Question Re: Any difference between Master data and User master data ? in Technology Q&A

Any difference between Master data and User master data ?

Former Member — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:25:17 GMT

Any difference between Master data and User master data ?

Re: Any difference between Master data and User master data ?

Former Member — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:59:23 GMT

Hello ,

Master data remains unchanged for long period of time. It contains information that is always needed as it is.

For example, customer master data can contain their name, billing address and back details.

Similarly, user master data contains roles granted to the user. In this way, a user menu and authorizations for the activities contained in the user menu are assigned to the user. Only users who have a user master record can log on to the system.

Although authorization is a part of customizing data too.

Hope that was usefull.

Warm Regards,

Shantanu

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Re: Any difference between Master data and User master data ?

Former Member — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:06:00 GMT

Hi,

Master data in SAP is of 4 different types with respect to the business terminology.

1. Customer Master Data.

2. Material Master Data.

3. Organisational Master Data.

4. Conditional Master Data.

Ex: A small retail chain implementd the SAP in which thier customer's/distributors comes under the customer data and the material they purchases is the material master data and the organisational master data is the data which represents the area/region to which the customer belongs to and atlast the conditional data is the pricing data for the material .

The user's who operates the business eg: end users and also who develops and support the SAP system is nothing but the User Master Data

Conclusion: Master Data -

> Business related

User Master Data ---> System related.

Regards,

Ashok