Master Data
What is SAP Master Data Governance (MDG)?
SAP's solution for centrally creating, changing, approving, and distributing master data with workflow and data quality rules.
MDG offers domains for business partner, material, finance, and custom objects, with change requests and staging. It can be embedded in S/4HANA or hub-based, with a cloud edition also available. Change request workflows and replication need dedicated testing.
Related transaction codes
- MDGIMG
Related terms
Master Data
Relatively stable reference data, such as customers, suppliers, materials, and GL accounts, used across transactions.
Data Quality
The degree to which data is accurate, complete, consistent, and fit for its intended business use.
MDG Change Request
An MDG workflow object that carries proposed master data changes through validation and approval before activation.
Business Partner
The S/4HANA single master data object for customers, suppliers, and other parties, with roles for each use.
More in Master Data
Planning an S/4HANA move?
Read the field guides on testing an ECC to S/4HANA migration and grab the free template library.