We simplify the key terms commonly used in SAP MDG and Data Governance.
Because strong data management starts with a shared language.
Master Data
Core business data used across key processes, such as customers, vendors, products, materials, financial data, and business partners.
Master Data Governance — MDG
An SAP solution that helps manage master data in a centralized, controlled, consistent, and reliable way.
Data Governance
The framework of processes, rules, roles, and responsibilities that ensures enterprise data is accurate, reliable, accessible, and controlled.
Data Quality
The level to which data is accurate, complete, consistent, up-to-date, and aligned with business processes.
Central Governance
The centralized management of master data creation, change, review, and approval processes.
Data Consolidation
The process of bringing data from different systems together to cleanse, match, harmonize, and create a more reliable data foundation.
Single Source of Truth
A trusted and centralized reference point for managing and using data across the organization.
Business Partner — BP
A master data model in SAP that manages customers, vendors, and business partners under a unified structure.
Material Master
The core SAP master data structure that contains information about products, raw materials, semi-finished goods, and other materials.
Change Request
A controlled process used to initiate the creation, change, or approval of master data.
Workflow
A structured sequence of steps that guides data requests, reviews, approvals, and completion.
Validation Rule
A rule-based mechanism that checks whether data complies with defined requirements.
Deduplication
The process of identifying and reducing duplicate records for the same customer, vendor, material, or business partner.
Data Standardization
The process of bringing data into a common structure, format, and definition according to defined rules.
Key Mapping
The process of mapping different keys from different systems that refer to the same object.
Value Mapping
The process of mapping equivalent values across different systems that have the same business meaning.
Data Replication Framework — DRF
The SAP MDG framework used to distribute master data to different systems in a controlled way.
SAP BTP
SAP’s technology platform for integration, data management, application development, and extension scenarios.
Cloud-Ready MDG
The ability of SAP MDG to support more flexible and modern data governance needs in cloud-compatible architectures.
Data Stewardship
The role or practice responsible for maintaining data quality, accuracy, and sustainability throughout the data lifecycle.
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