Creating Business Terms

Business terms are globally defined terms that represent your business terminology usage. Using business terms, you can maintain a common business vocabulary across your organization. You can create business terms in new or existing catalogs. For more information about catalogs, refer to the Creating Catalogs topic.

To create business terms, follow these steps:

1. Go to Application Menu > Data Literacy > Business Glossary Manager > Explore.
2. Go to the Business Terms tab.
   The Workspace switches to the business terms view.
3. In the Asset Workspace pane, right-click a catalog.
   
4. Click New Business Term.
   The New Business Term page appears.
   
5. Enter appropriate values to the fields. Fields marked with a red asterisk are mandatory.
   Refer to the following table for field descriptions.
   

   Field Name	Description
   Acronym	Specifies whether the business term is an acronym.
   Business Term	Specifies the name of the business term. For example, Account.
   Definition	Specifies the definition of the business term. For example: An Account contains data for a party.
   Description	Specifies the description of the business term. For example: Account contains data for posting, payments, debt recovery, and taxes.
   Notes	Specifies the reference notes, if any. For example: The data for posting, payments, debt recovery, and taxes was imported from the Account.xlsx file.
   Governance Responsibilities	Specifies the users assigned with data governance responsibilities for the business assets. For more information, refer to Updating Data Governance.
   Classification	Specifies the sensitive data indicator (SDI) classification of the business term. Also, you can add multiple SDI classifications to a business term. For example, PHI. For more information on configuring SDI classifications, refer to the Configuring Sensitive Data Indicator Classifications topic. By default, this field is enabled for business terms. For more information on enabling sensitivity fields, refer to the Configuring Asset Details topic.
   Business Term Image Uploader	Drag and drop a picture of business term or click to browse and upload a picture.

6. Click .
   A business term is created and added to the catalog.
   Based on your workflow assignment settings, the business term may need further action for review or approval. For more information, refer to the Managing Business Glossary Workflows topic.

Once you create a business term, you can click a business term in the Business Term Summary pane to view it. You can enrich it further by:

• Setting up associations
• Setting up additional details
• Adding rich media
• Adding tasks
• Viewing workflow logs
• Assigning valid values
• Comparing business terms

You can manage a business term using the options available under the Options column on the Grid View tab. Managing business terms involves:

• Viewing mind maps
• Viewing history
• Editing or deleting business terms
• Sharing links of business terms