MDM 321 – SAP Netweaver Master Data Management

Symptom
When adding the Images / PDF Documents for Data groups thru MDM Data Manager, .jpg and .pdf files becomes _jpg and _pdf respectively.
Reason and Prerequisites
All of the punctuation and editing characters (including those on top of the numbers 1-0 and the various brackets; { and ]) will be replaced by the underscore ‘_’.
Solution
MDM Data Manager automatically updates the “Code” field with the image file name after adding a new image or Adobe Acrobat document.
Since the “Code” field can not contain the characters dot or space, the Data Manager switches the dot and space characters to the underline character.
You can manually update the “code” field after the image is loaded into the repository.

Symptom
The Import Manager shows an error message while trying to choose the field name “NUMBER” (the fields type is Text) as a matching field.
The error message (appear in a pop up): “Unable to retrieve records for table ‘import’”
Other terms
0000686420 2009
Reason and Prerequisites
The issue is caused by the xml source file element containing a dot (’.’) within its name.
For example: element name = “Art.nr.”.
Import Manager currently does not support an element (which will become a field) to use ‘.’ as part of the name. This statement is for all MDM versions 7.1.02.96 (currently the latest version) and bellow.
Solution
As a workaround, you can substitute the ‘.’ with any other character, both in the XML file and the XML schema.
For example: element name = “Art_nr_”

Symptom
You would like to delete one or more Import maps from the MDM Import Manager
Other terms
Import Manager, MDM, Map, Delete
Solution
The simplest way to delete a map in the Import Manager is in the
following way:
1. Log on to the Import Manager.
2. Press “File->Open…”
3. Select the map you would like to delete from the available maps.
4. Press “Delete”.
5. Conform deletion of the map by press “Yes”.

Symptom
While attempting to duplicate a record, an error occurs saying “Insufficient rights for operation” although it seems that the user has all the required permissions
Other terms
MDM, rights, permissions, Data Manager, Portal
Reason and Prerequisites
When duplicating a record, MDM tries to save the duplicated record to the repository. A user must have “Read/Write” permissions to all fields in order to add data to a certain record. Consequently, if a certain user tried to duplicate a record he must have “Read/Write” permissions to all populated fields.
Solution
Make sure that the user that is duplicating records has “Read/Write” permissions to all populated fields.