MDM Admin Settings

This topic describes the settings that can be modified in the MDM Admin Settings window.

MDM Administrator is responsible for creating Service Containers such as MDM Publisher and MDM Service.

The primary role of the Administrator is to ensure the smooth deployment of MDM. The MDM Administrator can also define the activities that must be logged, the duration for which logs must be stored, and the different conditions for which notifications must be sent. Similarly, the Administrator can also define the time period for storing state history related information.

Logs are generated while the data is being synchronized. Logs can be used for monitoring purposes. The MDM Admin Settings window allows you to manage the settings for both regular data synchronizations and manual synchronizations done in batches. You can also change the settings to send notifications to the Process Platform Inbox or any regular email inbox. In Admin Settings, you can select the number of days after which the logs can be purged. Similarly, the number of days after which the logs for state history can be purged can also be defined.
The following are the tasks that can be performed through the MDM Admin Settings window:

• Assigning the Role of an MDM Proxy User
• Configuring an MDM Repository
• Configuring Conditions for Receiving Notifications
• Configuring Time Period for Storing Logs
• Downloading Database Scripts

Additionally, you can set the following properties:

• Allow Modified Fields Only - Whenever you update a record in a database table, MDM sends the updated record with all the columns instead of sending only the columns that were updated. If you are updating different columns of a particular record from two or more sources, the previous content will be overwritten by the latest content, leading to data loss and data inconsistency as the entire record is updated. Therefore, to ensure that only the modified columns are propagated during sniffing, before publishing the model, select the Allow Modified Fields Only option. This option is not selected by default.
• Retain Target Values for Empty Source Values - Select this option if you want to retain the values in the target elements if the corresponding source elements contain empty values. This option is not selected by default.