Setting up MDM studio

Set up companies

In MDM studio, you define where you want to send your data to and who can do so. You can set up companies of these types: 

• Standard
  Set up a standard company for each D365 FO company that you use to exchange master data. A standard company is required for each source and each target company. For each standard company, define the data stewards. A data steward is a user in D365 FO who can send and release master data for the source company and can receive the data for the target company.
  Note: A target company data steward must have full access rights in the target company and read access rights in the source company.
• External
  Set up an external company for each external application to which you want to send master data.

If you send the same data in the same way to several companies, you can group these companies in a target group. You are advised to use separate groups for standard companies and external companies. The data stewards, as defined in the standard companies, are also used for a target group. 

Set up Connectivity studio for MDM Studio

Use Connectivity studio to define the data to be sent by MDM studio. 

In the integration with Connectivity studio:

• Connectivity studio defines the master data to be sent from the master data company to the target companies.
• MDM studio defines the data entity and master record to be sent.

Example:
You want to send item 1001. With MDM studio, you select the item record, release it, and run the message. The Connectivity studio message defines which data from item 1001 is sent to your target companies. For example, you change the price of the item in MDM studio. However, ‘itemprice’ is not defined in the message. As a result, the changed price is not sent to the target companies.

In MDM studio, you can send data in several ways:

• Internal direct: You send data from the source company directly to the target company.
• Internal with staging: You send data from your source company to a staging journal. The target company triggers the message to send the data from staging journal to the target company.
• External: You send data from your source company to an external file format/application.

Set up master data entities

Use a master data entity to define:

• Which table holds master data.
• Who sends this master data.
• Where you send this master data to.
• How you select the right master record.

Prerequisites:

• Company setup
• Connectivity studio setup