SAP Master Data Governance · Central Governance: Data Modeling

Why are all standard MDG Financials objects delivered in flex mode rather than reuse mode?

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During an open change request, where does the record being edited live versus the version that other applications and replication consume?

How does a record first land in the staging area in a create scenario versus a change scenario?

What exactly is the step called activation in the MDG governance process?

What single data-model property determines whether an activated MDG record ends up in tables like MARA and MARC versus in MDG's own generated tables?

After activation, what happens to the data sitting in MDG's generated database tables, and how does it differ by mode?

Two governed entity types both have generated tables and can carry attributes, but only one can be the entry point of a change request. Which storage/usage type, and why the other cannot?

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