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title: "Master Data"
description: "Master data is the basic information that BCM uses in all operational processes: identities, accounts, bank profiles, banks, EBICS parameters, and companies."
source_url: https://support.lucanet.com/en/documentation/banking-and-cash-management/master-data-bcm
language: en
last_updated: 2026-09-01
---
# Master Data
## Overview
On this page, you will find information about the **Master data** functional area in **Lucanet Banking & Cash Management (BCM)**. Master data is the basic, rarely changed information that BCM uses in all operational processes: identities, bank accounts, bank profiles, banks, EBICS parameters, and companies. You create the master data once and update it if necessary; BCM uses it in payment transactions, in cash management, and in the AWV report.
## Navigation
The **Master data** functional area can be found under **Banking & Cash Management | Master data** and is displayed as follows, for example:
'Identities' workspace in the 'Master data' functional area
## Workspaces in the 'Master data' Functional Area
The following workspaces are available in the **Master data** functional area:
| Workspace | Description |
|---|---|
| **Identities** | Identities of the group with their group structure. For each identity, you maintain, for example, the name, parent company, identity group, creditor identification, accounting area, and last invoice number. |
| **Accounts** | Bank accounts of the identities with IBAN, account holder, currency, account type, current balance, and the assignment to a bank profile and bank |
| **Bank profiles** | Technical bank connections via which BCM communicates with the banks, for example via EBICS or SWIFT. A bank profile defines which accounts BCM addresses via which connection. |
| **Banks** | Banks with name, BIC, national bank code, and further information that BCM requires for payment transactions |
| **EBICS** | Technical master data for the bank communication via EBICS in the following subordinate workspaces:
- **EBICS Order Types**
- **EBICS BTF Parameters**
- **EBICS Container Types**
- **EBICS Message Names**
- **EBICS Service Names**
- **EBICS Service Options**
- **EBICS Service Scopes**
- **EBICS Hosts** |
| **Companies and contacts** | Companies, their contact persons, and their classification in the following subordinate workspaces:
- **Companies**
- **Contacts**
- **Company properties**
- **Contact properties**
- **Industries**
- **Functional groups**
- **Company classifications**
- **Business relationships**
- **Contacting possibilities**
- **Sales potentials**
- **Sales states** |
| **Other** | General master data that BCM uses in several areas, in the following subordinate workspaces:
- **Currencies**
- **Countries**
- **Cash forecast scenarios**
- **Reference interest types**
- **Account categories**
- **Identity groups**
- **Payment properties**
- **Account transaction properties**
- **Profit/cost center properties**
- **Profit/cost unit properties**
- **AWV key figures**
- **AWV goods**
- **AWV payment purpose templates**
- **Distribution lists** |