Handling Multiple Languages in SAP MDM Ankur Ramkumar Goel

Handling Multiple Languages in SAP MDM
Ankur Ramkumar Goel


Handling Multiple Languages in SAP MDM

Presenting the 4 part series on Multi-lingual Functionality of SAP MDM since most people are unaware of MDM's multi-lingual capabilities: a necessity for many of today's globalized companies operating in many locations worldwide, most with their own local language. Not only master data but metadata is also supported in multiple languages. This series in Multilingual capability of SAP MDM strives to understand that how SAP MDM can support multi-lingual master data requirements of all users in an organization.

The series is divided into 4 parts from Console settings, Import Manager, Data Manager and Syndicator.





Part 1 emphasize the console setting for multilingual data in SAP MDM. It highlights the making a multilingual repository, adding/removing/change primary and secondary languages, multilingual lookup data, archiving and Importing/exporting multilingual repository etc.

Multiple Languages in MDM Part 1: Console Settings for Multilingual Master Data



Part 2 emphasize the Import Manager capability to import the multilingual data into SAP MDM. It highlights that how the data for multiple languages can be imported together or in different sessions according to requirements.

Multiple Languages in MDM Part 2: Importing Multilingual Master Data into MDM with Import Manager



Part 3 emphasize the Data Manager capabilities to manage the multilingual data. It highlights that how the data of multiple languages in main and lookup tables can be maintained and changed. It also describes that how data of multiple languages are compared, matched and merged and how multilingual validations are supported etc.

Multiple Languages in MDM Part 3: Managing Multilingual Master Data with Data Manager





Part 4 emphasize the multilingual capability of SAP MDM Syndicator. It highlights the possible ways and how we can achieve to send out the data to respective systems in landscape. It provides a step by step solution for syndicating the multiple languages data.

Multiple Languages in MDM Part 4: Syndicating Data in Multiple Languages









Ankur Ramkumar Goel has over 7 years of SAP experience in ABAP, BI and MDM with implementations, Roll outs, Maintenance, due diligence and strategy projects across Europe, USA and APJ, and has been instrumental in MDM for 3 years.

Getting Informed on SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Documentation Updates Markus Ganser

Getting Informed on SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 Documentation Updates
Markus Ganser

To provide news on SAP NetWeaver MDM documentation updates in a timely manner, the MDM documentation team has provided a dedicated space in the MDM documentation center at SAP Service Marketplace for quite some time now (see SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 documentation updates, or SAP NetWeaver MDM 5.5 documentation updates).

To further streamline the publication channel for SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 documentation updates according to the MDM community on SDN, the MDM documentation team has decided to open a specific SDN thread in addition to the specified space at SAP Service Marketplace, and is commited to use the SDN discussion forum to continuously post information about docu updates and new documentation. So it's up to you to select the channel that suits you best.

Simply watch this new SDN thread, or include it in your favourite links if you like to stay tuned on what's going on in SAP NetWeaver MDM 7.1 documentation.

Tribute goes to the MDM documentation team.

Regards,

Markus