Information for Administrators
Setting up SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP BTP for MDM, the two destinations and the identity mode, users and roles, custom fields, notifications, AI access, retention and security.
Draft brief for authors. Section page, the equivalent of SAP's "Information for Key Users".
For the subscriber's administrators and key users: the setup checklist, prerequisites, the SAP side for the Public Edition and the Private Edition, the destinations in SAP BTP, users and roles, add-ons and quota, your own fields, notifications, AI assistants and integrations, data retention, security, verification, day-to-day operation and configuration recommendations.
In this section
- Setup Overview and ChecklistWho does what in which order to connect MDM to your SAP system, with the two decisions to make first and a printable checklist.
- PrerequisitesWhat must exist in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, in SAP BTP and in your identity provider before MDM can be connected, for the Public and the Private Edition.
- Setting Up SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public EditionThe communication user, system and arrangement in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, the optional arrangements for value helps, and the business users needed for user propagation.
- Setting Up SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition (On Premise)Services, technical user and authorizations in your on-premise system, the SAP Cloud Connector, principal propagation, and what differs at runtime.
- Completing the Destinations in SAP BTPThe application and the technical destination, the identity mode they decide, the optional Joule, notifications and Fiori-link settings, and how to check the connection.
- Users, Roles and Role CollectionsThe authorization model (View, Edit, Process per object), the shipped role collections, building your own collections, the identity provider and the Support Operator role.
- Add-Ons, Plans and Quota in Your SubaccountWhere your entitlement shows, when the usage notice appears, how to ask for an extension, how to resume a paused run afterwards, and what ends when an add-on expires.
- Your Own Fields (Custom Fields)Enable a key-user custom field for the object's API in SAP and MDM adds it to templates, staging columns, lists and Mass Edit within half an hour, or at once on request.
- Notifications for Finished JobsConnect your SAP Alert Notification service and receive an e-mail, Teams or Slack message for every finished upload and processing run.
- AI Assistants and Integrations: Enabling AccessHow assistant access works, credentials for server-side agents through the service broker, the setup matrix per client, and the governance switches.
- Data Retention and HousekeepingHow long Tasks, uploaded files, the history, settings and saved filter links are kept, what users can delete themselves and what support can purge on demand.
- Security and Data ProtectionAuthentication and sessions, authorization, tenant isolation, what MDM stores and classifies, logging and redaction, audit events, and what the subscriber controls.
- Verifying the SetupThree checks that prove the connection: a clear status for every licensed family, a list with your SAP records and a value help with your values, and one record round trip.
- Operating MDM Day to DayWhat to watch, what happens during MDM updates, how to read Application Logs as an administrator, and when to involve the provider.
- Configuration RecommendationsHow to set up MDM so that your organization gets the most out of it: arrangement scope, identity mode, segregation of duties, templates, test system first, notifications, quota ownership.
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