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SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide

SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide

Uday Rao

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  • SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrators Guide
    • Table of Contents
    • SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide
    • Credits
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    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. MDM Scenarios and Fundamentals
      • Master Data Management
        • Benefits of Master Data Management
      • MDM scenarios
        • IT scenarios
          • Master Data Consolidation
            • Components required for implementing Master Data Consolidation
            • How this scenario integrates with other scenarios?
          • Master Data Harmonization
            • Components required for implementing Master Data Harmonization
            • How this scenario integrates with other scenarios
          • Central Master Data Management
            • Components required for implementing Central Master Data Management
            • How this scenario integrates with other scenarios
        • Business scenarios
          • Rich Product-Content Management
            • Process flow
            • Importing product data
            • Re-categorizing and enriching product data
            • Providing catalog content
            • Enabling print publishing
          • Global Data Synchronization
          • Customer-Data Integration
      • MDM Server know how
        • What is an MDM Server?
          • MDM auxiliary servers
        • What is an MDM repository?
          • What makes a database a master data repository?
          • MDM repository structure
          • Other key capabilities of an MDM repository
            • Taxonomies
            • Attributes
            • Qualified tables and qualifiers
            • Product family
            • Product masks
            • Data groups
            • Validations and validation groups
      • Summary
    • 2. Getting to Know the MDM Console
      • Launching the MDM Console
        • MDM Console Settings file
          • Loading the MDM Console Settings file
            • Using the Console main menu
            • Using the Console desktop shortcut
            • Using the command line
      • MDM Console main window
        • Hierarchy pane
        • Objects pane
        • Object detail pane
        • Functions tab
        • Tables and Fields tab
        • Status bar
      • Configuration parameters
        • MDM Console settings
        • MDM server settings
        • MDM auxiliary server settings
        • Repository settings
        • DBMS settings
      • Keyboard shortcuts
      • Summary
    • 3. Accessing the MDM System
      • Accessing the MDM servers
        • Mounting and unmounting an MDM server
        • Starting and stopping an MDM server
      • MDM repository properties
        • DBMS server
        • Repository port numbers
      • Accessing the MDM repository
        • Mounting and unmounting an MDM repository
        • Connecting to and disconnecting from an MDM repository
        • Loading and unloading an MDM repository
      • Summary
    • 4. MDM Repository Maintenance
      • Working with MDM repositories
        • Creating an MDM repository
          • Creating a default repository
          • Creating a repository from an archive
          • Repository creation options
        • Deleting an MDM repository
      • Working with tables and fields
        • Table properties
        • Adding tables
        • Editing tables
          • Display Fields
          • Unique Fields
        • Deleting tables
        • Field properties
        • Adding fields
        • Editing fields
          • Reordering fields
        • Deleting fields
      • Working with tuples
        • Tuple properties
        • Adding or deleting tuples
        • Working with tuple member fields
          • Adding tuple member fields
          • Deleting tuple member fields
      • Summary
    • 5. MDM Repository Administration
      • Appropriating an MDM repository
      • Updating an MDM repository
      • Verifying an MDM repository
      • Duplicating an MDM repository
      • Maintaining a master/slave repository
        • Benefits and limitations of master/slave concepts
        • Master/slave landscape strategies
        • Publication slave
        • Master/slave repository in the Console
          • Identifying master and slave repositories in the Console
          • Creating a master and slave repository
          • Synchronizing a slave repository
          • Normalizing a slave repository
        • Broken master/slave repository
      • Repository archive and unarchive
        • Archiving
        • Archive Options
        • Unarchiving
        • Publication model archive and unarchive
      • MDM schema transportation
        • Exporting schemas
        • Importing schemas
        • CTS+
        • Schema migration vs. CTS+
      • Summary
    • 6. Server Administration
      • Accessing MDM servers
        • Monitoring MDM server activity
        • Optimizing MDM's performance
        • Import slices and import sleep time
      • Logs, traces, and reports
        • Logs
        • Traces
        • Reports
      • MDS configuration
        • Server-level configuration
        • Repository-level configuration
      • DBMS settings
        • DBMS initialization
        • MDM on multiple DBMS instances
        • DBMS servers list
      • Summary
    • 7. Import Server Administration
      • Master Data Import Server
        • Difference between the MDIS and the Import Manager
      • MDIS's Ports
        • File types supported by the MDIS
        • MDIS's support for text files
        • MDIS's support for XML files
        • Working with other XML types
      • Virtual Extended Records
        • Structural Transformation phase
        • Value Transformation phase
        • Import phase
      • Using the MDIS
      • Exception handling
        • Structural Exceptions
        • Value and Import Exceptions
        • Block on Structural Exceptions
      • The MDIS configuration
        • Global MDIS parameters
        • Repository specific MDIS.ini parameters
        • Configuring the MDIS from the MDM Console
        • Configuring optimal performance
      • Troubleshooting
        • Import files are not being processed by the MDIS
        • Port has exceptions
        • Source fields or values not being imported
        • Source file is too large to open in the Import Manager
        • Enabling tracing and audit trails in the Import log
      • Summary
    • 8. Syndication Server Administration
      • Master Data Syndication Server
        • Difference between MDSS and the Syndicator
        • MDSS Ports
          • Automated
          • Scheduled
          • Manual
      • Using MDSS
        • Monitoring MDSS activities
      • MDSS configuration
        • Global MDSS Parameters
        • Repository specific MDSS parameters
          • MDSS - Auxiliary Servers node in the MDM Console
      • Troubleshooting
        • Problem 1: No syndications are executed
          • Server and repository status
          • Outbound port settings
          • Map properties
          • MDSS configuration errors
        • Problem 2: Syndications are not executed as per scheduled time
        • Problem 3: Unchanged records are not suppressed
        • Problem 4: Changed records are not syndicated
      • Syndication tips
        • Tip 1: Syndicating large files
        • Tip 2: Avoid changes to master data during syndication
      • Summary
    • 9. MDM System Administration
      • MDM security: at a glance
      • Managing MDM users, roles, and privileges
        • Managing MDM users
        • Managing MDM roles
          • Functions tab
          • Tables and Fields
      • Trusted connections
      • Additional system tables
        • Connections
        • Change tracking
        • Links
        • XML schemas
      • Summary
    • 10. Security
      • Users, roles, and authentication
        • Password protecting the MDM servers
        • Password protecting the MDM repositories
        • Changing password on login
        • Password expiration
        • Avoiding weak passwords
        • Minimal password length
        • Deactivation due to inactivity
        • Resetting the admin password
      • Network and communication security
        • SSL support for securing the communication channel
      • MDM server configuration
      • Authorization concepts and management
      • Auditing
      • Content security
      • MDM file locations and file system security
      • Summary
    • 11. MDM Integration Scenarios
      • MDM BI integration
        • Pre-requisites
          • Integrating BI and MDM
      • MDM XI/PI integration
        • Communication
        • Implementation
        • Configuration of the Adapter
        • Monitoring the MDM Adapter
      • MDM Portal integration
        • MDM Portal integration prerequisites
        • Before working with SAP Enterprise Portal
        • Integrating SAP NetWeaver MDM with Enterprise Portal
      • Summary
    • A. Getting Started with MDM
      • MDM concept
      • MDM functional components
      • Key capabilities
      • Setup and installation of MDM 7.1
    • Index
  • Titel: SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide
  • Autor: Uday Rao
  • Originaler Titel: SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Administrator's Guide.
  • ISBN: 9781849682152, 9781849682152
  • Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2011-09-21
  • Format: E-book
  • Artikelkennung: e_3cvw
  • Verleger: Packt Publishing