Network MDM data flow and maintenance
There are a number of ways to import, export, and maintain data, using the Network MDM UI and other applications and products. These methods enable you to share and access data within and outside of Network MDM while ensuring quality data.
The primary method for importing and exporting data in Network MDM is through subscriptions, which are also used to perform data maintenance.
Network MDM also provides mechanisms for performing one-time updates, as well as for sharing data between Network MDM and other Veeva products. and the API enable you to access and update Network MDM data through your own applications.
Source and target subscriptions are linked to systems that correspond to a data source or target, and which include their own set of reference aliases. Each system can also be configured for proprietary or third-party data, and be ranked to determine survivorship during match and merge.
Loading data
The following are some of the more common ways to load data in Network MDM.
Source subscriptions
Source subscriptions enable you to load local or third-party data into your Network MDMinstance for matching and merging with your existing local data or Veeva OpenData. These jobs can be scheduled to run on a regular basis.
Veeva OpenData subscriptions
Veeva OpenData subscriptions enable you to load HCP and HCO global data into your Network MDM instance. This data is mastered by Veeva OpenData. Subscriptions can be enabled by country and the jobs can be scheduled.
Data Updater
The Data Updater enables you to perform ad hoc updates by loading single files of local data into your Network MDM instance. These types of jobs cannot be scheduled.
Data Update API
Users with access to the Network MDM API can use the Data Update API to perform small batch record changes. A system is defined for each call to ensure that source rankings are applied and changes are reflected in the record's data lineage.
Exporting data
The following are some of the more common ways to export data from Network MDM.
Target Subscriptions
Target subscriptions enable you to extract and export data so that you can update downstream systems. Data change requests can also be exported so that they can be managed by third-party systems.
Compliance data subscriptions
For US instances, the US Compliance target subscription enables you to export raw data for use in federal and state transparency reporting.
Integrating with other Veeva applications
To facilitate the process of sharing data between Network MDM and other Veeva applications, the following features enable you to share data more seamlessly:
- Network Bridge - manage the process of exporting data to Veeva CRM and Vault CRM.
- Veeva Connector - facilitate data sharing with Veeva CRM, Veeva Vault, and Veeva Nitro
- Concur Connector - integrate Veeva OpenData search with SAP Concur®
For more information on these integrations, see Network MDM Integrations.
External applications
Use the Network MDM API to perform import and export tasks programatically, so you can manage subscriptions and change requests, view object metadata, and search Network MDM. For more information, see the Network MDM developer documentation.
enable you to search Network MDM, view record profiles and affiliations, and submit change requests, all from an external web application. For more information on configuring widgets, see .
Data maintenance
Network MDM provides data maintenance subscriptions that enable you to maintain data quality by performing the following tasks:
- identify and merge duplicate records
- inactivate sub-objects belonging to inactive HCPs and HCOs
- delete locally managed records
- anonymize deleted HCP records to comply with data privacy requirements
- unsubscribe from specific third-party or Veeva OpenData records
For more information on using these subscriptions, see Data maintenance subscriptions.
Data flow
The type of data and its direction flow depend on each feature accordingly:
| Feature | Data flow | Type of data |
|---|---|---|
| source subscription | inbound | Network MDM data |
| target subscription | outbound | Network MDM data, DCRs |
| Data Updater | inbound | Network MDM data |
| Veeva OpenData | inbound | Network MDM data |
| Veeva OpenData | outbound | DCRs |
| Network MDM API | bi-directional | Network MDM data, object data, DCRs |
| bi-directional | Network MDM data, DCRs | |
| Network Concur Connector | outbound | Network MDM data |
| Veeva Connector (Veeva CRM, Veeva Vault) | bi-directional | object data |
| Veeva Connector (Veeva Nitro) | outbound | Network MDM data |
| Network Bridge (Veeva CRM, Vault CRM) | outbound | Network MDM data |