SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) plays a crucial role in ensuring the accuracy, consistency, and compliance of master data across enterprise systems. While SAP MDG provides standard data models for master data domains such as Customer, Supplier, and Material, complex business environments often require advanced data modeling techniques to address unique requirements.
This article explores advanced data modeling approaches within SAP MDG, aimed at maximizing flexibility, improving data governance, and supporting scalable enterprise solutions.
Master data forms the foundation of business operations. As organizations grow, their data requirements become more complex, involving multiple interrelated entities, custom attributes, and dynamic relationships. Advanced data modeling techniques help:
While SAP MDG provides standard business objects, many scenarios require the addition of custom attributes or entirely new entities.
These extensions require modifications in the Business Object Model (BOM) and the underlying data model using SAP NetWeaver Gateway and CDS views.
Advanced scenarios often demand managing hierarchical, many-to-many, or conditional relationships among entities.
SAP MDG supports these through configurable relationships within the data model and governance processes.
Core Data Services (CDS) views on SAP HANA provide a powerful semantic layer to model complex business logic at the database level.
CDS views can be integrated into SAP MDG data models to enhance performance and flexibility.
Enterprises often deal with multiple master data domains (e.g., Customer, Supplier, Material) that share overlapping data points.
Advanced data models incorporate versioning and lifecycle states to track changes over time.
Advanced data modeling techniques in SAP MDG enable organizations to meet complex business requirements while maintaining robust data governance. By leveraging entity extensions, complex relationships, CDS views, and harmonized data models, enterprises can build scalable, flexible master data solutions that drive business value.
SAP MDG’s extensibility combined with thoughtful data modeling ensures master data remains a trusted asset, supporting operational excellence and strategic decision-making.