There are many new features and functions in IBM® InfoSphere® Master Data Management
Collaboration Server Version
11.3.
InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server is
included in InfoSphere MDM
Enterprise Edition and InfoSphere MDM
Collaborative Edition.
InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server enables
companies to create a single, up-to-date repository of product information
that can be used throughout their organization for strategic business
initiatives.
Key changes to the product include:
- Migration support for InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server users
- The following topics document the new migration paths from previous InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server versions
to v11.3:
- Advanced Catalog Management (ACM) Enhancements
- The enhancements for integrating with IBM WebSphere® Commerce
include support for the following new features:
- Multiple stores including eSite Store, Direct Store, Catalog Asset
Store
- Multiple catalogs including Master Catalog and Sales Catalogs
- Multiple values for descriptive attributes
- DescriptionOverride capability to provide Store
specific descriptions
- CalculationCode capability for catalog entries
and catalog groups
- Sequence attribute for catalog entries and catalog
groups
- Search Engine Optimization (SEO) attributes for
catalog entries and catalog groups
- Attribute Groups for grouping attributes in the Attribute Dictionary
- Additional facets for attributes in the Attribute Dictionary including
Displayable, Facetable, Comparable, Sequence and so on.
- Multiple languages
- Customizable views for data entry screens
For more information, see IBM WebSphere Commerce
- User Interface Enhancements
- The InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server user
interface enhancements include the following changes:
- Define labels for multi-occurrence groups in the single edit screen
- Remove the legacy business user interfaces
- Banking Solution Sample
- The Banking Solution Sample is a set of assets that help banks
address current issues with creating and selling their banking product
offers using the collaborative MDM and the physical MDM. It consists
of:
- A banking solution toolkit for publishing solution metadata (for
example, Spec) and product data (for example, Category and Product)
from the collaborative MDM and the physical MDM.
- A sample data model that is implemented in the collaborative MDM
for banking product offer data management.
For more information, see Banking Solution Sample.
- Watson Search
- Watson Search that is powered by IBM Data
Explorer 9.0:
- Static free text search bar available on all business screens.
- Ability to search items and their attributes across all catalogs.
- Detailed search results with descriptions and thumbnails.
- Ability to open a result for single edit or select multiple results
for bulk edit.
For more information, see Watson Search.
- Application and Stack Upgrade
- The following new stack upgrades are supported by InfoSphere MDM Collaboration Server:
- Upgrade WebSphere Application
Server to 8.5.5.2
- Add support for Oracle 12c
- DB2® ESE and Oracle for AIX® v7.1, RHEL v6, SOLARIS v10,
SuSE v11 and Windows 10.5
- Enhance IBM Operational
Decision Manager solution in Collaborative Edition to support Operational
Decision Manager version 8.5.1
- Upgrade to use Dojo 1.9
- Documentation Updates
- The following items are new or are updates to the documentation:
IBM InfoSphere Master Data Management, Version 11.3