What is MDG

[former_member197616]

Hi Experts ,

What is basically MDG ?

S\hall anybody explain the difference between Master Data Governance and Master Data Management in general and with respect to SAP MDM and SAP MDG ?

Your inputs are highly appreciable .

Regards,

[former_member225191 · Accepted solution]

Hi Raghvendra,

SAP NetWeaver MDM :

MDM provides a trusted, consistent view of key information assets across the enterprise – ranging from "customers", "products", and "suppliers" to "locations" and more. In large corporations, MDM is becoming a business transformation strategy as the cornerstone of every critical business process and business decision.

SAP Master Data Governance(MDG):

SAP Master Data Governance (SAP MDG) is arguably the first-to-market integrated and active data governance application

-- via its governance capabilities for creation, maintenance and replication of master data "upfront" (upstream) of line-of-business applications. Specifically, SAP MDG provides out-of-the-box, domain-specific master data governance to centrally create, change and distribute master data across your entire landscape -- with a focus on the SAP Business Suite. In other words, SAP MDG is an MDM application purpose-built and natively integrated with key SAP solutions, while SAP NetWeaver MDM is an infrastructure variation that requires additional customization to enable such central governance.

PFB a general compariosn betweeen SAP MDM and SAP MDG

Feature	SAP NW MDM	SAP MDG
ABAP Code base	Not Supported	Supported
Delivered Business Content(data model etc)	Supported	Supported
Workflows	Supported	Supported
Validation	Supported	Supported
Business Rules Engine	Via a supporting app	Supported
Reuse SAP Business logic	Not Supported	Supported
Handle unstructured content(PDF,Images etc)	Supported	Via a supporting app
SAP UI(WD,GUI)	Via a supporting app	Supported
Integration with SAP	Via a supporting app	Supported
Hierarchy and Taxonomy	Supported	Supported
Bid Data and Cloud Support	Not Supported	Via a supporting app
Last major Release in a year	Not Supported	Supported
Scenarios
Consolidation	Supported	Not Supported
Harmonization	Supported	Via a supporting app
Central Master Data Management	Supported	Supported
GDS	Supported	Not Supported
SRM Catalog	Supported	Not Supported
PIM	Supported	Via a supporting app
CDI(B2B)	Supported	Via a supporting app
CDI(B2C)	Not Supported	Via a supporting app

For more information, please visi the below mentioned link:

http://www.sapexecutivenetwork.com/phocadownload/sap_mdg_field_report.pdf

For SCN discussion on the same topic, PFB the links:

http://scn.sap.com/thread/1797486

https://scn.sap.com/thread/1890010

Let me know if you have any more questions.

Thanks and regards,

Satyam Rastogi

[Former Member]

Hi,

Pls. do reer below link on SCN for your understanding

Master Data Governance V/S Master Data Management | SCN

Regards,

Reshma S

[Former Member]

Hi Raghavendra,

MDG -Master Data Governance

MDM- Maste Data Management

Pls. check the below links provided by SAP for your better understanding.

In my view SAP help provides  the best information rather than any other.

|SAP Master Data Management (SAP MDM) - EIM - SAP Developer Network]

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/EN/3e/b67a9facd34cb09ce87e3bc24b4c52/frameset.htm

Regards,

Reshma S