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Financial Master Data Governance
Financial Master Data Governance (MDG-F) covers the governance, change request/workflow, validation, duplicate checking, and replication processes used to centrally create, change, and consolidate financial master data objects such as GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, and company codes across SAP ERP/S4HANA landscapes.
Overview
Financial Master Data Governance (MDG-F) covers the governance, change request/workflow, validation, duplicate checking, and replication processes used to centrally create, change, and consolidate financial master data objects such as GL accounts, cost centers, profit centers, and company codes across SAP ERP/S4HANA landscapes.
Lessons in this topic
- Why Financial Master Data Governance Exists and What It GovernsUnderstand the business problem MDG-F solves, which financial master data objects it typically governs, and how the governance model differs from direct maintenance in FI/CO transactions.
- Validation and Derivation Rules for Financial Master Data Change RequestsLearn how validation and derivation rules are configured and executed within MDG-F change requests to enforce financial data quality and automatically populate dependent fields.
- Configuring Change Requests and Workflow for Financial ObjectsLearn how change request types, entity types, and workflow steps are configured for financial master data objects, and how a request moves from creation through validation to activation.