For a master data entity, you can initialize master records for an existing source company and existing target company or target group companies.

You can use this initialization if the master data already exists in both the source company and the target company or target group companies, but no master records exist for this data. For example, previously, you managed master data in another way than with Master Data Management Studio.

As a result, for the defined master data entity table, for the data that exists in both the source company and the target company or target group companies:

• Master records are created.
• Subscriptions for the target companies are created for the master data entity records.
  Note: If you initialize master records for a target group, a separate subscription is created for each company in the target group. To each of these company subscriptions, the used target group is added for reference purposes.
• No data is pushed from the source company to the target companies.

Standard procedure

1.	Click Master data management - Setup.
2.	On the Master data entities tab, in the list, find and select the desired master data entity.
3.	Click Edit and on the Master data entities page, change to the Initialization view.
4.	Expand the Messages section.
5.	In the list, select the desired record.
6.	Click Initialize master data.
7.	On the Initialize master data dialog, the Parameters are filled automatically based on the selected record settings.
	Click OK.
8.	Close the page.

Notes

If you initialize master records for a message of type 'Hierarchy', master records are created for each source and target combination in the organization hierarchy.

See also

• Use organization hierarchies for master data distribution