Best practices for building mass MD
Maintenance Solutions with Winshuttle
Israel Rosales| Winshuttle
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Which minion should you pick?
How many different scripts/templates for the same MD domain?
Too many, isn’t it?
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Too ugly to touch…
THE FRANKENSCRIPT!!!
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Problems
Too many excels with too many scripts
No real MD solution tool present
Roundtrip (create, download and modify) but no more
What about good MD mass Excel tools?• Complete and/or atomic operations
• One single Excel file
• AND EASY TO MODIFY (NO FRANKENSCRIPTS!!!)
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Solution (First iteration…)
One single Excel:
With different areas
And different scripts
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Build in short iterations
Steps for creation:
Define the format of the single Excel file
Create all the scripts with mapping according to single Excel file
Testing of each script without publishing
Publish the script
Improve by repeating from step 2 (sometimes 1 if format changes)
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Tips & Tricks
Think about the format and sections of the Excel
• Avoid reworks in Excel and scripts
• Leave blank hidden columns for future new fields
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Tips & Tricks
Perform 99% of the script testing WITHOUT publishing
• Avoid unpublishing and republishing after errors
• More efficient testing in smaller chunks
Create small/atomic scripts, not big scripts
• Easier to test, reuse, change or improve
• DO NOT CREATE A FRANKENSCRIPT!!!FrankenscriptToo ugly to touch
Script 1
Script 2
Script 3
Script 4
Script 2.1
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Tips & Tricks
Perform 99% of the script testing WITHOUT publishing
• Avoid unpublishing and republishing after errors
• More efficient testing in smaller chunks
Create small/atomic scripts, not big scripts
• Easier to test, reuse, change or improve
• DO NOT CREATE A FRANKENSCRIPT!!!Script 1
Script 2
Script 3
Script 4
Script 2.1
FrankenscriptToo ugly to touch
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First improvement
Let’s remove wrong executions by using conditions:
• Columns to control each script:
• Conditioning each script:
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Second improvement
Single Big Red Button
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Second improvement
Let’s simplify the interface:
• One single “intelligent” script
• And use of the “Chain scripts” functionality
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Available resources
Winshuttle Solution Accelerators @ Documentation Portal
http://support.winshuttle.com
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Available resources
Winshuttle Solution Accelerators @ Documentation Portal
http://support.winshuttle.com
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Available resources
Accelerators used today:
Bulk Material Management
http://winshuttle-help.s3.amazonaws.com/best-practices/winshuttle-best-practices-design-patterns-bulk-material-management.htm
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Available resources
Winshuttle Solution Accelerators @ Documentation Portal
http://support.winshuttle.com
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Other MD training during the WUG:
Thursday:
2:15 – 3:00 Active Governance of Master Data – An introduction
4:15 – 5:00 How to measure and continuously improve your Winshuttle workflow processes
Friday:
11:45 – 12:30 Updating Multiple Units of Measure – Excel How-To
2:45 – 3:30 Application Data Management versus Master Data Management
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Questions?
