Talend Enterprise MDM Features Comparison Matrix


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Active Data Model
Flexible XML based Data Model Ok Ok
Talend MDM allows you to model any data and does not restrict you to a pre-defined data model. The Active Data Model allows you to define entities, attributes, validations, access rights translations and much more. The open XML based approach is naturally multi-domain.
Object Oriented Data Modeling Ok Ok
Talend MDM presents a true object oriented data model that allows you to use inheritance and polymorphic characteristics in your data model.
Import Domain Templates Ok Ok
The Talend MDM allows you to import a best practice domain model into the hub to get up and running quickly. The Talend community has best practice domain models available for vertical specific domains. Once imported a domain model can be customized easily for your unique requirements.
Basic Data Validations and Business Rules Ok Ok
The data model enforces basic validations such as field length or type, but extends this to add validation against enumerated types and calculated values. For instance, validate a string matches a regular expression or if a date is within a range. These validations are defined in the model, enforced in automatically published services and the forms of the web interface.
Graphical Modeling Tool Ok Ok
Talend MDM provides an intuitive graphic interface that quick and easy creation of your unique data model. A drag and drop interface and simple menus allow you to set access rights, define foreign keys and even create a web-based interface for the data.
Multiple Language Support Ok Ok
Talend MDM inherently supports multiple languages. Master data and its metadata can be provisioned by language and driven by security groups or through custom user control.
 
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Domain Driven Integration
Complete Data Integration functionality Ok Ok
Talend MDM provides a rich data-integration layer with more than 400 components, including connectors for almost any database, systems and real time interactions such as JMS queues, Web Services, FTP, HTTP, and Change Data Capture (CDC). The integration allows you to connect to virtually any system or database. A list of over 400 connectors can be found at http://www.talendforge.org/components/.
Automated services based integration- Event Management Ok Ok
The solution employs a trigger based event manager that monitors changes and initiates actions for integration or workflow as defined by the data model. This allows the model to define flow and orchestrate a process for master data. Master data is the owner of its lifecycle and also drives when and how it is created, cleansed, placed in a workflow or synchronized with other systems.
Real time and batch integration Ok Ok
Data can be trickle fed through various mechanisms: JMS queues, scheduled jobs, automatic load on the arrival of a file etc. When the record arrives into the hub, the event manager may trigger further processing (advanced validation, enrichment, propagation to other systems. . . ).
SOA Manager/Console   Ok
The SOA systems console provides overall system health status and insight into the status of deployed jobs and to identify concerns.
 
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Master Data Quality
Data Profiling Ok Ok
Talend MDM includes a complete Profiler that enables the assessment of the quality level any data as defined by a set of metrics and goals. It provides simple or advanced statistics to text string analysis, including summary data and statistical distributions of hub data.
Accurate data matching Ok Ok
Accurate identification of potential duplicate records is a core function of Talend MDM. The approach with Talend is to simplify the process and provide a set of tools that allow you to match whatever data you are mastering. Further, the open platform allows you to insert custom algorithms to calculate match scores. Surviving a master record through automated and manual process are also included (see feature descriptions in stewardship section)
Data Standardization Ok Ok
Components are provided that allow you to make callouts to data standardization services such as Address Doctor or QAS.
Data Cleansing Ok Ok
Components are provided that allows you to identify and remove duplicates, complete and correct values and properly format hub data.
Data Augmentation Ok Ok
Make calls to external systems or databases to augment hub data with attributes from a reliable source such as hierarchy information or other reference data lookup/validation.
Data Survivorship   Ok
Talend MDM includes components that allow you to define and implement business rules in order to survive data from multiple records. Custom and pre built rules can be configured for conditions such as most recent value, most reliable source or most regular values.
Data bucketing and blocking   Ok
Talend MDM includes features that allow you to optimize a match process by bucketing or creating blocks of data in which to look for duplicates.
Advanced Data Validations and Business Rules   Ok
With advanced validations you can calculate values based on attribute data and then propagate the data and validation routine to any associated services and the web-based front tend.
 
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Data Stewardship & Governance
Dynamic, web based governance and stewardship tool Ok Ok
Talend MDM includes a complete, dynamic AJAX based interface allows you to search, author and modify any master data. It provides an interface for data and workflow tasks to provide structure to data stewardship and hierarchy management.
Business User Data Export/Import Ok Ok
Enable the business user to import or export master data into hub from web interface.
Hierarchy Management Ð multiple & recursive hierarchies Ok Ok
Talend MDM can manage any level hierarchy. It can also manage multiple relationships within a hierarchical structure. Multiple hierarchies can be modeled and managed using any pivot and made available to the business user.
Hierarchy import and overlays Ok Ok
Talend MDM can align your master data with a hierarchy from an external system or database to augment the master data with information from a trusted reliable source third party data provider.
Business Process Management (BPM) and Workflow   Ok
A complete Business Process Management framework is included in Talend MDM. Workflow is defined and managed by the master data and workflow tasks such as approvals of data, etc. …) are assigned to users or groups of users. Configuration of workflow is accomplished using an intuitive graphical interface.
Automated Data Survivorship   Ok
Talend MDM includes components that allow you to define and implement business rules in order to survive data from multiple records. Custom and pre built rules can be configured for conditions such as most recent value, most reliable source or most regular values.
Manual Resolution through intuitive interface   Ok
The Data Stewardship Console that is included with Talend MDM allows a data steward to manually inspect records that are candidate matches and manually choose values that will survive in the master record. This task-based system allows you to track data through this process and provides a framework of team resolution.
Custom form development   Ok
Design and deploy custom forms for any master data. Move pre-bound fields on a form to arrange them in optimized order. Create columns to maximize space and apply custom javascript or css. Customization of the web UI improves adoption in the business audience for MDM. Custom forms allow for a consistent look and feel for an organization.
Master data search   Ok
Search an entire hub across all data. Search results return scored entities across all master data. Find master data in seconds. No other MDM solution provides this function out of box.
 
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MDM Administration
Historical Views of Hub Data Ok Ok
Talend MDM allows you to view complete historical values and structure of master data within the hub. It also provides a journal of all hub events.
Master data audit trail information Ok Ok
Complete history of all hub activity is recorded and accessible through an intuitive search tool. The audit information is also easily exported.
Code Generator Ok Ok
Robust Code Generator - as with the complete Talend product line, behind the graphical interface is a complex and well-designed code generator. A hub can be deployed without any manual code.
Roles based Security and Active Directory Integration Ok Ok
Roles based access control (RBAC) security is a foundation feature of Talend MDM. The constructs allow to design and enforce not just read/write access to groups and individuals but also allows for provisioning of data. Further, configuration of the web UI, access to data sources and the translation of elements can all be controlled by the roles based access constructs in the product. (CE is limited to one user/one role)
Hub Versioning   Ok
Create a complete version of a hub to make changes or modifications or deploy in a new environment. Also provided are tools to synchronize hub versions.
Extended Support   Ok
Remote Management   Ok