The following components are required to be activated in your STEP system prior to loading the Accelerator files:
- Party Data Matching (partydatamatching)
- Company Data Visualization (companydata-visualization)
- Customer MDM Monitoring (cmdm-monitoring)
- Profiling (profiling)
- Matching Agent (matchingagent)
- Elasticsearch (elasticsearch-integration)
Note: Additional server setup may be required for the Elasticsearch component. Contact Stibo Support to ensure proper configurations are in place.
Deployment of STEP components requires adequate working knowledge of patching STEP environments. To apply available components it is recommended to request the assistance of Stibo Systems' Support or Technical Services teams.
Third-party services
Stibo Systems provides native integrations with the following third-party services to enhance the data quality and reliability of master data.
- Dun & Bradstreet – for entity matching and company profiling in B2B implementations
- Loqate – for address verification
- Experian – for email validations
If any of these third-party integrations are to be part of a solution, contact Stibo Systems to ensure proper components are applied, as well as platform and commercial licensing is procured. Optional components supporting third-party services are:
- D&B Direct+ (dnb-integration)
- Loqate Local (local-loqate) – only for Loqate On-premise/Local API
- Address Typeahead (address-typeahead)
- Experian Email Validation (experian)
Installation of third-party services that require dedicated system components and platform licenses are not included in this guide. Information regarding the Customer and Supplier MDM third-party integrations is available in the Data Integration topic in the Data Integration documentation. Further detailed deployment instructions may also be available upon request.