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Managing Glossaries in the Data Catalog
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Using Data Catalog, you can create business glossaries, edit glossary details, and delete business glossaries.

Business glossaries are collections of terms related to specific divisions or business units within an organization. Glossaries are used to establish a common understanding of the meaning of data across an organization and contextualize the data's meaning to business operations.

To learn more about glossaries and terms, see Managing Terms in Catalog Glossaries and Assigning Tags and Terms.

To create a new business glossary

  1. On the Data Catalog menu, select Glossary. The Terms list screen appears.

  2. Go to the Glossaries tab. The Glossaries list screen appears.

  3. Click the Create New button. The Create Business Glossary screen appears.

  4. Complete the fields, then click the Save button. For more info, see Create Business Glossary Screen Reference.

    Note

    Fields in bold are required to create a new glossary.

Create Business Glossary Screen Reference

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Field

Description

Name

Enter a name for the glossary.

Description

Enter a description for the glossary.

Business Owner

Select a business owner or multiple owners.

Business owners are the individuals responsible for defining and updating the business context of a glossary.

Data Steward

Select a data steward or multiple stewards.

Data stewards are individuals responsible for utilizing data governance processes to ensure data reliability and validity within a data asset or business unit.

Subject Matter Expert

Select a subject matter expert or multiple experts.

Subject matter experts are individuals with domain expertise of a glossary who are responsible for updating the details and definitions within a glossary.

To edit glossary details

  1. On the Data Catalog menu, select Glossary. The Terms list screen appears.

  2. Go to the Glossaries tab. The Glossaries list screen appears.

  3. Click the name of a business glossary for which you want to edit details. The Glossary Details screen appears.

  4. Hover over a field you want to edit until the Edit icon edit_icon.png appears.

  5. Click the Edit icon. All editable fields will display.

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  6. Make your changes.

  7. Click the Save button.

To delete a glossary

  1. On the Data Catalog menu, select Glossary. The Terms list screen appears.

  2. Go to the Glossaries tab. The Glossaries list screen appears.

  3. Hover over a row for a glossary until the Context Menu icon context_menu_icon_v2.png appears.

  4. Click the Context Menu icon. The Context menu appears.

  5. Select Delete. A confirmation modal appears.

  6. Click the Confirm button.

 
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