Creating Terms, Synonyms, and Related Terms

An administrator can define new glossary terms in the Glossary tab of the Browser.

Note: You can quickly populate the glossary by performing a mass import of terms from a model (see Importing Terms from a Model) or a CSV or Excel file (Importing Terms from an Excel or CSV File), or from the results of the List of Missing Terms glossary compliance model check (see Checking Glossary Compliance). You can also add terms in a glossary terms list (see Glossary Terms Lists).
  1. Select the Glossary tab of the Browser, right-click the Glossary node, and select New > Term.
  2. Enter the Name and Code of the term, which should be approved for use in your organization's models.
  3. [optional] Enter a description of the term in the Comment field, and a Reference URL leading to a site giving further information about the term.

    Glossary Term - Definition
  4. [optional] Click the Synonyms tab and enter one or more synonyms for the term.
    Note: Synonyms are words that have a similar meaning to the term, but are not approved for use in object names. For example, Customer may be specified as a synonym for the approved term Client. When naming an object, if a user begins to enter a synonym, the approved term is suggested in the autocompletion list. Modelers can use the Object name contains synonyms of glossary terms model check to find and replace synonyms in object names (see Checking Glossary Compliance).

    Glossary Term - Synonyms
  5. [optional] Click the Related Terms tab and use the Add Objects and Create an Object tools to associate other terms with the term.
    Note: Related terms are other glossary terms that are in some way associated with the present term. For example, Bank may be entered as a related term for the term Current Account.

    Glossary Term - Related Terms
  6. Click OK to save your changes and add the term to the glossary.
Parent topic: Deploying an Enterprise Glossary