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Master Data Management

Give surviving values a clear source and policy

Define source authority per attribute and use versioned, testable survivorship rules to govern competing values.

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How it works

Review source authority

Select an attribute to inspect its sources and authority context.

ATTRIBUTE AUTHORITY

Ordering unit

ERP value
EA
Supplier value
Each
Authority
ERP

Other writes are handled according to the configured policy.

The capability

Different attributes can have different authorities

Sources can disagree about the same record. Teams need to know where a value came from and which policy governed its acceptance.

In MDM mode, attributes declare their authoritative source. Other writes are held or survived according to policy. The golden-record inspector presents sources side by side, and survivorship rules are versioned and testable.

Problems it solves

Where this work usually breaks down

01

Competing values

Several sources provide different values for one attribute.

02

Unexplained outcomes

A maintained value needs a traceable source and rule.

Functional capabilities

What Attribute Survivorship includes

Attribute source authority
Declare the authoritative source per attribute.
Policy-controlled writes
Hold or survive writes from other sources according to policy.
Versioned rules
Maintain versions of survivorship rules.
Rule testing
Test survivorship rules before relying on them.
Source traceability
Trace surviving values to contributing sources.

In industrial operations

A distributor reviews competing product values

ERP and supplier records disagree on product information.

  1. Inspect the source values.
  2. Review authority for the attribute.
  3. Test the relevant survivorship rule.
  4. Review the resulting record.

Result: The maintained value has a traceable source and policy.

Autonomous operations

How autonomous execution changes attribute survivorship

Governed operations apply configured authority and survivorship policies; people own their definitions and review exceptions.

Agents carry out

  • Apply configured policies
  • Retain source traceability

People decide

  • Define attribute authority
  • Test and review rules

Evidence recorded

  • Source records
  • Rule versions
  • Audit history

Related capabilities

Works alongside

Feature guide

Golden Records

A trusted master record with source cross-references, provenance and field ownership.

Feature guide

Match & Merge

Find duplicate records across sources, decide what survives and keep a reversible golden record.

Feature guide

Entity Resolution

Matching configurations and candidate worklists for steward review.

Feature guide

Data Profiling & Rule Review

Inspect source data and review owner-defined validation rules.

Capability area

Master Data Management

See where Attribute Survivorship fits in the wider Master Data Management capability.

Buyer FAQs

Questions evaluators ask

Can attributes have different authorities?

Yes. In MDM mode, each attribute declares its authoritative source.

What happens to other source writes?

Policy determines whether those writes are held or survived.

Can rules be tested?

Yes. Survivorship rules are versioned and testable.

Does this promise pinned overrides?

No. This guide describes source authority and survivorship policies, not persistent pinned exceptions.

Can teams trace surviving values?

Yes. Source-to-record links preserve the source of the surviving value.

Your next step

See Attribute Survivorship on data like yours.

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