Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services
Subtitle: manage and maintain your organization's master data effectively with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services
By: Jeremy Kashel, Tim Kent, Martyn Bullerwell
Contributors: Kent, Tim; Bullerwell, Martyn
Series: Professional Expertise Distilled
Publisher: Packt Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Birmingham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781849680516; 9781849680509; 9781283308311; 9786613308313
Subjects: Client/server computing; Database management; Relational databases; COMPUTERS; Client-Server Computing; SQL server
Other titles: SQL server 2008 R2 Master Data Services
Description: Manage and maintain your organization's master data effectively with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes index.

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

Includes index.

English.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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