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Data & Analytics · Foundational

Master Data

Core, relatively stable business entities shared across processes, such as customers, products, employees and locations.

Definition

Master data is distinct from transactional data (events such as orders) and reference data (code sets).

Exam tip

Customer = master data; order = transactional data; country codes = reference data.

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