Business Glossary Guide

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Glossary Structure Example

You work for a construction organization that uses Business Glossary. The Sales and Human Resources business units need glossaries to define business terms and policies related to their business unit. The glossaries will be accessible to users based on their business unit.

The following image shows the structure of the glossary that the Sales team created:

The sales glossary contains four business terms, one category, and one policy. The policy is applied to two of the business terms. The two business terms are also classified under the category. The two other business terms are related to one another.

The Sales business unit identified terms, such as capital amount and principal amount, that it wants to store in a glossary. The Sales business unit creates the following Glossary assets:

Sales glossary: The administrator creates a Sales glossary to contain terms and policies related to construction sales operations. Access to the glossary is restricted to individuals within the Sales business unit.

Mortgage category: A data steward creates the Mortgage category that data stewards can associate with mortgage terms. You can browse the Mortgage category to find terms and policies related to mortgage.

Review policy: The Review policy mandates that mortgage data be reviewed every quarter. The review policy governs mortgage rates and mortgage subsidies. A data steward can associate mortgage terms with the policy.

Business terms: The following table describes relationships and associations for terms in the Sales glossary:

Term
Relationships and Associations

Mortgage subsidy
Consider the following relationships and associations:
Associated with the Mortgage category. When you browse the Mortgage category you can find terms related to mortgage, including "mortgage subsidy" and "mortgage rate."

Governed by the Review policy. When you look up the "mortgage subsidy" term, you can view policies associated with mortgage, including the Review policy.

Mortgage rate
Consider the following relationships and associations:
Associated with the Mortgage category. When you browse the Mortgage category you can find terms related to mortgage, including "mortgage subsidy" and "mortgage rate."
Governed by the Review policy. When you look up the "mortgage rate" term, you can view policies associated with mortgage, including the Review policy.

Capital amount
Contains a defined relationship to "principal amount." When you look up "capital amount," you can get access to "principal amount" through a link.

Principal amount
Contains a defined relationship to "capital amount." When you look up "principal amount," you can get access to "capital amount" through a link.

Term	Relationships and Associations
Mortgage subsidy	Consider the following relationships and associations: Associated with the Mortgage category. When you browse the Mortgage category you can find terms related to mortgage, including "mortgage subsidy" and "mortgage rate." Governed by the Review policy. When you look up the "mortgage subsidy" term, you can view policies associated with mortgage, including the Review policy.
Mortgage rate	Consider the following relationships and associations: Associated with the Mortgage category. When you browse the Mortgage category you can find terms related to mortgage, including "mortgage subsidy" and "mortgage rate." Governed by the Review policy. When you look up the "mortgage rate" term, you can view policies associated with mortgage, including the Review policy.
Capital amount	Contains a defined relationship to "principal amount." When you look up "capital amount," you can get access to "principal amount" through a link.
Principal amount	Contains a defined relationship to "capital amount." When you look up "principal amount," you can get access to "capital amount" through a link.

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Glossary Structure Example

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