System Administration Functional Area (Master Data Manager)

Applies to: SQL Server on Windows Azure SQL Managed Instance

Important

Master Data Services (MDS) is removed in SQL Server 2025 (17.x). We continue to support MDS in SQL Server 2022 (16.x) and earlier versions.

In the System Administration functional area, administrators can create a model and all its objects. They can also create business rules and create and deploy model packages. For more information about administrators, see Administrators (Master Data Services).

Model

Models (Master Data Services)

Create a Model (Master Data Services)

Entities (Master Data Services)

Create an Entity (Master Data Services)

Attributes (Master Data Services)

Domain-Based Attributes (Master Data Services)

Create a Text Attribute (Master Data Services)

Create a Domain-Based Attribute (Master Data Services)

Attribute Groups (Master Data Services)

Create an Attribute Group (Master Data Services)

Deploying Models (Master Data Services)

Deploy a Model Deployment Package by Using the Wizard

Create a Model Deployment Package by Using the Wizard

Business Rules

Business Rules (Master Data Services)

Create and Publish a Business Rule (Master Data Services)

Business Rule Conditions (Master Data Services)

Business Rule Actions (Master Data Services)

See Also

Master Data Manager Web Application