Master data Capabilities

Twenty-two capabilities, in six sets.

Every capability has its own page: what it does, the mechanism behind it, and the same thing shown on one domain with real screens and figures.

Resolve4 pagesgolden recordsstewardshipAI-assistedintegrationStructure3 pageshierarchiesreference datathe data bedGovern3 pagesrulessecurity layersaudit trailServe3 pagesheadless APIdata servicesfederated displayWork with3 pagesgridscell displaydrill-downsAnalyse6 pagestime seriesdata entrycompare measuresworkbenchvisualizationqueryingTWENTY-TWO CAPABILITIES, SIX SETSread the set your programme needs first · every page explains the mechanism, then shows it on one domain
The twenty-two capabilities grouped into six sets. The sets follow the stages of a domain's life: resolve, structure, govern, serve, work with, analyse.
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capability pages
catalogue
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sets, following the stages of a domain
product
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domains the capabilities apply to
catalogue
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security model and audit trail across all of them
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Resolve

Build the golden record

Turn many source records into one agreed record, and keep it that way as the sources change.

Structure

Give the records their shape

Give the records the structures the business reports and plans on, and keep the code lists behind them.

Govern

Keep them correct and accountable

Decide what a correct record is, who may see and change which part of it, and keep the evidence.

Serve

Hand them to whoever asks

Answer whoever asks: applications, services, warehouses, lakes and agents, under one policy.

Work with

Put them in front of people

Put the records in front of people in a form they can read, mark up and follow to the source.

Analyse

Read, compare and plan on them

Read, compare, plan and query on the golden records with the transactions beside them.

Data quality

A separate section, built on these capabilities

The rules, the stewardship queue, the audit trail and the write-back are the parts the quality section runs on; it adds the agents, the scoring, the correction loop and the enforcement gate.

Where to start

Four common starting points

The order that suits a programme depends on what it is being asked to fix first.

If the first problem isRead in this order
Duplicate customers or suppliersGolden records → stewardship → AI-assisted → integration and sync
Reports that disagree after a reorganisationHierarchies and levels → the data bed → time series and pivots
An audit finding or a security questionTwelve security layers → audit trail → rules at three levels
Every new application needing its own data loadHeadless API → data services → federated display
Planning numbers maintained in spreadsheetsTime series and pivots → data entry and disaggregation → comparing measures
Questions

Are all twenty-two included?

Yes. They are capabilities of one platform under one licence tier, and a domain uses the ones it needs. Pricing is by platform capacity, with domains, records, attributes and users included in the tier.

Which ones do analysts ask about?

The eight mandatory features of the market definition map onto these pages; the mapping table is on what master data management is, and the analyst guide goes through the scoring.

Is there a demonstration of each?

The demonstrations page lists what can be shown live, with the length of each walkthrough.

See your first domain built on your data

Bring two systems that hold the same customers, suppliers or materials. In one working day we connect them, run the match on live rows, review the queue with your steward and publish the first golden view with its API.