Master data
Master data describes core business entities such as customers or products. It is reused across processes and can still change over time.
Master data is core information about business entities such as customers, products or locations. Many processes use it. A specific order with its ordered quantity, by contrast, is transactional data.
In a hypothetical business, the current delivery address is stored in the customer master record. It is updated after a move. Completed orders should still remain traceable with the delivery address used at the time. How those historical details are retained needs separate design.
Master data is therefore not immutable data. An authoritative source, change rules and mappings in connected systems matter. Maintaining master data is a business responsibility; it does not automatically require buying a dedicated master data management platform.
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