Business Glossary Search
Look up the meaning of a Developer tool object name as a business term in the Business Glossary Desktop to understand its business requirement and current implementation.
A business glossary is a set of terms that use business language to define concepts for business users. A business term provides the business definition and usage of a concept. The Business Glossary Desktop is a client that connects to the Metadata Manager Service, which hosts the business glossary. Use the Business Glossary Desktop to look up business terms in a business glossary.
If Business Glossary Desktop is installed on your machine, you can select an object in the Developer tool and use hotkeys or the Search menu to look up the name of the object in the business glossary. You can look up names of objects in Developer tool views, such as the Object Explorer view, or names of columns, profiles, and transformation ports in the editor.
For example, a developer wants to find a business term in a business glossary that corresponds to the Sales_Audit data object in the Developer tool. The developer wants to view the business term details to understand the business requirements and the current implementation of the Sales_Audit object in the Developer tool. This can help the developer understand what the data object means and what changes may need to be implemented on the object.
Business Glossary Desktop Lookup
The Business Glossary Desktop can look up object names in the business glossary and return business terms that match the object name.
The Business Glossary Desktop splits object names into two if the names are separated by a hyphen, underscore, or upper case.
For example, if a developer looks up a data object named Sales_Audit, the Business Glossary Desktop displays Sales_Audit in the search box but splits the name into Sales and Audit and looks up both business terms.
Looking Up a Business Term
Look up a Developer tool object name in the Business Glossary Desktop as a business term to understand its business requirement and current implementation.
You must have the Business Glossary Desktop installed on your machine.
1. Select an object.
2. Choose to use hotkeys or the Search menu to open the Business Glossary Desktop.
- - To use hotkeys, use the following hotkey combination:
CTRL+Shift+F
- - To use the Search menu, click Search > Business Glossary.
The Business Glossary Desktop appears and displays business terms that match the object name.
Customizing Hotkeys to Look Up a Business Term
Customize hotkeys to change the combination of keys that open the Business Glossary Desktop.
1. From the Developer tool menu, click Window > Preferences > General > Keys.
2. To find or search Search Business Glossary in the list of commands, select one of the following choices:
- - To search for the keys, enter Search Business Glossary in the search box.
- - To scroll for the keys, scroll to find the Search Business Glossary command under the Command column.
3. Click the Search Business Glossary Command.
4. Click Unbind Command.
5. In the Binding field, enter a key combination.
6. Click Apply and then click OK.