Master Data Management Education Services
Profisee offers a comprehensive education curriculum dedicated to Microsoft MDS and Stratature +EDM. These courses deliver the in-depth, hands-on training your team needs to ensure a successful master data management strategy—from implementation and administration to wide-spread business use.
Microsoft MDM/Stratature +EDM Courses
MDM001: End-User Training
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| Course Duration |
One day; 9AM - 5PM |
| Prerequisites |
Basic proficiency with PCs and corporate dimensional data |
| Who Should Attend |
Financial Analysts, Functional Managers and IT Professionals |
| Content |
Through a combination of lecture, demonstration and self-paced practice, MDM001 students learn the basic functions of the Explorer as well as how to produce reports. The Explorer allows end-users to maintain the members in a dimension model. |
| Benefits |
The students gain the skills necessary to effortlessly manage dimension models and hierarchies in one centralized location for all subscribing systems. |
| Course Tuition |
$550 |
MDM001 is broken down into seven parts. This allows the instructor to pace the class as necessary; making sure that everyone thoroughly understands each concept and functionality of the Explorer and Reporting areas within the product.
Part 1: Course Introduction
- What you will learn in the class
- The objectives and expectations of the class
- Product overview
Part 2: Explanation of the Environment
- Product architecture
- Administrative overview
- Terminology and concepts
- Application basics
Part 3: Managing Entities
- Overview of entities and the member types
- Overview of the attributes
- Hands-on exercises managing entities and attributes
Part 4: Managing Hierarchies
- Hierarchy functionality
- Hands-on exercises managing hierarchies
Part 5: Creating Collections
- Functionality of a collection
- Hands-on exercises managing collections
Part 6: Reporting
- Overview of reporting options
- Create various reports
Part 7: Lab
- In-depth, hands-on exercises combining each section's lessons
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MDM002: Administrator Training
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| Course Duration |
One day; 9AM - 5PM |
| Prerequisite Skills or Courses |
MDM001 or demonstrated product skills and knowledge |
| Who Should Attend |
System Administrators and Dimension Model Administrators |
| Content |
Through a combination of lecture, demonstration and self-paced practice, MDM002 students will understand the concepts behind the application and gain an in-depth knowledge of all the administrative functions. MDM002 students will also learn how to administer and maintain their product environment, including the initial data import, application security, auditing functionality and exporting. |
| Benefits |
Students will attain the skills necessary to apply best-practice master data management principles to the product's centralized repository. |
| Course Tuition |
$550 |
MDM002 is divided into seven parts. This allows the instructor to pace the class as necessary to ensure that each person understands the structural concepts within the System Administration, Security, Audit, and Import/Export.
Part 1: Course Introduction
- What you will learn in the class
- The objectives and expectations of the class
- Product overview
Part 2: Explanation of the Environment
- Product architecture
- Administrative overview
- Terminology and concepts
- Application basics
- Business rules
Part 3: Installation and Configuration
- Overview of the installation process
- Overview of System Settings
Part 4: Dimensional Modeling
- Overview of terminology
- Overview of dimensional modeling
Part 5: Dimensional Model Building
- Overview of System Administration
- Import and load
- Hands-on exercises creating dimensional models
Part 6: Security
- Overview of Security
- Hands-on exercises creating and testing security
Part 7: Version Management
- Overview of auditing capabilities
- Hands-on exercises performing audit functions
Part 8: Subscribing, Exporting and Reporting
- Overview of Export
- Overview of Reporting
- Export data from application into a subscribing system
Part 9: Business Rules
- Overview of business rules
- Hands-on exercises creating business rules