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What is Primentra?

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ERP
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Golden record
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Primentra is a master data service — a system for managing your organization's core reference data. Products, customers, suppliers, cost centers, locations, and any other structured business entity that must stay accurate, consistent, and shared across systems.

The problem: master data is everywhere

In most organizations the same entity exists in several systems at once, and it is slightly different in each one. A product has one code in the ERP, a different description in the CRM, and a third version in a spreadsheet that somebody maintains by hand. There is no single version of the truth.

The result is inconsistent reports, failed integrations, hours of manual reconciliation, and change requests that nobody can trace.

The golden record

Master data management is built on the golden record — one authoritative, validated, approved version of every entity. All other systems read from it. Changes pass through a governance process before they are committed.

Primentra produces and maintains those golden records.

What Primentra gives you

  • Data grid — edit master data in a validated grid with inline editing, filtering, bulk operations, and Excel import and export
  • Business rules — check data against rules you build in the UI, before it is saved
  • Approval workflows — route changes through a configurable approval process before they reach the master record
  • Integration and staging — push clean data to downstream systems through staging tables and integration views
  • Modeling — configure models, entities, and attributes through a UI, without writing code
  • Permissions — role-based access down to the attribute level
  • Audit log — every change is recorded with who made it, what changed, and when

Who it is for

Primentra is built for organizations that need governed, structured master data. It is aimed in particular at teams that are replacing Microsoft MDS (Master Data Services).

The MDS timeline. Microsoft removed MDS from SQL Server 2025. SQL Server 2022 is the last release that carries it. Mainstream support for SQL Server 2022 ends 11 January 2028 and extended support ends 11 January 2033, so MDS keeps getting security patches until then. What ends is your ability to move MDS onto a newer SQL Server.

If your team manages product catalogs, organizational hierarchies, customer reference data, or any entity that several downstream systems depend on, Primentra is designed for that work.

Where to go next

  1. Try the interactive demo. It needs no setup and no sign-in.
  2. Read the system requirements before you install.
  3. If you are coming from MDS, start at the migration overview.

Ready to get started?

Start managing your master data with Primentra today.

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