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Create Glossary Terms

After creating a glossary, you can add multiple Glossary Terms and Child Terms to it. To add a glossary term:

1. Select the glossary to add a glossary term.
2. Click Add Term.
3. Fill the following details:
   • Name (required) — The name of the glossary term.
   • Display Name — A human-friendly label shown in the UI.
   • Description (required) — A unique and clear definition to establish consistent usage and understanding of the term.
   • Tags — Add classification tags to the term. When a glossary term is added to an asset, its associated tags are also applied to that asset.
   • Synonyms — Other terms used for the same concept. For example, for a term ‘Customer’, synonyms can be ‘Client’, ‘Shopper’, or ‘Purchaser’.
   • Related Terms — Terms that capture an associative relationship. For example, for a term ‘Customer’, related terms can be ‘Customer LTV (LifeTime Value)’ or ‘Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)’.
   • Mutually Exclusive — When enabled, only one child term from this glossary term can be assigned to a data asset at a time.
   • References — Add external links to sources where this term originated or is defined.
   • Owners — Assign one or more teams or users as owners of the glossary term.
   • Reviewers — Add multiple reviewers who approve changes to this term.

After adding a glossary term, you can create Child Terms under it. The child terms help to build a conceptual hierarchy (Parent-Child relationship) to go from generic to specific concepts. For example, for a term ‘Customer’, the child terms can be ‘Loyal Customer’, ‘New Customer’, ‘Online Customer’. Instead of creating a glossary manually, you can bulk upload glossary terms using a CSV file.