Managing and Monitoring MDM

This topic describes the run-time activies of MDM.

After designing an MDM model, it must be published. Only a published model can be used for run time activities.

After successful configuration and runtime deployment of the MDM model, you would expect the software to execute the desired behavior without manual intervention. However, in most cases, the presence of knowledge workers to handle unexpected data situations is unavoidable. In addition, unexpected events could impact the smooth execution. These could then result in error situations that would depend upon human intervention to rectify and set things moving again.

Some data administration activities need to be performed periodically to ensure that desired performance levels are achieved. Data might have to be archived; log files may have to be purged under a scheduled policy regime.

Also, changing conditions have to be managed. Data loads might increase or decrease depending upon the business requirements. More users might need to be given access to the managed data objects. These require administrative efforts to ensure that as the data management requirements scale, the underlying execution platform also scales in sync.

Monitoring and management is thus an important governance activity aimed at ensuring the desired business or IT objectives are being continuously delivered by the Data management program executed using Cordys MDM.

The chief activities involved in this phase of the program are:

• Tracking the execution progress and looking for any anomalies and out-of-bound situations
  
• Handling Exceptions, including debugging as part of error analysis
  
• Analysis such as Audit Trail or History tracking of data objects
  
• Periodic verification and modification of settings that govern Administrative tasks
  
• Other administrative activities such as adding new users, assigning or modifying user permissions for data access
  
  For more information, refer to the following topics:
  
  
• For MDM admin tasks, refer to MDM Admin Settings
• For MDM Monitoring and Management tasks, refer to MDM Data Steward Cockpit.