Business Glossary Properties
The Properties window allows you to access and edit the settings of a Business Glossary. To see the properties, click Business Glossary or Metadata Object in the Outline Window.
Business Glossary
The following properties are available for Business Glossary:
- General
- Term Definition
- Rule Definition
General
General properties allow you to specify the network drive location where the glossary file (*.bsgl) will be stored.
Term Definition
Term Definition properties allow you to specify which term properties will be shown. For the following term properties can the visibility be set:
| Category Name | Property Name |
|---|---|
| Definition | Description |
| Definition | Usage Context |
| Definition | Usage Example |
| Definition | Representation |
| Additional Information | Abbreviation |
| Additional Information | Synonym |
| Additional Information | Code |
| Additional Information | Document Type |
| Additional Information | Link |
| Additional Information | Notes |
| Geographic Information | Address |
| Geographic Information | City |
| Geographic Information | Postal Code |
| Geographic Information | Region |
| Geographic Information | Country |
| Status | Active |
| Status | Status |
| Status | Phase |
| Status | Valid From |
| Status | Valid To |
| Ownership | Steward |
| Ownership | Owner |
Rule Definition
Rule Definition properties allow you to specify which rule properties will be shown. For the following rule properties can the visibility be set:
| Category Name | Property Name |
|---|---|
| Definition | Description |
| Definition | Type |
| Definition | Usage Context |
| Definition | Usage Example |
| Definition | Representation |
| Additional Information | Syntax |
| Additional Information | Default Value |
| Additional Information | Format |
| Additional Information | Notes |
| Status | Active |
| Status | Status |
| Status | Phase |
| Status | Valid From |
| Status | Valid To |
| Ownership | Steward |
| Ownership | Owner |
Metadata
General properties allow you to see metadata information about the linked object.
| Category Name | Property Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Schema Information | Schema Type | Schema Type (i.e. Table Schema). |
| Connection Information | System | System Information. |
| Connection Information | Data Source | Data Source (Connection Name). |
| Object Definition | Database | Database name of linked object |
| Object Definition | Schema | Schema name of linked object. |
| Object Definition | Name | Name of linked object. |
| Object Definition | Type | Type of linked object (i.e. Table). |
| Object Definition | Description | Description of linked object. |
| Object Format | Format | Format of linked object (Delimited, Fixed-Width). |
| Object Format | Delimiters | Delimiters of linked object. |
| Object Format | Text Qualifier | Text qualifiers of linked object (No Quotes, Single Quotes, Double Quotes). |