The Provisioning tool reads schema information from an Operational References Store (ORS) in the MDM Hub. You use the Provisioning tool to configure business entities based on the schema information and then publish the configuration. The configuration XML file is saved in the C_REPOS_CO_CS_CONFIG repository table.
As you work on the configuration files, you save your changes to a temporary workspace. The changes are not applied until you publish the changes. If multiple users change the business entity configuration for an ORS simultaneously, the repository is updated with the most recently published configuration.
The Provisioning tool runs on the same application server as the Hub Server.