Glossary

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This feature is available in Enterprise edition from version 7.4.

Dataedo has a built-in business glossary module - a glossary of business terms, their definitions, relationships between each other, and mapping to data assets elements.

Glossaries

Dataedo metadata repository holds business terms in glossaries visible on the same level as databases. The repository can hold multiple glossaries.

Business terms

Each term has the following attributes:

• Title
• Description
• Custom fields

Types of terms

Dataedo allows creating different types of "terms":

• Term
• Category
• Policy
• Rule

Admins can add different types of terms in the glossary_term_types table in the Dataedo repository database.

The only difference in different types of terms are labels and icons.

Hierarchy of terms

Terms in the glossary can form a hierarchy.

Custom fields

Glossary terms, like other data catalog elements, can have defined custom fields).

Term relationships

Users can define relationships between terms. Each relationship has the following attributes:

• Relationship type - from the predefined dictionary of types
• A direction
• User comments

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Linking to data assets

One of the key benefits of using Dataedo Business Glossary is the ability to link glossary terms with data assets - tables and columns.

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