Publishing master data using IBM MDM Publisher

The IBM® MDM Publisher component enables you to create data subscriptions for all, or subsets of, the master data in your InfoSphere® MDM system.

The MDM Publisher enables bulk loads of master data as well as ongoing synchronization. The synchronization is performed using the Apache Kafka messaging platform. Once you configure your data subscriptions using a web user interface, MDM Publisher generates and deploys the necessary data movement capabilities.

Depending on your data publishing requirements, you can set up multiple MDM Publisher subscriptions with different data scopes. This provides you with the flexibility to replicate your master data to the necessary application instances.

MDM Publisher supports publishing InfoSphere MDM Advanced Edition or Standard Edition data to a number of different target endpoints.
Table 1. MDM Publisher releases
MDM Publisher release Get it from Supported publishing targets Learn more
MDM Publisher Refresh 6 (August 2023)

12.0.0.1-MDM-PUB-AUG2023

 IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson™ on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 to 4.0.8, 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7. Publishing to FIPS-enabled clusters is supported for Cloud Pak for Data 4.6 and 4.7.
    Note: Special configuration is required to publish data to IBM Match 360 on Cloud Pak for Data 4.7. For more information, see Configuring data transfer through IBM Aspera to Cloud Pak for Data 4.7.0 or later.
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Feature summary
MDM Publisher Refresh 5 (March 2023)

12.0.0.1-MDM-PUB-MAR2023

 IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 to 4.0.8, 4.5, and 4.6 (including deployments on FIPS-enabled clusters)
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Feature summary
MDM Publisher Refresh 4 (November 2022)

12.0.0.1-MDM-PUB-NOV2022

 IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 to 4.0.8, 4.5, and 4.6
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Feature summary
InfoSphere MDM 12.0.0.1 release (June 2022) IBM Passport Advantage® or IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 to 4.0.8, 4.5, and 4.6
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Includes MDM Publisher security enhancements and other fixes
MDM Publisher Refresh 3 (March 2022)

12.0.0.0-MDM-PUB-MAR2022

 IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 and above
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Feature summary
MDM Publisher Refresh 2 (December 2021)

12.0.0.0-MDM-PUB-DEC2021

 IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 and above
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Feature summary
MDM Publisher Refresh 1 (July 2021)

12.0.0.0-MDM-PUB-JUL2021

 IBM Fix Central
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.1 and above
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
 Feature summary
InfoSphere MDM 12.0.0 release (March 2021) IBM Passport Advantage
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0.0
  • IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) on IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service
  • IBM Master Data Connect on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 3.0 or 3.5
  • IBM Master Data Connect on-premises installation (last released in InfoSphere MDM 11.6.0.11)
 Feature summary
Tip: For information about downloading MDM Publisher assets from IBM Passport Advantage or IBM Fix Central, see Downloading MDM Publisher assets.

Publishing target endpoints

IBM Match 360 with Watson service on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 and above

This type of connection enables you to publish master data from InfoSphere MDM Advanced Edition or Standard Edition, through MDM Publisher, to the IBM Match 360 with Watson service on IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 or above.

For information about connecting MDM Publisher to IBM Match 360 with Watson, see Securing MDM Publisher bulk job connections.

For information about the IBM Match 360 with Watson service on IBM Cloud Pak for Data, see IBM Match 360 with Watson in the IBM Cloud Pak for Data 4.0 documentation.

IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) service on IBM Cloud® or IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service

This type of connection enables you to publish master data from InfoSphere MDM Advanced Edition or Standard Edition, through MDM Publisher, to the IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) service on IBM Cloud or IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.

For information about connecting MDM Publisher to the IBM Match 360 with Watson service, see Connecting MDM Publisher to the IBM Match 360 service on Cloud Pak for Data as a Service.

For information about the IBM Match 360 with Watson service, see the IBM Match 360 with Watson (Beta) service documentation in the IBM Cloud Pak for Data as a Service product hub.

See the rest of the topics in this section for details about setting up and using IBM MDM Publisher to publish master data.