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
Saving a record with MDM Item Details iView does not enforce Required property on Tuple fields
Other terms
Tuples, Required, iViews, MDM
Reason and Prerequisites
A field marked as a Required Field in the MDM Console appears with an asterisk in the Item Details iView. When populating fields in the Item Details iView, if values are not entered for those fields marked with the asterisk, a validation error occurs. (This functionality is only enforced on standard MDM iViews).
In the case of a Tuple field, an asterisk will be visible in the portal UI, however on saving the record, the validation on the field is not triggered.
Solution
Consider adding in a Data Manager a validation for enforcing Required property (see SAP Note 1259076 on how to apply such a [...]

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 [...]

Symptom
You would like to know the build number of the MDM 7.1 SCA portal software components (MDM_JAVA_API, BP_MDM_TECHNOLOGY, BP_MDM_APPLICATION .sca files) that:
1. You would like to install to your system
2. Is currently installed in your system.
Other terms
MDM, Portal, iViews, version
Solution
1. In any .sca file that you have (in the MDM_JAVA_API, BP_MDM_TECHNOLOGY, BP_MDM_APPLICATION .sca files) locate the SAP_MANIFEST.MF file. In this file locate the detailed information after “keycounter” key.
2. Check the detail version information of the MDM SCA portal software components visible at e.g. http://yourportal.com/index.html -> System Information -> all components -> then the info next to MDM_JAVA_API, BP_MDM_TECHNOLOGY, BP_MDM_APPLICATION.
The detailed information should be in the following format:
1000.7.1.aa.bb.yyyymmddHHMMSS
How to read this detailed information:
aa – Service Pack level.
bb – build number.
yyyy – Year of creation (of the [...]

Symptom
You would like to increase the logging severity for MDM Portal iViews component, but you can not locate the relevant location in the Visual Admin Log Configurator
Other terms
MDM, iViews, Severity, Default Trace
Solution
By default, the MDM portal iViews log controller location is not displayed in the locations tree. You need to manually add this location according to the following procedure:
1- Log on to the Visual Administrator,
2- Select the ‘Log Configurator’ node in the cluster tree.
3- In the Locations tab, click on New and add a new controller name: com.sap.pct.mdm.
4- select the newly added node and set the severity level to All for the com.sap.pct.mdm node.
For detailed screen captures, refer to the attached iViews_logging_Severity.zip