The Glossary

In environments with a repository, administrators can deploy an enterprise glossary to help everyone to use the same approved terms between projects for enterprise-wide consistency. Updates to the glossary are pushed to users each time they connect to the repository or on demand. The glossary appears in the Browser Glossary tab.

The glossary can contain the following objects:

Use the Glossary browser tab to review the approved terms, and double-click a term or synonym to open its property sheet, to view supporting information or references. Start typing the word you want to find in the Filter box at the top of the Browser to filter the glossary in real time:


Browser - Glossary Tab
Note: You can only edit the glossary if you have Write permission on the glossary model (see Deploying an Enterprise Glossary).

Select Tools > General Options and select the Glossary category to control the appearance of the Glossary tab with the following options:

Option Description

Show glossary tab

Shows the Browser Glossary tab.

Display

Controls whether names or codes appear in the Browser Glossary tab.