IBM Master Data Management connection

Use the IBM Master Data Management connection to connect to data that you can transform, refine, or analyze before you bring it into the IBM Master Data Management service.

IBM Master Data Management is a master data management service that helps you to resolve data across different sources and gain a clearer view of each customer, supplier, or partner. Load record data from systems across your enterprise into IBM Master Data Management and run matching algorithms to consolidate that data into master data entities. A master data entity is a collection of records that provides a 360-degree view of a person, organization, or other entity. One or many member records can contribute to the master data entity view.

Prerequisite

You need an instance of IBM Master Data Management on IBM Cloud.

  1. Go to cloud.ibm.com.
  2. Log in with your personal IBM Cloud credentials or create an account.
  3. From your dashboard, click Create resource, then select Services from the left navigation pane.
  4. Select the IBM Master Data Management tile to create an IBM Master Data Management service instance.

Create a connection to IBM Master Data Management

To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:

  • CRN: The Cloud Resource Name of the IBM Master Data Management instance. To obtain the CRN, go to the Resource list, expand Services and software, select the IBM Master Data Management instance, and click the Location column.
  • API key: To obtain the API key, go to the API keys. You can use any API key. If you don't have an API key, you can create one.

Limitations and known issues

  • The number of records that are included in previews for entity type data assets is limited to 100 records.

  • A single user cannot run two bulk load jobs at the same time.

  • When you use IBM Master Data Management as a target connection, do not map these system attributes:

    • collection_id
    • created_date
    • created_user
    • entity_id
    • entity_last_updated
    • last_updated_date
    • last_updated_user
    • record_last_updated
    • record_number

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