Deploying an Enterprise Glossary

The glossary model (GLM) helps you capture and organize the terminology to be used for naming your model objects. An administrator deploys the glossary, and users enable it in their models to provide autocompletion for object names and model checks to ensure compliance. The glossary appears in the Browser Glossary tab and updates are pushed to users each time they connect to the repository, or on demand. Only one glossary is permitted per repository.

For information about using the glossary, see The Glossary.

• Creating Terms, Synonyms, and Related Terms
  An administrator can define new glossary terms in the Glossary tab of the Browser.
• Organizing Terms in Categories
  You can organize terms in the glossary by placing them in categories. You can create categories under the root or under other categories, and drag and drop terms and categories to move them between categories.
• Adding Other Views and Objects to, and Extending the Glossary
  Although the Glossary's primary purpose is to manage enterprise terminology, you can also add business rules and create reports on glossary objects. You can create lists and dependency matrices to display the glossary terms and their relationships with other objects. You can also extend the glossary using all the standard extension mechanisms including adding new properties to glossary terms and creating new types of objects.
• Glossary Terms Lists
  You can create glossary terms lists to help users browse the glossary and to simplify glossary editing. You can create terms directly in a list and define custom filters for each list. To create a list, right-click the Glossary node and select New > Glossary Terms List.
• Checking the Glossary
  To perform a model check on the glossary, right-click the glossary root and select Check Model. PowerDesigner provides default model checks to verify the validity of terms, synonyms, and categories.
• Deploying the Glossary
  Once you have created your glossary and added your terms, check it into the repository to automatically deploy it to all users connecting to the repository.
• Glossary Model Properties
  The model property sheet displays information about the glossary model.
• Glossary Model Options
  You can set glossary model options by right-clicking the glossary node and selecting Model Options.