What is reference information? A unified master data system is the basis of a service-oriented architecture. Problems of reference data in the interior of SOA

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Since Rosatom unites many enterprises and organizations, the creation general industry directories is a necessary condition for centralizing and ensuring transparency of procurement activities and relationships with suppliers, as well as for organizing the joint work of IT systems of industry enterprises. That is why the project to create a unified industry system of normative and reference information (US NSI) was included in the “Program for the transformation of the financial and economic block and information technology» State corporations. The EOS NSI system will cover organizations in the engineering and construction blocks nuclear power plants", "operation of nuclear power plants", "life cycle of nuclear fuel". Based on the results open competition IBS was involved in the implementation of the project, and a specialized SAP solution was chosen as the platform.

To date, a pilot project to create an Unified System of Scientific Information has been completed. Within its framework, a number of reference books have been created: “Counterparties” (debtors/creditors, legal entities, residents/non-residents), “Material and technical resources” (MTR), “Elements industrial facilities", "Unified Chart of Accounts", a set of all-Russian directories and classifiers. The most popular reference books have become “Counterparties” (currently contains about 70 thousand entries), “MTR” (about 150 thousand entries) and “Unified Chart of Accounts”. Already during the pilot project, 215 enterprises were connected to the EOS NSI using the “Counterparties” directory, and 35 enterprises using the “MTR” directory. In total, more than 4 thousand users work in the system, their access is provided using the portal service.

Work is currently underway to replicate the system. It is expected that by 2012 the total number of EOS NSI users will reach about 10 thousand people. Thus, this project in the field of organizing regulatory and reference information on the SAP platform will become one of the largest in the world and the largest in Europe. The results of the project and the capabilities of the EOS NSI will be used in a number of other IT projects of the Rosatom State Corporation. Among them are the creation of a unified industry procurement system, a unified industry system for integrating corporate applications, a unified industry document flow system, a property asset management system, the introduction of a unified settlement center system, etc.

« Centralization of the processes of maintaining regulatory and reference information and the use of an appropriate information system, firstly, will increase the quality and reliability of the information provided by IT systems. Secondly, it will reduce costs and time for generating consolidated reporting. Thirdly, it minimizes risks due to incomplete or incorrect payment data. This will also make it possible to optimize and ensure transparency of procurement processes and work with suppliers, reduce planning time for procurement and supply of materials and equipment, optimize the process of maintaining master data by organizing a unified management environment", noted Head of the NSI program at Greenatom CJSC Kirill Sukovykh.

Regulatory and Reference Information- a conditionally permanent component of corporate information, which is the basis for the unification and normalization of data accompanying ongoing business processes, as well as regulation of the organization’s activities. In other words, normative background information is an information resource of the company, formed internally and received, as a rule, from the outside. It contains standards, requirements, rules, regulations and other information that normalizes and systematizes the company’s activities.

The requirement to ensure interaction and unification of various application systems of business processes occurring at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_oriented_architecture enterprises and in various organizations, consolidation of reporting documentation, leads to the need to build a system of normative and reference information. The system of normative reference information is formed by groups of objects built on all-Russian, industry and corporate (internal) [classifiers] and directories.

The main problems of reference data in corporate information systems Oh:

• Not fully used All-Russian classifiers and reference books developed government services and approved at the federal level, designed to contain up-to-date information with regular updating and verification:
• All-Russian classifiers, partially presented in the systems, are not updated or normalized;
• The information, which together constitutes a single whole, is divided into several parts and collected in separate directories;
• System directories are duplicated in information content and functional use;
• The bulk of directory data is not normalized, the maintenance of normative and reference information is not regulated, resulting in duplication of information when updating directories. There is insufficient information in the directory entries (the entries are not fully described);
• The majority of classifiers presented in systems have a weak structure based on the characteristics of information grouping, and are single-level, which is not ensured by the flexibility and information content of the classification.

Information systems Regulatory and Reference Information.

The corporate reference data system provides storage, processing And provision permanent and conditionally permanent information to system users.

Master data systems are designed to keep corporate data up to date, ensure completeness, eliminate errors, and monitor the integrity and consistency of data.

Modification of data and its structure stored in the master data system is permitted only by system experts. All actions to modify data are strictly regulated. Users of information are other enterprise information systems that receive data through predetermined interfaces.

This approach ensures the correctness of data within the enterprise, regardless of the number and variety of information systems used, eliminating duplication of information by different departments and simplifying the construction of summary reports.

The term NSI is of Soviet origin, although a clear definition was not introduced in the USSR. In the West, a more suitable analogue of master data is Master Data or Master Referenced Data, the essence of which is non-transactional normalized reference information (catalogues) and classifiers (hierarchies). Thus, Master Data can only be considered as a subset of the master data concept.

Directory Management Systems can be equated to the international concept of Master Data Management (MDM), which can be considered as part of the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).

It is fundamental that dictionaries, standards, rules, regulations, which are usually included in the concept of master data, are not objects of MDM systems.

See also

• Blog on NSI by Sabir Asadullayev
• SAP Master Data Management

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The functioning of automated systems (AS) that are part of the corporate information system of an organization (enterprise, institution, integrated structure, government body) and ensuring the implementation of key business processes is impossible without the use of regulatory reference information (RNI). Accordingly, management efficiency modern organization largely depends on the quality of the reference data.

LM Soft company offers services for creating corporate system management of the reference data (KSU NSI) of the organization, which allows maintaining the quality of the regulatory and reference support of its AS at the required level.

A key element of LM Soft's methodological approach to reference data management is the organization within the corporate information system of a single Reference Data Fund - a set of interrelated reference books, classifiers, dictionaries and regulatory documents, used by all speakers. The management of reference data arrays included in the Fund is carried out centrally by special service– NSI corporate center.

The creation of the NSI CMS is a set of works to establish and automate three main groups of processes for managing the NSI Fund:

processes for maintaining the Reference Data Fund (updating the reference data arrays included in the Fund, and information services for reference data consumers – subscribers of the Fund);

processes of expert and methodological support of reference data arrays;

processes of organizational support of reference data arrays.

The work includes measures to form the main types of system support:

organizational (preparation of organizational structure, organizational documents and regulations);

informational (reconciliation, normalization, classification, coding, development of new master data arrays, etc.);

methodological (development of necessary techniques);

software

A generalized diagram of the organization of work is shown in the figure.

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Prerequisites for creating a corporate reference data management system

Data processed in the automated system of any organization can be divided into two categories:

operational information;

regulatory and reference information.

Operational information – characteristics of specific operations performed by divisions of the organization. For example, on industrial enterprise it is formed in the AC class:

CAD/CAM (Computer Aided Design - Computer-aided design/Computer Aided Manufacturing - Automated production preparation);

PLM/PDM (Product Lifecycle Management - Management life cycle products/Product Data Management - Product data management);

MES (Manufacturing Execution System - management system production processes);

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning - Enterprise Resource Planning);

CRM (Customer Relationship Management), etc.

Thus, operational information supports the management of business processes of design, production, sales, procurement, financial management, etc.

Reference information is conditionally permanent information borrowed from regulatory documents and reference books and used in the operation of the AS. In foreign practice, the term Master Data is used in relation to reference data. In the AS database, regulatory and reference information is represented by arrays of reference data - sets of data generated on the basis of documents.

Operational information is generated on the basis of master data. Consequently, with low quality of reference data (errors in records, duplication, contradictions, incomplete description of objects), the efficiency of enterprise management is significantly reduced.

Typical reasons for low quality reference data are:

lack of unified classification and coding systems for reference data arrays with information about homogeneous objects;

lack of standards for describing objects represented by records of master data arrays;

lack of regulations for maintaining master data arrays.

Poor quality of reference data leads to the following main problems:

the complexity of integrating the enterprise's automated systems into a single information space;

inability to promptly obtain consolidated reporting and monitor key indicators;

the impossibility of fully organizing centralized processes (purchases, after-sales service, etc.);

mismatch of information about products at various stages of its life cycle.

Emerging problems are solved by creating a corporate reference data management system.

Organization of the functioning of the NSI CSU

KSU NSI provides automated execution of the following processes:

1. Maintaining the NSI Fund arrays:

updating the NSI Fund arrays;

information services for subscribers of the NSI Foundation;

2. Expert and methodological support of the NSI Foundation:

formation and normalization of NSI Fund arrays;

quality control of reference data arrays;

monitoring information resources and the needs for reference data of departments and AS of the organization;

development of normative and methodological documents for the management and support of the NSI Fund.

3. Organizational support of the NSI Foundation:

maintaining the register of the Fund of reference data (register of arrays of reference data);

maintaining a register of reference data suppliers;

maintaining the register of subscribers of the NSI Foundation;

administration of users of the NSI Foundation.

The functioning scheme of the NSI Fund is given below:

Basic software

When creating a master data management system, software products of the MDM (Master Data Management) class are used, which implement basic functionality:

managing the contents of master data arrays (data entry/editing/export/import, support for data normalization processes and monitoring the integrity of related arrays);

viewing and searching the contents of master data arrays (including displaying complex hierarchies and searching for duplicates);

data quality control (creation and execution of complex scenarios for identifying and correcting errors various types);

management of applications for adding/changing master data objects (including the implementation of complex approval processes);

integration (synchronization) of data (including the creation and execution of data synchronization scenarios for any array of reference data and each target AS - consumer of the reference data);

administration of users and system resources.

Both the most common foreign industrial software products of the MDM class (master data management) - IBM InfoSphere MDM, SAP NetWeaver MDM, Oracle MDM, as well as domestic specialized ones can be used as base software software package LM Soft MDM.

The main work on the creation of the NSI CSU

The development of the NSI CSU includes the following main works:

determining a list of the main functional areas of the organization’s activities, within the framework of which the management of reference data is automated, defining the goals and objectives of the Reference Data Fund;

formation of a register of automated enterprise systems, a register of local arrays of reference data in functional areas;

formation of a register of the Reference Data Fund (register of centralized arrays of reference data);

development of classification and coding systems for the NSI Foundation arrays, harmonized with industry, state and international directories and classifiers;

development of standardized description formats;

functional modeling of the processes of collecting and making changes to the arrays of the Reference Data Fund, information services for subscribers of the Reference Data Fund;

construction of a generalized model for storing reference data and standard schemes for integrating AS in terms of reference data;

development of hardware and software architecture for MDM solutions;

setting up a basic MDM system and developing additional software;

preparation of reference data arrays (classification, coding, reconciliation, normalization);

development of organizational and regulatory documents for the management of the NSI Fund;

development of methods for transferring master data arrays to centralized management;

transfer of master data arrays to centralized management.

Advantages of the proposed approach to creating a CSU for reference data

The main advantages of LM Soft’s approach to the development of reference data management systems include the following:

1) Master data arrays are developed in accordance with the generally accepted approach in international practice to the description and codification of objects (cataloging).

Each group of homogeneous master data objects must have a standardized description template with a standard base name and a fixed set of values ​​for key characteristics. The composition of characteristics in the template allows you to uniquely identify an object and assign it identification code. Lists of group names, attributes, descriptions of elements and their values ​​are maintained in the format of dictionaries (directories) in accordance with regulations that ensure their timely updating, uniqueness of values ​​and compliance with regulatory requirements, which reduces the costs of maintaining master data arrays and integrating enterprise automated systems.

2) System design is carried out in accordance with the methodology of the GOST 34 complex (Automated systems).

The NSI CSU is divided into functional subsystems (FS) according to the company’s areas of activity (materials and technical support, fixed assets management, contract management, financial management, etc.) and supporting subsystems (software, information support, methodological support, organizational support, etc.).

Each FP is responsible for the centralized maintenance of a complex of interconnected directories and classifiers this direction activities. All FPs use common resources provided by supporting subsystems (software, integration mechanisms, organizational structure, etc.).

As a result of the implementation of the system, a single automated centralized Master Data Fund begins to function in the company, supported by single unified types of collateral. This reduces the cost of maintaining it, adding new functional subsystems and developing existing ones.

3) When creating a control system for reference data, any industrial software system of the MDM class can be used. At the same time, LM Soft offers its own specialized software package.

The LM Soft MDM complex is implemented on the basis of the version of the 1C: Enterprise platform certified by FSTEC of Russia.

Use of domestic software system MDM solves the problem of import substitution in terms of software, significantly reduces the cost of the implemented CCS reference data (compared to the use of MDM systems foreign manufacturers) and facilitates the task of creating secure reference data control systems.

Effects of implementing the NSI CSU

The effects of implementing the NSI CCS can be divided into two main groups:

1. Economic (quantitative indicators characterizing the results in the areas of activity of the Group of Companies, in physical or monetary terms):

reduction of costs for maintaining reference data;

reducing the cost of supporting existing speakers;

reducing the time for introducing new systems;

reducing the cost of AS integration;

increase in sales of final products and spare parts;

reducing costs for the purchase of material and technical resources;

reduction of warehouse stocks and illiquid stock;

2. Managerial (qualitative indicators characterizing positive changes in the areas of activity of the Group of Companies, which are difficult to evaluate in physical or monetary terms):

increasing the reliability of analytical data;

reduction of time for preparing consolidated reports;

increasing the number and degree of detail of analytical features;

increasing the efficiency of design and production processes;

increasing process efficiency after sales service;

increasing the efficiency of managing receivables and payables;

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Introduction

Creation of a unified information space – necessary condition effective management various objects, be it an enterprise, department, region or state. The formation of a unified environment presupposes integration management processes, accompanied by normalization information flows. Often, moving information to different levels and parts of the control object are supported by various information and accounting systems. Accordingly, there is a need to integrate these systems. The growing processes of globalization of the world economy are, in essence, integration processes. Such integration tasks are especially relevant for Russia in connection with its upcoming entry into the World War II Trade Organization(WTO).

The task of integrating information and accounting systems consists of two interrelated parts: data integration and subsequent application integration. When performing data integration, it is necessary to unify and standardize normative and reference information (RNI). .

Master data is a conditionally permanent part of all information in an information system (IS), in contrast to current information, formed directly in the process of working in the IS. The master data includes: directories, dictionaries, linear and hierarchical lists, classifiers, registers, codifiers, data from which is used in the generation of current documents.

To denote such reference information in the English-language literature, the term Master Data (master data, master data) is used, and the tasks of managing it are called Master Data Management (MDM). However, in Russian the concept of normative reference information (RNI) is now more often used ), which has emerged in management disciplines national economy, back in pre-computer times. In this case, the definition of “normative” reflects the fact that the problem of creating directories must be solved taking into account industry, state and international standards.

If today such terms as, for example, ACS (Automated Control Systems) or IS (Information Systems) have become familiar, then the abbreviation “SU NSI” (Regulatory Reference Information Management System) often causes confusion. Even the meaning that lies behind its decoding is often understood only by specialists. NSI is not just a database, but a complexly organized system with many cross-references between individual directories and classifiers. The mechanism for maintaining the relevance of reference information is especially important. The requirements for the completeness, accuracy and relevance of information in the reference data system are much stricter than in a conventional database, since during the operation of any information system, including automated control systems, the information content of applied tasks depends on the reference data data. Master data is the “foundation” of the entire information system and management of this system should be centralized. Figure 1 shows the reference data lower level, the “information foundation” of the entire IS structure.

Rice. 1 Information system levels

It is the centralized management of the reference data system, subject to unified regulations and provided by a unified technological environment, that allows maintaining the unification of data, completeness, integrity and relevance of all reference books and classifiers included in its composition. Therefore, to have an effectively working IS that solves real problems.

The development of full-fledged software for master data management began just a few years ago. Leading software manufacturers have recently been paying more and more attention to master data management tools (in the English version MDM, Master Data Management - master data management).

It is difficult to imagine solving integration problems without centralized management of reference data. The problem of master data management arises even in such automated and information-supported structures as banks or insurance companies. Master data management systems allow not only to accumulate data from several integrated banking systems, for example, to generate reports for several accounting systems; but also to solve the problems of operational management of reference data.

In Russia there is no single center for the formation of reference data similar to GOSTs. And, although new laws related to the development and circulation of electronic technical documents, they have not yet had a noticeable impact on the situation.

The role of NSI in the informatization of the region

Regional informatization plays an important role in the implementation of the development strategy for the information technology sector in our country. Recently in the regions Russian Federation Work has intensified on the use of information technologies in all spheres of life in the regions. This was facilitated by federal authorities state power a number of events and the adoption of regulatory documents in the field of use of information technologies at the federal, departmental, regional and municipal levels. One of such documents, designed to help solve problems of comprehensive informatization of the region, is the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation “On the procedure for the formation and use of basic classifiers, reference books and registers in the provision of government and municipal services V electronic form" dated 08/31/2010

A special role for reference data is also assigned to informatization programs for industries and departments. For example, in published on March 31, 2010. The draft Concept of Informatization of Healthcare especially emphasizes that information systems in healthcare should be designed taking into account standards and regulations and be based on a single master data. (The composition of the reference data used in the healthcare sector includes social development And labor relations The Russian Federation includes a total of 163 different classifiers and reference books)..

At the regional level, the goal of implementing the NSI infrastructure in automated systems management - the creation of a unified system of directories and classifiers used in state (municipal) information systems of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation, as well as the formation of basic accounting registers that ensure the collection and storage of information provided on the main objects of regional management. The master data management system, being a centralized repository and sole supplier a common reference data for all infrastructure and departmental information systems in the region should ensure information compatibility of local information systems and applications " e-government» subject.

Obviously, the next step in the development of information technology in the Russian Federation should be the subsequent integration of departmental, regional and municipal information systems at the federal level. This task of integrating government information systems is so complex that in addition to standardizing documents (for example, based on XML) and integration infrastructure in the form of software, routing XML documents, government efforts are also needed in the field of standardizing data descriptions.

An example of an initiative in this area is the e-GMS (UK GoverNmeNt Metadata StaNdard) standard adopted in the UK. . Many countries have taken as a basis the so-called “Dublin Core”, which includes 15 elements of information description:

• title;
• author or creator;
• topic and keywords;
• description;
• publisher;
• other contributors;
• date;
• resource type;
• format;
• resource identifier;
• source;
• language;
• communications;
• area (coverage);
• rights management.

In addition to the elements themselves, the “Dublin Core” has so-called clarifications of elements, for example: “Date of creation”, “Date of publication”, “Expiration date”, etc. Countries can not only use this core, but also add any additional elements they deem necessary. In addition, the first tool when searching for information is usually browsing categories. Therefore, government metadata standards initiatives are defining standards for a list of categories (a primary search tool without the use of keywords).

Conclusions

When familiarizing yourself with legislation aimed at regulating the provision of state and municipal services in electronic form, and the organization of interdepartmental information interaction at the state and municipal levels, can be seen:

• actual absence in regulatory legal acts mandatory for compliance with the requirements for standardization of information technologies and software used in government information systems necessary to ensure interdepartmental exchange of information;
• the absence in regulatory legal acts of uniform clear requirements for directories, classifiers and data schemes of information systems used in interdepartmental information exchange;
• the absence in regulatory legal acts of uniform and mandatory mechanisms for providing information and providing assistance to all federal, regional and municipal authorities public services in electronic form. .

Today, both in the Russian Federation and abroad, the main difficulty in implementing projects in the field of providing electronic services at the state, regional and municipal levels, as well as similar interdepartmental projects, in conditions where significant efforts are required to integrate data and applications, is not in the use of certain specific technologies, but in organizing the process of adopting relevant standards and harmonizing information technology architectures various organizations and departments.

Projects in the field of provision of electronic services at the state, regional, municipal and departmental levels, which are carried out by governments different countries, provide the following main types of standards:

• data standards;
• standards for interdepartmental information exchange;
• metadata (and information retrieval) standards;
• safety standards.

A unified modern methodology for maintaining master data is needed, otherwise, as the amount of data increases, the system will become unmanageable.
The regulations and methodology for filling reference books and classifiers must be spelled out in detail, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to ensure high-quality and orderly work of experts in maintaining reference data. There is a need for a clear delineation of the areas of competence and responsibility of users of reference data and experts in its management.

Highly efficient modern technology and reference data management system, problem solving multi-user access to it with the possibility of physical separation of powers, implementing the interaction of users with experts and ensuring easy scaling of the system when increasing both the reference data base and the number of serving experts.

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In the 21st century, we have entered a period of development when it is absolutely impossible to imagine life without electronic computers and software for them, which help us in everyday life, increase the productivity of an individual specialist, and speed up the passage of time.

In our sacred and information age great value has a quick search for all questions that interest us, starting from a method of opening a can without an opener and ending with a request for a regulatory document at the federal level.

In our blessed and information age, a quick search for all questions that interest us is of great importance, from the method of opening a tin can without an opener to requesting a regulatory document at the federal level. Any legal action is accompanied by appropriate documentation. Therefore, there are even more such documents in the state document flow, because this area is quite large-scale.

Any reference and information base can be combined into one general name - regulatory and reference information. Of course, the system requires the presence of such employees who would work with it. Especially for this purpose, a department is created in the company, the work of which is entirely devoted to the fact that employees manage the reference data. Maintaining regulatory and reference information is a rather responsible matter that requires mandatory attention and high professionalism.

Regulatory and reference information is a complex of all information questions and answers to them that appear in various spheres of human life. Such a system consists of huge amount information that conveys all the necessary information from various areas of human life.

A good example for understanding reference data are special reference information databases, which are a list of regulatory legal acts, decrees and laws. This type of work should be handled by a special department.

As a rule, such a reference book is needed by every specialist and institution that directly and on ordinary days encounter problematic issue receipt of any legislative act. Absolutely all legislative acts are stored in reference books; there are quite a lot of them and it often happens that finding what you need is problematic. And the presence of reference data reference books (in addition to their classifiers) greatly simplifies the matter. Take, for example, the most common reference book of diseases, in which any person, based on specific symptoms, can approximately obtain the name of his disease, as well as methods and methods of treating it. Also, NSI is actively used to solve various tasks, having a narrow specialization and intended for specialists of a narrow profile. In other words, any organization must have a special reference data department, which, in turn, will deal with such matters as maintaining information, managing information, etc.

The master data usually includes the following information and analytical components:

• reference books
• classifiers, for example, such as OKDP, OKATU, etc.
• various dictionaries

All this data as a whole represents a powerful tool capable of solving complex and multi-level problems.

Features and advantages of reference data

The set of normative and reference information is a fairly powerful tool for storing and high-quality systematization of information included in its components.

An important advantage of the master data system is the ability to create reports of any complexity, which helps to satisfy any, even the most complex user requirements.

In conclusion, we can add that master data systems are a powerful work tool that are simply necessary in any labor processes each enterprise, as well as in the work processes of federal and municipal self-government bodies.

H4 class="g-subhead">Definition of normative and reference information (RNI)

Regulatory and reference information of an enterprise is conditionally permanent information structured in a certain way, intended for the purpose of forming and describing business objects and business processes of the company.

Most often, normative reference corporate information consists of reference books, regulatory documents, dictionaries, classifiers and other types of concepts designed to form a unified corporate information space.

The basis of the organization’s reference data consists of three main groups:

• Information component. This includes classifiers, reference books and regulatory documents.
• Software and hardware. This includes a set of software, as well as technical means, which are designed to collect, store and edit information. They are also designed to provide access to data.
• Organizational support. This includes a system of regulations and organizational structure to maintain, control and support data analysis and transformation procedures.

Systems used to support reference information are currently in high demand among customers and project integrators. Russian large companies are trying not so much to purchase such systems as to take an active part in the development of their software solutions this issue. Perhaps purchasing such a system will seem quite expensive to you, but believe me, it is worth it.

Reference data in organizations and firms

Companies that initially paid attention to the high importance of systems for supporting regulatory and reference information and invested in their development are already making good profits today.

There are several main reasons why managers large companies try to use reference information systems in their organizations:

• The need to integrate information systems, which, in turn, will significantly reduce the organization’s costs for a variety of processes for maintaining master data;
• The ability to use a unified system of reference information codes - this will automate the generation of corporate reporting;
• The ability to significantly increase the level of reliability and quality of regulatory and reference information by eliminating the possibility of data duplication;
• Reducing the costs of obtaining and processing regulatory and reference information without losing the quality of this information.