How well do you know your JD Edwards data?

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Trying to get a comprehensive and accurate picture of your JD Edwards data is a bit like attempting to complete a jigsaw puzzle without being able to turn over the pieces to see their individual colours and how they relate to each other. It takes ages and the results are probably wrong!

This blog covers the 3 challenges you face when trying to get to know and utilise your JD Edwards data. It will also show you how you can use Safyr to overcome those challenges and get more from your JD Edwards data.

  1. Where can you find out where the JD Edwards data you need is located?
  2. How do you find the data that really matters for your project?
  3. How do you use that information in other tools to support your project?

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5 reasons why your data teams struggle with SAP, and what you can do about it

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The challenge of SAP metadata

Like most companies who have been required to incorporate SAP data into Information or Data Management projects, I am sure you have also experienced the delays, high costs and even data inaccuracies which often occur when trying to work with the intricacies of SAP metadata.

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Using metadata to solve the problem of your ERP and CRM data silos

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Introduction

You have probably noticed how much attention is being placed in your enterprise to optimise the use of, or “monetise”, the data that flows through your organisation’s IT systems.

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Data, data everywhere. Can you find and manage it all easily and quickly?

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It’s probably no surprise that you are noticing an increased focus on the management, governance and exploitation of the data your organisation collects and stores. Why is this?

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Finding the right metadata can be like finding a needle in a haystack

A smarter way to find Personal Data in your ERP or CRM systems for GDPR

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Data management, GDPR and the status quo

We have just released the latest version of Safyr® which contains new features which have been largely driven by the need to deliver ERP or CRM metadata for GDPR. 

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Sometime you need a bit more information about how things fit together

Is it necessary to discover Microsoft Dynamics AX metadata?

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Do you really need to discover Microsoft Dynamics AX metadata?

The answer is a definite “Yes”, because as one of the world’s most implemented ERP/CRM packaged solutions for large and medium sized enterprises it suffers from the same metadata challenge as SAP, Oracle, and increasingly Salesforce systems. (According to Panorama Consulting Solutions’ most recent survey,

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Metadata

Where’s the data? Avoiding data integration errors

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Top 3 Data Integration mistakes

I saw a fascinating post by David Linthicum on the Informatica Blog recently in which he discussed the Top 3 Data Integration mistakes which companies make and how to avoid them.

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Sample Dynamics AX data model from Safyr

Access and exploit Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 data model with Safyr

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New supported package for safyr

We’ve been working hard on a new capability for Safyr®. This is in the form of a metadata extraction feature to enable customers to quickly and intuitively access and exploit the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 data model.

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Download sample data models for SAP, Salesforce and Oracle packages

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Of all the blogs we’ve written here at Silwood, by far the most popular are the ones that are about specific Data Models for SAP, Salesforce and Oracle packages (JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, Siebel and PeopleSoft).

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“You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave”

“You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave”

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It was interesting to read the announcement about Salesforce’s latest price hike which amounted to about 40% here in the UK and about 20% in the US. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/05/23/salesforce_uk_40_per_cent_price_hike/)

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