SAP Master Data Governance: The Comprehensive Guide to SAP MDG, Third Edition

Manage your SAP S/4HANA and SAP ERP master data with this hands-on guide! Walk through implementing, configuring, and using SAP Master Data Governance, both on-premise and in the cloud! Whether your organization requires custom applications or works with out-of-the-box central governance, consolidation, and mass processing, you’ll find detailed instructions for every step. From data modeling to data replication, this comprehensive guide will help you master your data!

• Consolidate, process, and govern SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA master data
• Develop data models, improve data quality, and create custom applications
• Evaluate your installation and deployment options

In this book, you’ll learn about:

Modeling

Create and extend data models by mastering entity types, attributes, hierarchies, and other elements. Use the floorplan manager for UI modeling and explore the use of change requests and workflows in process modeling.

Data Quality and Replication

Ensure your organization is using quality data in its operations. Learn to remediate and your enrich data. Then, move that data to where it needs to be in your system using tools like the data export framework, data import frameworks, and entity-based upload/download.

Integrations and Extensions

Put SAP MDG to use in your entire landscape by integrating with SAP Integration Suite, Central Finance, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, SAP Ariba, and more. Explore SAP MDG’s quick start options and complementary solutions from SAP Solution Extensions.

Highlights include:

• On-premise and cloud deployment
• Data modeling
• Process modeling
• Data quality
• Data replication
• Data migration
• Consolidation
• Operations
• Mass processing
• Integrations
• Extensions
• Analytics

About the Author

Bikram Dogra is a principal architect at SAP America with the Data and Technology Services (DBS) team. He has been working in the SAP Master Data Governance consulting area for more than 10 years, helping customers with master data management strategy, architecture, and implementation. He has successfully led many large SAP Master Data Governance implementation projects for Fortune 500 companies. Bikram has more than 25 years of IT experience in enterprise software implementation, architecture design, and solution consulting. He has worked in many technology areas such as Microsoft, Java/J2EE, Oracle, SAP Portal, SAP Master Data Management, SAP Master Data Governance, and middleware technologies.

Antony Isacc is a principal architect for SAP America with a consulting focus in enterprise information management solutions. Antony has more than 14 years of SAP experience and has helped many SAP customers implement master data solutions. He has extensive technical and functional experience with master data management, business process management, user interface frameworks, and various programming languages. He is a certified architect and has a master’s degree in information technology and management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Homiar Kalwachwala is a senior business development manager at SAP. He is the head of the Global Cloud Integration & Middleware services practice community at SAP and heads the data management and enterprise information management practices in North America. His SAP experience spans more than two decades. Homiar has contributed to SAP TechEd and ASUG as well as the SAP Community. He has won several awards at SAP and is well-respected in professional SAP data management, enterprise information management, and cloud integration communities.

Dilip Radhakrishnan has more than 15 years of experience in the enterprise software industry, designing and architecting enterprise solutions for companies globally. He has extensive experience in management, data governance, and data quality management. He has worked with a variety of SAP customers from a number of industries to implement end-to-end data management solutions. Currently, Dilip is responsible for the enterprise information management portfolio in the SAP Value Prototyping team. Together with his team of experts, he works on piloting and prototyping solutions for some of the most complex EIM customer cases. Dilip was also the solution architect for SAP MDG for the retail and fashion industry before it was converted into a standard product.

Syama Srinivasan is a principal architect in SAP North America in the enterprise information management consulting team. He has more than 25 years of experience working with SAP software. Throughout his career, he has implemented SAP solutions and defined best practices, processes, strategies, and methodologies for enterprise master data management solutions. He has worked on several complex master data governance implementation projects across industries and is currently engaged in implementing SAP MDG projects for some of the top global companies and corporations in North America. In April 2018, he coauthored the SAP PRESS E-Bite Introducing SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) on SAP S/4HANA with Dilip Radhakrishnan.

Sandeep Chahal is a principal technology architect in the North America enterprise information management team at SAP. He is a passionate and dynamic data governance leader, creative thinker, author, visionary, and strategic professional with more than 14 years expertise in master data governance, master data management, and data migration. He has been instrumental in guiding top companies in how their data will be stored, consumed, governed, integrated, and managed by different data entities and IT systems.

Santhosh Cheekoti is principal EIM consultant at SAP America. He has more than 12 years of experience in implementing end-to-end SAP solutions. Santhosh has helped multiple Fortune 500 customers realize the full value of SAP products by providing architecture, advisory, and development services. He has been working with master data management solutions for the past five years. Santhosh also provides services like pre-sales support, bid management, and spot consulting. He has experience in providing effective solutions in high escalation scenarios. Santhosh is also certified SAP consultant and is certified in multiple technologies like SAP HANA, SAP Master Data Governance, and SAP Fiori.

Rajani Khambhampati is an expert SAP Master Data Governance architect with Nike and is helping with SAP Master Data Governance implementation across all master data domains as part of Nike's transition of retail and wholesale processes into a single SAP S/4HANA Fashion solution. In his prior role as principal technology architect at SAP America, he specialized in helping customers with all aspects of enterprise information management, including SAP Master Data Governance. He has more than 19 years of deep SAP expertise in helping organizations in their journey to achieve master data excellence. He has unique blend of expertise in the areas of preparing data governance strategies, roadmaps, data migration strategies, solution architecture, technology integration while implementing innovative master data management solutions. He has been instrumental in successfully delivering numerous large-scale global implementations by applying thought leadership and design thinking and providing architectural guidance.

Vikas Lodha is a global technology leader with more than 25 years of experience across the full software development lifecycle, including consulting, GTM, product management, and development. At SAP, has worked on SAP Master Data Governance co-development and GTM activities, as well as on building out data management solutions for SAP HANA. Previously, he worked for Utopia, where his focus was on driving product strategy, product management, architecture, and development. This included establishing Utopia Labs for SAP support, innovation, QA, documentation, and infrastructure management. Vikas has worked as a data management advisor for global SAP customers, has been a speaker at SAP TechEd/SAPPHIRE since 2007, and has hosted several workshops on data management and governance.

David Quirk is a senior director in the SAP EIM solution management team. He has been working in the information management field for many years, and, in his current role, his various responsibilities include formulating SAP EIM’s vision and strategy and launching new products. David has been working with SAP software for more than 25 years in a variety of different roles. Prior to his current position, David worked as an implementation consultant with the SAP Master Data Governance solution. He was one of the first consultants to bring a customer live on SAP Master Data Governance and still maintains close ties to SAP Master Data Governance customers, implementations, and sales cycles.