Subject: SAP-Master-Data-Governance
Field: SAP
Master Data Governance (MDG) in SAP is a critical framework that enables organizations to centrally manage master data with high quality and consistency. At the heart of SAP MDG’s architecture are two fundamental concepts: Entities and Attributes. Understanding these building blocks is essential for anyone working with SAP MDG, as they define how master data is structured, validated, and maintained across the enterprise.
In SAP MDG, an Entity represents a business object or a master data domain. Think of an entity as a real-world object or concept you want to govern, such as a Customer, Vendor, Material, or Product. Each entity encapsulates all the relevant data related to that object.
SAP MDG comes with pre-delivered entities for common master data domains, but these can be customized or extended to fit organizational needs.
Attributes are the individual data fields or properties that describe an entity. They represent the specific pieces of information captured about an entity.
For example, the Customer entity might have the following attributes:
The combination of entities and their attributes forms the data model in SAP MDG. This data model defines how master data is captured, stored, and processed.
| Entity | Attributes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Customer | Customer ID, Name, Address, Phone | Core customer master data fields |
| Address | Street, City, Zip Code, Country | Linked entity holding address data |
| Contact | Contact Name, Email, Phone | Linked entity for contact persons |
Here, the Customer entity ties together core customer info with related address and contact details, all governed centrally in MDG.
In SAP Master Data Governance, Entities and Attributes are foundational concepts that define how master data is structured and managed. Entities represent the core business objects, while attributes provide detailed information about these objects. Mastering these concepts enables SAP professionals to design, implement, and maintain effective data governance solutions that ensure accurate, consistent, and trusted master data across the enterprise.
Keywords: SAP MDG entities, SAP MDG attributes, master data modeling, SAP Master Data Governance, data attributes, data entities, SAP S/4HANA MDG