MDM 321 – SAP Netweaver Master Data Management

Symptom
Formatting of MDM Real, Measurement or Currency field types with 1 or more digits after the decimal point appear to be different when comparing these fields in Item Details Edit mode to Item Details View mode.
Other terms
MDM, Portal, iViews, Item Details, MDM 5.5, Real, Measurement, Currency
Reason and Prerequisites
You have created a MDM Standard Item Details iView and that includes either a Real, Measurement or Currency field. Field formatting in view mode is done according to the MDM Console settings (e.g. Decimal places, Dimension etc.) using the MDM Java API, while for edit mode, formatting is handled by generic portal formatting infrastructure.
Solution
Since the underlining MDM repository data is not affected by the formatting discrepancies, there is no risk of unintentional data modification. [...]

Symptom
When trying to edit a record via MDM Portal Item Details iView you see a message that “Record is protected, record is checked out” and you can not edit it. Trying to edit the same record with the Data Manager is possible without the protected-error.
Other terms
Protected, check out, MDM, Portal, iView
Reason and Prerequisites
When you first select the record in the Portal (before you check it
out), the selected recordID is of the Original record.
Once you log to the Data Manager and check-out the same record, a new checked-out record is created (you can see this by selecting “All versions” in the Data Manager). Now, when you return to the Portal and try to work on the Original record, you get a message saying “record is [...]

Symptom
When working in MDM iViews, MDM table and field privileges enforced policy is stricter then the one in Data Manager
Other terms
Roles, Permissions, Privileges, iViews
Reason and Prerequisites
In MDM iViews, an MDM role’s field and table privileges (Read, Write) are determined as follows: If in the MDM Console, under Admin -> Role -> Tables and Fields tab, the Read-Only property is enabled for the MDM table (e.g. Products) Access column, then ALL fields located under the table node are assumed to be Read-Only, regardless if any of these fields has a Read/Write setting.
In the Data Manager, a field privileges are determined only based on the field access property, regardless of the table access property setting.
This result in the iView enforcing a stricter policy compared to [...]