- [Instructor] In SAP, we often talk
about two types of data,
master data and transactional data.
Let's take a look at the difference between these two types.
Master data refers to all the information
that deals with people,
places, or objects in the system.
Master data is the foundation
that the SAP databases are built on.
Without accurate master data, transactions cannot occur.
Master data tends to be relatively static.
Examples of master data in SAP
include the information in business partner records.
This is all the static data about our suppliers
and our customers.
Another example of master data is our employee master data
with information like employee name
and social security number.
On the other hand,
transactional data records the actions of a business.
This type of data represents the bulk
of day-to-day transactions.
Transactional data is constantly changing.
Examples of transactional data
in SAP include the information found
in purchase orders,
sales orders, or changing an employee's work schedule.
Our transactional data depends on good master data.
We need both types of data to be accurate
to have an effective system.
But if the master data is not precise,
the transactional data will never be correct.