governance with distribution to connected systems. It tackles the master-data quality problems that undermine ERP.
Key capabilities
- Governed workflows for master-data change.
- Central governance with a single source of truth.
- Validation, duplicate checks, data quality.
- Distribution/replication to connected systems.
How it fits
MDG integrates across the landscape, governing master data centrally and replicating it to S/4HANA and other systems. Because poor master data breaks every process built on it, MDG is increasingly important and a valuable specialisation for data-focused consultants.
Learning it
Learn MDG through its core processes, its master data and configuration, and its integration with the rest of the SAP landscape. Hands-on practice cements it.
Common pitfalls
- Learning features, not the end-to-end process.
- Ignoring integration with finance and neighbouring areas.
- Skipping master data/configuration the process depends on.
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Check your understanding
Which statement is true of MDG?
- A. It tackles the master-data quality problems that undermine ERP.
- B. SE11 is the SAP transaction code for ABAP Dictionary (ABAP/Basis).
- C. The associate certification is the common entry-level SAP credential, validating core knowledge of a solution…
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A. It tackles the master-data quality problems that undermine ERP.
Covered in the “What MDG does” section of this lesson.
Which of these also applies to MDG?
- A. Using the wrong variant (e.g. create vs change vs display).
- B. Over-privileged roles / SAP_ALL misuse.
- C. MDG integrates across the landscape, governing master data centrally and replicating it to S/4HANA and other…
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C. MDG integrates across the landscape, governing master data centrally and replicating it to S/4HANA and other…
Covered in the “How it fits” section of this lesson.
Which part of the Learn SAP curriculum covers MDG?
- A. SAP modules hub
- B. SAP security
- C. SAP labs
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A. SAP modules hub
This lesson sits in the SAP modules hub section of the Learn SAP course.