Reg..SRM - MDM Queries.

[Former Member]

Hi,

We are implementing SRM5.0 with SRM-MDM 2.0

We have implemented the Standard Functionality of SRM-MDM2.0 without XI.

We have some doubts pertaining to SRM-MDM2.0

1) Why Key Mappings are required?

2) What is the purpose of Linking Attributes with Categories?

3) Why we have to upload the Images into several places.

for eg in "Images" table and also in Catalog Items there is

a field for images.Where exactly we have to upload images

in Images table or in the Catalog Items field

called "Images".

4) Functionality of "Mask"

5) In the Shopping cart 'Context View' Tab is missing.

6) How Shopping Cart will be used by the SRM user.

7) How we mapped SRM user with SRM-MDM Catalog.

😎 In the "Catalogs Items" Table there is a field called "Relationships" what is the purpose of the same?

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Kindly help me on the questions with details description.

BR,

Priti

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi

1.Why Key Mappings are required

A remote system’s objects are mapped to master data objects withinMDM using key mapping. A key mapping maintains the relationshipbetween the remote system’s identifier (or key) for an object and thecorresponding master data object in MDM.A key in MDM is a remote system-specific and object-type-specificunique identifier.

4. Functionality of Mask

Masks is a static snapshot of the repository in other words it is a virtual repository that we create. Masks can be easily created based on your search in the Data manager client. You can then store this search as mask. Masks have to be first created in the data manager, this mask can be assigned to a given user in the console manager under the Roles table. Once the user is assigned mask he will be able to see only those records assigned to him. In other words it acts like views.

Masks can be also passed as parameter in the url if you are viewing the catalog in the browser (SRM-MDM). Records need to be added manually to the masks they dont get added dynamically.

8. Realtionships table

For relationships table you need to create relations between your records. This can be helpful when you have items details for procurement where your Main item can be related to a subsitute item or a component item or its accessories.

You can create relation ships in the main table record in the data Manager in the record mode just double click on the relationship pane in the Record Detail tab...you will get the relationship box for that record than you can just drag and drop other records as per the relation you want it to maintain with other records.

I think it may help u

Regards

Hari

[Former Member]

Hi Priti,

2) What is the purpose of Linking Attributes with Categories?

Attributes are the special values of the particular category. Not everything can be covered with categories as they will be passed to child also. So the special values which are specific to that category only are linked as attributes.

6) How Shopping Cart will be used by the SRM user.

The Users will login to SRM calatog and select the products they wanna buy. The products will have enhanced shopping features like Images etc...

Hope this helps,

+ An

[Former Member]

Hi,

1) Why Key Mappings are required?

Key Mappings are useful to identify the particular remote system when we have a scenario where we need to distribute the data to different remote systems in syndication process . It is done by mapping the remote system objects with master data objects of MDM.

Take for example, we are importing 2 records from one remote system and 3 records from another remote system (out of 3 , 2 are duplicate).we have 5 records in the repository before de-duplication and 3 records available after de-duplication.When we are syndicating the data,MDM need to have identifer to know that records and their corresponding remote systems so that it can distribute the data to their remote systems.It is done by key Mapping.

Thanks,

Narendra.