Alapadatai

Alapadatai is a Hungarian term used in information management to describe the core data that underpins an organization's information systems. The word alapadatai combines alap, meaning base or fundamental, with adatai, the plural possessive of adat, meaning data; literally, “base data” or “core data.” In practice, alapadatai refers to master data—data that is relatively stable and reused across transactions and applications rather than created anew for each operation.

Typical examples include customers, products, suppliers, employees, locations, and the chart of accounts. Each item typically has a unique identifier and a defined set of attributes, and relationships to related entities (for example, a customer has an address and contact details; a product has a product code and category).

Managing alapadatai involves governance, data quality control, standardization, and synchronization across systems, often through master data management (MDM) programs. The objective is to provide a single, consistent view of core data, enabling accurate reporting, reliable analytics, and interoperable processes across ERP, CRM, data warehouses, and other information systems.

Common challenges include data duplication, inconsistent attribute definitions, ownership and accountability gaps, and change management. Effective handling of alapadatai requires clear data ownership, well-defined data models, validation rules, and regular data cleansing and reconciliation to maintain data integrity across the organization.