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Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

former_member497161 — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 04:33:52 GMT

Hi Experts,

What are the differences of MDG in S4 vs MDG in ECC?

Re: Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

olafkexel — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:27:57 GMT

SAP MDG has three major functional building blocks:

Central Governance,
Consolidation,
Data Quality Management (DQM).

The biggest difference SAP MDG on ECC vs. SAP MDG on S/4HANA is that DQM is only available on S/4HANA.

There are a number of smaller feature/functions that are not available on SAP MDG on ECC.

As general rule of thumb: New SAP MDG features will be implemented first on SAP MDG on S/4HANA. If and when they will be implemented on SAP MDG on ECC is a secondary discussion.

We therefore always recommend customers to introduce and implement SAP MDG on S/4HANA even though they currently run all the rest on ECC for the following reasons:

1. Full available features of SAP MDG only on S/4HANA

2. SAP MDG on S/4HANA can integrate with ECC for master data distribution

3. SAP MDG on S/4HANA provides customers a first S/4HANA experience without moving all their business functions: They just start small with master data management and expand from there.

I hope this helps!

Re: Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

Mark63 — Mon, 01 Mar 2021 07:39:54 GMT

The difference between both product versions is that SAP MDG on S/4HANA has more feaures/capabilities than SAP MDG on ECC (for example in data quality management: rule repository, rule definition, rule mining, inbuilt data quality remediation is only available with SAP MDG on S/4HANA. You can find more information in this SAP Community blog post. Meanwhile the gap has widened further. See scope of SAP MDG on S/4HANA 1909 and 2020. Therefore, the clear recommendation is to go with SAP MDG on S/4HANA.

Re: Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

former_member497161 — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:22:38 GMT

Thanks a lot Olaf

Re: Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

former_member497161 — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:22:55 GMT

Thanks a lot Markus.

Re: Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

former_member497161 — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 05:24:43 GMT

Was Consolidation available in ECC version of MDG?

Re: Difference in ECC vs S4 for MDG

olafkexel — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:47:03 GMT

Yes. Consolidation is part of SAP MDG on ECC.

Here is the link to the documentation:

https://help.sap.com/viewer/6b8255b03aa44628880b5b71c16ddb91/MDG92.SP05/en-US