The Data Management Accelerator for Retail data model includes external source records, an internal source record, and a golden record. The following diagram illustrates how the different objects are articulated:
- The golden record aggregates data coming from the external source records and the internal source records (aka 'silver record').
- The packaging hierarchy objects are attached to each record.
- The 'each' is the source record itself.
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Each source record has a ‘rank’. This rank can be thought of as a 'weight' or 'trust index' used during the matching and linking process to prioritize data and choose which record to 'promote' from the different sources to the golden record.
Primary Product Hierarchy
In the Accelerator for Retail configuration, the primary product hierarchy is organized as follows:
- External data sources
- Internal data sources
- Packaging hierarchy
The structures of the 'external data sources' and 'internal data sources' are identical, as shown below.
- In the external data sources classification, the external source records are stored.
- In the internal data sources, the internal source record and the golden records are stored.
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A populated external data sources hierarchy
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A populated internal data sources hierarchy
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The packaging hierarchy is a flat structure, used to store the packaging objects.
Supplier Classification
Suppliers are classified in a classic way:
Assets
Assets are linked as follows:
