Master Data Adaptation & Federation
It is frequently observed that 80% of Master Data are identical between two instances (for example a product catalog between the headquarter and a subsidiary).
It is important to avoid duplication of data as this prevents long data input operations, which are fastidious and lead to errors.
To achieve this, EBX.Platform relies on a unique inheritance technology. It allows the creation of a "Master Data instances tree" from an initial Master Data model and the management of inheritance rules between instances. Each instance inherits from its parent.
Key Features
| Instance tree | From an initial Master Data instance, creation of child instances that inherits from each other.
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| Inheritance | Each Master Data instance inherits from its parent (allows to avoid data duplication). For example: > Headquarter |
| Overwrite | On any instance, it is possible to overwrite inherited values, in order to adapt Master Data. For example, a label is localized, a price is changed for a local context. Overwrite works for adding records, updating records or deleting records (called occultation). |
| Rights | Inheritance works with rights management. It is possible to delegate rights to roles and users on each Master Data instance.
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Examples
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Instance treeHere, Master Data are adapted to countries and regions. Each country inherits from its region. |
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Inheritance and overwritingHere, a country inherits from a region (in blue) and some values have been overwrite (in yellow). |
