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Business Partner Governance
Business Partner Governance in SAP MDG covers the design, configuration, and operation of centralized creation, change, and quality control of Business Partner master data using MDG data models, change requests, workflow, validation and duplicate check rules, and replication to consuming systems such as S/4HANA, CRM, and third-party applications.
Overview
Business Partner Governance in SAP MDG covers the design, configuration, and operation of centralized creation, change, and quality control of Business Partner master data using MDG data models, change requests, workflow, validation and duplicate check rules, and replication to consuming systems such as S/4HANA, CRM, and third-party applications.
Lessons in this topic
- Duplicate Prevention and Data Quality Rules for Business Partner Change RequestsLearn how SAP MDG uses search-based duplicate checks and rule-based validations to prevent low-quality or duplicate Business Partner records from entering a governed change request, and how to interpret and tune these checks in a project.
- Change Requests and Workflow for Business Partner DataLearn how Business Partner change requests are structured, how workflow routes approvals, and how validation and derivation rules interact with the process to protect data quality.
- Why Business Partner Governance Matters and How the Data Model WorksUnderstand the business case for governing Business Partner master data centrally and how MDG structures BP data using entity types, attributes, and the underlying Business Partner data model.
- Configuring Change Request Types and Workflow for Business Partner GovernanceLearn how change request types, entity types, and workflow templates work together to route Business Partner create/change/mark-for-deletion requests through approval steps in SAP MDG.
- Why Business Partner Governance Matters in SAP MDGAn introduction to why organizations govern Business Partner data centrally in SAP MDG, the business risks of ungoverned master data, and how MDG's data model, roles, and processes address those risks.
- Change Request Types and Workflow for Business Partner GovernanceA practical look at how Change Requests are configured and executed for Business Partner governance in SAP MDG, including CR types, entity processing steps, workflow routing, and how approvals move data from staging to active state.