MDM clarifications

[Former Member]

Hi All,

Can anybody help me in understading the below issues.

1.When to go for qualified table and when to go for normal lookup table? What is the exact difference?.

2.The MDM XI content only has the employee object interface. What about the other objects like material, customer?. Why is it not delivered as part of the XI content?

3. Which is the preferred place for mapping i.e. in MDM syndicator or XI mapping step?. For example material, vendor .....object mappings are delivered as part of MDM where as the employee object has XI content. Which solution we have to advice the customers?

Sreekanth

[Former Member]

> Hi All,

> Can anybody help me in understading the below

> ow issues.

>

> 1.When to go for qualified table and when to go for

> or normal lookup table? What is the exact

> difference?.

see blog at /people/sap.user72/blog/2005/06/14/worlds-fastest-and-shortest-introduction-to-netweaver-mdm-55

it talks exactly about difference between lookup and qualified tables

> 2.The MDM XI content only has the employee object

> ct interface. What about the other objects like

> material, customer?. Why is it not delivered as part

> of the XI content?

in SP2 XI content should be provided for all repository schemas going along with the build. I think there are four of them (but not sure for 100%)

> 3. Which is the preferred place for mapping i.e. in

> in MDM syndicator or XI mapping step?. For example

> material, vendor .....object mappings are delivered

> as part of MDM where as the employee object has XI

> content. Which solution we have to advice the

> customers?

mapping actually occurs in two places - in XI and ImportManager. XI mappping serves for mapping external sources (non necessarilly from SAP) to XML files (in the current release, later it can use other mechanisms). Then to pick up those files and import them to the repository the ImportManager uses its mapping. So there is no question which of the mappings to use. You have to use both.

> Sreekanth