Master data
Each of the functional areas has a master data table. The Customer table is the master data table for the Sales & Marketing area. The G/L Account table is the master data table for the Financial Management area. There are also other master tables and secondary master tables, which relate to the main master table in a functional area. For instance, the Customer table has quite a few secondary master data tables such as Contacts, Bank Accounts, Ship-to Addresses, or Cross-References. They are defined in this way because a single customer may have multiple contacts, bank accounts, ship-to addresses, or cross-references.
The secondary master data of a main master data register can be found in the Navigate tab (although not all items in the Navigate tab are secondary master data):
So far we've seen what we could call core master data tables, which hold the basic information in a functional area, and we've seen that these tables may have some secondary master data...
