Master Data Services Database (Master Data Services)

The database contains all of the information for the Master Data Services system. It is central to a Master Data Services deployment. The Master Data Services database:

• Stores the settings, database objects, and data required by the Master Data Services system.

• Contains staging tables that are used to process data from source systems.

• Provides a schema and database objects to store master data from source systems.

• Supports versioning functionality, including business rule validation and e-mail notifications.

• Provides views for subscribing systems that need to retrieve data from the database.