Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 master data services : manage and maintain your organization's master data effectively with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 master data services / Jeremy Kashel, Tim Kent, Martyn Bullerwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kashel, Jeremy.

Contributor:

Kent, Timothy J.

Bullerwell, Martyn.

Series:

Professional Expertise Distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

SQL server.

Database management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Olton, Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Manage and maintain your organization's master data effectively with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; Foreword; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Master Data Management; Master data; The need for Master Data Management; Manual updates; Different descriptions for the same attributes; Mergers and acquisitions; Master Data Management overview; Data quality; Operational and analytical Master Data Management; Analytical MDM; Operational MDM; Different approaches to Master Data Management; Transaction Hub; Registry; Hybrid; Data governance; Data stewardship; Politics and organizational changes; Summary

ReferencesChapter 2: Master Data Services Overview; Master Data Services overview; Master Data Services architecture; MDS SQL Server database; Internet Information Services (IIS); Master Data Manager; Accessing Master Data Manager; Explorer; Version Management; Integration Management; System Administration; User and Group Permissions; Summary; Chapter 3: Installing and Configuring Master Data Services; Planning for a Master Data Services installation; Server topology; Database service account; Administrator account; Installing Master Data Services; Master Data Services Configuration Manager

Configuring Master Data Services for the first timeDatabase creation; Database settings; Web configuration; Installing sample models; Summary; Chapter 4: Creating and Using Models; MDS object model overview; Models; Entities and attributes; Attributes; Domain attributes and relationships between entities; Creating an entity; Editing an entity; Members; The Master Data Manager Explorer; Adding a member; Editing a member; Deleting members; Annotating members; Transactions; Attribute Groups; Creating Attribute Groups; Using Attribute Groups; Hierarchies; Derived Hierarchies

Exploring Derived HierarchiesAdding a member in a Derived Hierarchy; Explicit Hierarchies; Creating an Explicit Hierarchy; Consolidated members; Moving hierarchy members; Collections; Creating a collection; Master Data Services Metadata; Altering the default MDS Metadata; Viewing Metadata; User-defined Metadata; Summary; Chapter 5: Version Management; Introduction to versions; The need for versions; The version interface; Version status; Creating and managing versions; Copying a version; Managing versions; Using versions; Validating versions; Member validation status; Validating a version

Locking, unlocking, and committing versionsNotifications; Locking versions; Unlocking versions; Committing versions; Managing Flags; Transactions; Summary; Chapter 6: Importing Data into Master Data Services; The staging load process; Introduction; Staging tables; Data import security; Populating MDS step 1-populating the staging tables; Creating new members; Creating new collections; Adding members to collections; Updating member attributes; Deleting a member (or collection); Populating MDS step 2-invoking the staging process; Populating MDS step 3-validating the model

Clearing the staging tables

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613308313

9781283308311

1283308312

9781849680516

1849680515

OCLC:

798536430