Informatica Master Data Management (MDM)

Informatica MDM is the solution helping to manage all stages of lifecycle of the MDM project within one platform.

Providing project

• Access. The initial, uncoordinated, contradictory and containing doubles the master data are delivered from different data sources and different applications.
• Research, profiling and assessment. Contents, mutual compliance and data structures are investigated for identification of problems of quality, existence of doubles and discrepancies,
• Cleaning. Errors, discrepancies are eliminated, standardization of data is executed,
• Mastering. A set of versions of the same data are consolidated in one best version of the truth' or 'gold' record for all enterprise. Control of hierarchies and relationship for the received master data is exercised,
• Delivery. 'Gold' record is synchronized with necessary applications and data warehouses.

Features

Informatica MDM provides the complete list of opportunities necessary for successful implementation of the MDM project of any complexity. The list and the short description of the main opportunities given by the solution is included below.

Modeling

• Modeling of any domains of the unique business needs given for satisfaction. Examples of domains: clients, associations, products, services, property, agreements, employees, divisions, distribution channels, finance/accounting, property, reference books, etc. and. etc.,
• Support and management of all necessary metadata, including a change history, interrelations of domains and entities, the history of interrelations, cross-references, etc.,
• The complexity of model is limited by exclusively existing business needs, the model is under construction under the existing unique needs.

Recognition and identification of doubles in a set of systems

• Identification of doubles in any record count, formats and data sources,
• Accomplishment of quick, highly effective and exact search and identification of doubles in different languages and in different symbol sets using a fuzzy logic,
• Identification of records - candidates for merge, based on the configured rules,
• Use of threshold values for determination of need of merge and separation of records in the automatic mode, or for making decision on transfer of records on manual processing.

Consolidation

• Creation of one of 'best version of the truth' or 'gold' record for all enterprise,
• Creation of 'gold' record is conducted at the level of attributes of records from the initial systems,
• During creation of 'gold' record it is possible to consider age of record and to configure any business rules raising or lowering the trust level to specific attributes of source recordings
• For the created 'gold' record it is possible to trace completely all history of creation and change and also all cross-references to source recordings from systems sources.

Management of communications, dependences, hierarchies

• Creation and management of communications between entities and hierarchies (for example, consolidation of clients on households, the organization of the companies and sales channels in multilevel corporate hierarchies, interrelations of the companies and a personnel of any complexity, classification of products and services in necessary cuts (taxonomy), building of communications between clients and products/services, etc.),
• Any amount and complexity of hierarchies,
• Building of different communications between entities and hierarchies for different divisions and the directions of business,
• Full support of a change history of communications and hierarchies.

Interactive creation, use, management and monitoring of master data by business users

• Interactive work of business users with the consolidated and reliable master data,
• Creation and support of high-quality master data,
• Pro-active validation, replenishment and enrichment of data,
• Approval of data according to the accepted politicians and processes, joint work of the different directions of business,
• Search in all master data from central location,
• Detailed viewing master data and hierarchies,
• Fast interactive determination of potential doubles,
• Merge and splitting duplicates,
• Management of hierarchies,
• Use of the appointed tasks for ordering of process of management of data,
• Tracking of origin and history of data,
• Change tracking and history of hierarchies,
• Audit of master data.

Support of all MDM styles

Informatica MDM maintains all most often found architectural styles of MDM solutions:

• Registry: fast identification of similar records in many systems and data sources, binding of these records and support of cross-reference communications. An opportunity to receive in real time in the central point data from sources on cross-references,
• Consolidation: creation of the central system of master data consolidating data of sources for support of the analytical and reporting systems
• Coexistence: creation given in operational applications, management and creation of 'the best version of the truth' in a MDM system and further return synchronization the master of data with operational applications and the analytical systems,
• Transaction: creation and data management in a MDM system and synchronization of master data with operational or analytical applications.

Advantages

• Multidomennost and flexibility. Start in any place with any task, fixation of success and gradual expansion.

• The solution Informatica MDM allows to start in any place with any domain of data (clients, products, suppliers, partner channels, services, etc.). Many MDM suppliers different solutions for different domains of data, for example the solution Customer Data Integration (CDI) for the domain of clients, Product Information Management (PIM) for data on products, etc. are generally proposed. Maintaining products in the application for clients and vice versa or is impossible, or is performed not by the best method. Unlike the above-stated solutions, Informatica MDM offers multidomain approach and allows to keep all necessary domains of master data on one platform and within one solution. Between different domains within the solution Informatica MDM communications of any complexity can be constructed.

• The most important advantage of the solution Informatica MDM is the flexibility of the solution. Other vendors offer approach at which own fixed data model from the producer is imposed that assumes complete or considerable business process reengineering. Often it leads to the fact that years on achievement of the most minimum results are required. It is necessary or change the existing business under the fixed model, or to waste huge efforts to processing of the solution. The solution Informatica MDM allows to concentrate on the solution only of business needs, existing, unique for the customer, having constructed the model. Significant results for business results are achieved within months, but not years. It is possible to perform gradual expansion of the solution with adding in need of new domains of data on the same platform, within one solution and gradually including in the project the new fields of business, division, the territory, etc.

Unique powerful tools of creation of 'gold' record from several: 'Trust Framework'

The solution Informatica MDM transforms the uncoordinated, duplicated and clashing records to one 'the best version of the truth' or 'gold' record which will be used at all enterprise. For the solution of this task the subsystem of 'Trust Framework' which allows to collect 'gold record' based on the trust level to specific attributes of records from systems sources serves. At the same time during creation of 'gold' record it is also possible to consider date/modification time of record and to use any additional business rules for level variation of trust to specific attribute of a system source. The majority of the competing systems work at the level of determination of trust to record in general and set the trust level only at the level of the system of a source while Informatica MDM works at the level of attributes (columns) of record.

Ensuring all requirements of the project in one, the easy solution for configuring

The solution Informatica MDM maintains all necessary functionality for configuring of a data model, business rules, safety rules, functions of work of business users on work with data, etc. Configuring does not require writing of a program code, respectively, perhaps achievement of fast results and also ensuring simplicity and ease of support. The solution allows to configure, change and expand easily functionality under the changing requirements of business of the specific customer.

Dominant technology of search and identification of potential doubles

The solution MDM uses a dominant technology of search and identification of potential doubles – Informatica Identity Resolution (IIR). The technology allows to perform high-speed and high-precision search and identification of potential doubles using mechanisms of a fuzzy logic even at low quality of data. Use of this technology gives powerful benefits over the competing solutions using normal probabilistic technicians who often lead to the high level of errors and low interest of identification of potential doubles.

Lack of restrictions on intersystem interaction and integration

Possibilities of intersystem interaction for the competing MDM solutions often are limited by applications of the same brand. The solution Informatica MDM is absolutely independent and equally well integrated with any applications using any methods of integration.

Use of opportunities of the Informatica platform

During creation of the complete solution it is possible to use all opportunities of the Informatica platform, including integration tools of data, profiling and ensuring quality of data, etc.

Lack of restrictions for work of business users

The competing MDM solutions are often proposed approach at which management and use of data is performed by exclusively specialized specialists (data stewards), depriving of business users of opportunities for independent use of master data. The solution Informatica MDM provides full-fledged opportunities for work with master data for any business users, at the same time providing flexible complex mechanisms of security, providing privileges, differentiations of roles, and supports of any the politician of work with data.

The solution Informatica MDM allows the organizations

• Start with small projects, concentrating on specific business problems and to quickly receive results, significant for business,
• It is easy to expand MDM initiatives, in process of growth of requirements, allowing to include any combinations of domains of master data, architectural styles and options of use. Perhaps consecutive and step-by-step distribution of the solution on the new fields of business, divisions, departments, territories, etc. with fixation of results, successful, significant for business, results at each stage,
• Achieve results, significant for business, in months, but not in years in each project phase,
• Achieve results with a speed considerably exceeding the competing solutions.