Abbreviations

This page shows how to manage abbreviations and their meaning in Enterprise Glossary.

About Abbreviations

Abbreviations are used to maintain technical terms consistently across your organization. Enterprise Glossary allows you to maintain a list of abbreviations and their meaning that can be accessed outside of Enterprise Glossary. Once an abbreviation is added in Enterprise Glossary, the meaning of the abbreviation is added as a tooltip to all Entities that use the abbreviation.

Create Abbreviations

To create a new abbreviation in Enterprise Glossary:

1. Click the book icon button () in the navigation bar, then select Maintain Abbreviations. The "Maintain Abbreviation" menu opens.
2. In the upper-left corner of the "Maintain Abbreviation" menu, click [Create]. The abbreviation settings open.
3. Enter the abbreviation text in the Abbreviation input field, e.g., %A.
4. Enter a description in the Meaning text field, e.g., percentage share.
5. Click Add to save the meaning.
6. Add additional meanings by repeating steps 4-5. All meanings are displayed when the abbreviation is used.
7. Click Save to create the abbreviation and return to the "Maintain Abbreviations" menu.

The abbreviation is now listed in the abbreviation list and tooltips are available in Entities that use the abbreviation.

Edit Abbreviations

To edit an existing abbreviation in Enterprise Glossary:

1. Click the book icon button () in the navigation bar, then select Maintain Abbreviations. The "Maintain Abbreviation" menu opens.
2. Find the abbreviation you want to edit in the abbreviation list.
3. Click the pen icon button () in the Actions column of the abbreviation. The abbreviation settings open.
4. Make changes to the abbreviation settings:
5. To add a new meaning, enter it in the Meaning field and click Add.
6. To remove a meaning, click the Delete icon next to it.
7. Click Save to save the changes and return to the "Maintain Abbreviations" menu.

The abbreviation is updated.

Delete Abbreviations

To delete an existing abbreviation in Enterprise Glossary:

1. Click the book icon button () in the navigation bar, then select Maintain Abbreviations. The "Maintain Abbreviation" menu opens.
2. Find the abbreviation you want to edit in the abbreviation list.
3. Click the delete icon button () in the Actions column of the abbreviation. A confirmation menu opens.
4. Click [Yes].

The abbreviation is removed from Enterprise Glossary.

External Access to Abbreviations

The list of abbreviation can be accessed outside of Enterprise Glossary without login, using the following link:
https://<hostname>.com:8443/abbreviations-list

To open the link in Enterprise Glossary, click the book icon button () in the navigation bar, then click the Open in new window icon () next to Abbreviation List.