Master Data Services
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Master Data Services is a SQL Server component for managing, governing, and maintaining consistent master data across an organization’s systems and applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Master Data Services canonical | 5 |
| SQL Server Master Data Services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452344 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Master Data Services Context triple: [SQL Server, supportsFeature, Master Data Services]
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A.
Power BI Gateway
Power BI Gateway is an on-premises data gateway that securely connects local data sources to Microsoft Power BI and other cloud services for refresh and live queries.
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B.
Power BI
Power BI is a Microsoft business analytics and data visualization platform used to transform, analyze, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
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C.
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based analytics service from Microsoft that unifies big data and data warehousing to enable large-scale data integration, exploration, and business intelligence.
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D.
Dynamics 365
Dynamics 365 is Microsoft’s cloud-based suite of integrated business applications that combines enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities.
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E.
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development suite from Microsoft that enables users to analyze data, build custom business apps, automate workflows, and create virtual agents using integrated tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Master Data Services Target entity description: Master Data Services is a SQL Server component for managing, governing, and maintaining consistent master data across an organization’s systems and applications.
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A.
Power BI Gateway
Power BI Gateway is an on-premises data gateway that securely connects local data sources to Microsoft Power BI and other cloud services for refresh and live queries.
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B.
Power BI
Power BI is a Microsoft business analytics and data visualization platform used to transform, analyze, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
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C.
Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure Synapse Analytics is a cloud-based analytics service from Microsoft that unifies big data and data warehousing to enable large-scale data integration, exploration, and business intelligence.
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D.
Dynamics 365
Dynamics 365 is Microsoft’s cloud-based suite of integrated business applications that combines enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities.
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E.
Microsoft Power Platform
Microsoft Power Platform is a low-code development suite from Microsoft that enables users to analyze data, build custom business apps, automate workflows, and create virtual agents using integrated tools like Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Virtual Agents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SQL Server component
ⓘ
master data management solution ⓘ |
| allows |
definition of collections of members
ⓘ
definition of derived hierarchies ⓘ definition of domain-based attributes ⓘ definition of entities and attributes ⓘ definition of explicit hierarchies ⓘ definition of validation rules ⓘ role-based security ⓘ |
| availableIn |
SQL Server 2012
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
SQL Server 2014 ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
SQL Server 2016 ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
SQL Server 2017 ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
SQL Server 2019 ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| designedFor |
centralizing master data definitions
ⓘ
ensuring consistency of key business data ⓘ managing master data across multiple systems ⓘ supporting data governance processes ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
MDS Excel add-in
ⓘ
MDS configuration manager ⓘ MDS database ⓘ MDS web application ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Microsoft Excel
ⓘ
linked to:
Excel
SQL Server Integration Services ⓘ SQL Server Reporting Services ⓘ other line-of-business applications ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
SQL Server 2008 R2
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| partOf |
Microsoft SQL Server
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| runsOn |
Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine
ⓘ
linked to:
SQL Server
|
| stores |
attributes
ⓘ
business rules ⓘ collections ⓘ hierarchies ⓘ master data entities ⓘ members ⓘ versions of master data ⓘ |
| supports |
Excel add-in
ⓘ
business rules enforcement ⓘ data governance ⓘ data stewardship ⓘ hierarchy management ⓘ master data management ⓘ security and authorization for master data ⓘ staging tables for data import ⓘ transaction logging for master data changes ⓘ version management ⓘ web-based user interface ⓘ workflow for data changes ⓘ |
| usedFor |
chart of accounts master data
ⓘ
customer master data ⓘ product master data ⓘ vendor master data ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Master Data Services Description of subject: Master Data Services is a SQL Server component for managing, governing, and maintaining consistent master data across an organization’s systems and applications.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Master Data Services