How to monitor Business Partner Relations?

Overview

Use Case

This use case outlines the optimal use of CDQ Cloud Services for implementing continuous monitoring of Business Partner Relations.

Learning Goals

In this tutorial, users will focus on the following tasks:

• Creating an augmentation configuration using the Augmentation Configurator cloud app,
• Creating a data monitor based on the prepared configuration using Data Clinic cloud app,
• Analyzing subscriptions in the Collaboration & Subscription Configuration app and generating Subscription Report in the Data Clinic cloud app,
• Analysing results in the Business Partner Update Browser app and generating an Update Report in the Data Clinic cloud app.

Prerequisites

Login

Log into the CDQ Cloud Apps.

Data Mirror

Step 1: Augmetation Configurator

Create a configuration to be used for the monitoring: (Let's set up a configuration for monitoring purposes.)

1. Select the Augmentation Configurator app,

2. Click the Create new configuration button,
3. Name the new configuration,
4. Click the Create button,

5. Refer to the table below for the Augmentation Configurator ,

6. Choose a newly created configuration for the edition,

7. Scroll down to activate Reference Data Sources ,

8. Select data sources for Update monitoring to define which sources should be used

9. Go to the Curation settings tab,

10. If this configuration is created only for update monitoring, ensure that 'FEATURES_OFF' is selected for the Curation Profile.

11. Click the Save configuration button.

Step2: Augmetation Monitor

Create an Augmentation Monitor and activate it using the previously created configuration:

1. Go to the Data Clinic app,

2. Click the Add New Data Monitor button,

3. Configure the new monitor:
   • Select the Data Sources for which the monitor should be turned on,
   • Select Augmentation for the Monitor Type,
   • Select the newly created Augmentation configuration ,

4. Click the Create New Data Monitor button.

Step 3: Check your subscriptions

The subscription mechanism enables the selection of Business Partners to be monitored for updates. The linkage between Business Partners from the mirror and reference data sources is established using identifiers required based on the linkage strategy.

1. Browse the subscriptions:
   • Go to the Collaboration & Subscription Configuration app,
   • Select the Subscriptions tab and set filter options,

2. Go to the Data Clinic App and click the Generate new report button,

3. Configure the report:
   • Provide the report title,
   • Select the Subscriptions Report for a report type,
   • Select a data sources (the same as for Data Monitor),
   • Select countries (optional),
   • Choose a file format,
   • Click the Generate button to start the job with the report creation.

4. Wait until the job is finished,

5. Download the report,

6. Review your report:
   • If a CDQ ID is present in the raw data for a specific data source, it indicates that the linkage has been created,
   • If certain business partners do not have any linkage, it is worthwhile to enhance identifiers based on the augmentation of lookup results.

Step 4: Read updates

To read relation updates:

1. Go to the Business Partner Update Browser app,
2. In the Updates tab set filter parameters:

Tags:

• RELATION_ADDED ,
• RELATION_MODIFIED

Step 5: Generate the Business Partner updates report

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