HP Serviceguard Extension for SAP (SGeSAP) MDM Server Components, SAP Netweaver XI components

Table 5-1 MDM User Interface and Command Line Components

Category	Description
MDM GUI (Graphical user Interface) clients	MDM Console, MDM Data Manager Client, MDM Import Manager....
	Allows you to use, administer and monitor the MDM components. For example, the
	MDM console allows you to create and maintain the structure of MDM repositories
	as wellmas to control access to them.
	NOTE: The MDM GUI interface is not relevant for the implementation of the
	SGeSAP scripts.
MDM CLI (Command Line Interface) clients	MDM CLIX...
	Allows you to manage the MDM software and MDM repositories using a command
	line interface. The MDM CLIX interface is used by the SGeSAP scripts to manage
	the repositories.

MDM Server Components

The MDM Server Components provide consistent master data within a heterogeneous system landscape and allows organizations to consolidate and centrally manage their master data. The MDM Server components import and export this information to and from various clients across a network.

Table 5-2 details the MDM Server components in greater detail:

Table 5-2 MDM Server Components

Component	Description
MDS (MDM Server)	Manages one or more MDM repositories containing master data. It allows users to store, manage
	and update master data consisting of text, images, and other rich content, and to create taxonomies,
	families, and relationships. Some examples of typical MDM repositories types are:
	▲ Material data
	▲ Vendor
	▲ Customer
	▲ Employee
	▲ Retail Articles
	▲ Product/Material
	▲ Business Partner/Vendor/Customer
MDIS (MDM Import Server)	Allows you to import data (e.g. Excel, delimited text, SQL, XML, and any ODBC-compliant source)
	automatically in conjunction with predefined inbound ports and import maps (e.g. restructure,
	cleanse, and normalize master data as part of the import process).
MDSS (MDM Syndication	Allows you to export data automatically in conjunction with predefined outbound ports and syndicator
Server)	maps to various remote systems (e.g. ERP master data clients, Web catalogs and files with flat or
	relational formats).
MDB (MDM Database Server)	Provides Database services for the MDM configuration. Currently only Oracle is supported with the
	combination HP-UX , SGeSAP and MDM.
	NOTE: The term MDB was chosen arbitrarily to be consistent with the other MDM names in an
	SGeSAP context. All these components use a leading "M".

SAP Netweaver XI components

Inbound/Outbound XI components - Provide the Inbound and Outbound plug-ins to allow the connection of the MDM system to remote systems.

NOTE: Go to http://service.sap.com/installmdm to access the SAP Service Marketplace web site, where you can then access the required SAP documentation needed for this installation.

You must be a SAP registered user to access these documents.

MDM 5.5 SP05 - Master Guide

MDM 5.5 SP05 - Console Reference Guide

MDM 5.5 SP05 - Release Notes

MDM 5.5 SP05 - Installation Guide

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