Multidomain MDM Documentation at a Glance

Multidomain MDM Documentation at a Glance

What does each guide explain?

What does each guide explain?

Each guide explains key concepts or helps you use a tool. Read the guide descriptions to determine if a guide contains the information you need.
The following table describes the guides in the
Multidomain MDM
documentation set:
Name
Description
User
Goal
Explains how to use services to access business entities. Business entities can be people, places, or things, such as customers, locations, and products. Includes information about EJB, SOAP, and REST API calls. It also describes how to create external calls to third-party tools.
Technical Specialist
Configure
Cleanse Adapter Guide
Explains how to configure cleanse engines to work with
Multidomain MDM
. Use cleanse engines to cleanse, transform, and validate your master data.
Implementer
MDM Administrator
Install
Configuration Guide
Explains how you configure
Multidomain MDM
, build your data model, and run processes.
Implementer
MDM Administrator
Configure
Administer
Data Controls Implementation Guide
Explains how to use
Multidomain MDM
data within a third-party application.
Informatica Data Controls
is an optionally licensed feature.
Technical Specialist
Configure
Data Director
Implementation Guide
Explains how to configure a
Data Director
legacy application. Data stewards and business users use the application to access and manage master data. Additions and changes to master data can go through a business process workflow in which managers must approve the update.
Legacy applications are based on subject areas. A subject area represents a collection of data that is treated as a unit from a business perspective. To implement a modern application based on business entities, see the
Multidomain MDM Provisioning Tool Guide
.
Implementer
MDM Administrator
Configure (Legacy)
Data Director
Migration Guide
Explains how to migrate
Data Director
applications from subject areas to business entities. Business entities are the preferred data structure for application.
Implementer
MDM Administrator
Configure
Data Director
User Guide
Explains how you can create, consume, manage, and monitor master data in a
Data Director
application.
Data Steward
Business User
Use
Data Steward Guide
Explains how data stewards can organize and merge data by using the Data Steward workbench in the
Hub Console
.
Data stewards often prefer to use a
Data Director
application.
Data Steward
Use
Infrastructure Planning Guide
Helps you plan the infrastructure and the architecture of the
Multidomain MDM
environment. The guide includes sample installation topologies.
Implementation Team
Install
Installation Guides
Explains how to install and set up
Multidomain MDM
in your selected database and application server environment.
Multidomain MDM
has separate Installation Guides for the following environments:
  • IBM DB2 and Red Hat JBoss
  • IBM DB2 and IBM WebSphere
  • Microsoft SQL Server and Red Hat JBoss
  • Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle WebLogic
  • Microsoft SQL Server and IBM WebSphere
  • Oracle Database and Red Hat JBoss
  • Oracle Database and Oracle WebLogic
  • Oracle Database and IBM WebSphere
Implementation Team
Install
Overview Guide
Describes the
Multidomain MDM
architecture and defines key concepts.
All
Configure
Administer
Use
Performance Tuning Guide
Helps you to optimize the overall performance of
Multidomain MDM
.
MDM Administrator
Administer
Provisioning Tool Guide
Explains how to configure business entities, business entity views, transformations,
Data Director
applications, tasks, and full-text search.
Implementer
MDM Administrator
Configure
Administer
Release Guide
Describes new features and enhancements, behavior changes between versions, and tasks you might need to perform after you upgrade from a previous version.
Read this document carefully before you upgrade
Multidomain MDM
.
MDM Administrator
Upgrade
Release Notes
Lists fixed limitations, closed enhancement requests, and known limitations of the release.
Read this document carefully before you upgrade
Multidomain MDM
.
MDM Administrator
Upgrade
Repository Manager Guide
Explains how you can validate metadata, copy objects between repositories, visualize the schema, and export a repository to an XML file.
In
Multidomain MDM
, the metadata that is stored in a repository describes the data model and related configuration settings.
MDM Administrator
Administer
Resource Kit Guide
Explains how to use the collection of tools, samples, and other resources in the
Multidomain MDM
Resource Kit
. For example, the kit includes tools for automation, batch processing, encryption, and reporting. The kit also contains the sample
Operational Reference Store
(ORS), a sample
Data Director
application, and the
Services Integration Framework
SDK.
Implementation Team
Configure
Sample ORS Configuration Guide
Explains the sample repository. The repository contains schema elements and configurations, such as the metadata for the data model, data cleansing mappings, and match rules.
Implementer
Configure
Security Guide
Describes how
Multidomain MDM
secures data from unauthorized access and tampering to protect information privacy and data integrity. Also explains how to configure users and roles, security providers, and password hashing.
MDM Administrator
Configure
Services Integration Framework Guide
Explains how to use
Services Integration Framework
(SIF) API calls. You can integrate
Multidomain MDM
with other applications, create applications that use
Multidomain MDM
data, or customize how
Multidomain MDM
works.
Technical Specialist
Configure
Upgrade Guides
Explains how to upgrade
Multidomain MDM
to the most recent version. When you upgrade, ensure that you use the Upgrade Guide that applies to the currently installed version.
MDM Administrator
Technical Specialist
Upgrade
Zero Downtime Installation Guide
Explains how to set up a zero downtime environment for
Multidomain MDM
. Zero Downtime is an optionally licensed feature that enables you to minimize disruptions while you update
Multidomain MDM
.
Implementation Team
Install
Zero Downtime Upgrade Guide
Explains how to upgrade
Multidomain MDM
software in a zero downtime environment.
MDM Administrator
Technical Specialist
Upgrade

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