Global Business Glossary

Your enterprise-wide single source of truth for business terminology

The Global Business Glossary consolidates all approved term mappings from across your organization into a deduplicated, enterprise-wide view. See which terms span multiple systems, track all physical implementations, and maintain complete lineage back to source documentation.

Enterprise-WideDeduplicated TermsMulti-System ViewFull Lineage
142terms
23multi-system
847PDEs

Global Business Glossary

Enterprise terms

23 multi-system

142

Global Terms

847

PDEs

216

LDEs

12

Systems

89

Tables

Customer ID

Multi-System

Unique identifier assigned to each customer across all enterprise systems

3 systems3 tables3 LDEs3 PDEs
CRM SystemERP PlatformData Warehouse

Physical Implementations (3)

CUST_ID

Primary customer identifier

CRM Systemcustomers
customer_id

ERP customer key

ERP Platformcustomer_master
customer_key

Dimension surrogate key

Data Warehousedim_customer

Source Documentation

CRM Technical Spec v2.pdfERP Data Dictionary.xlsxDW Design Doc.docx

Account Balance

Multi-System

Current monetary balance of a customer account

2 systems2 tables2 LDEs2 PDEs
ERP PlatformPayment Gateway

Transaction Date

Date when a financial transaction was processed

1 system1 table1 LDE1 PDE
Payment Gateway
Cross-System
The Process

From Local to Global

The Global Glossary is automatically built from your approved Business Glossary mappings

1

Aggregate

Collect all approved LDE-PDE mappings from the Business Glossary across all systems

2

Deduplicate

Identify and merge identical business terms that appear in multiple systems

3

Consolidate

Create global terms with unified definitions and all physical implementations

4

Document

Link back to source documentation for full traceability and audit trails

Two Glossaries, One Workflow

Business vs Global Glossary

The Business Glossary handles per-system term matching. The Global Glossary consolidates everything into an enterprise view.

Business Glossary

Per-system term matching

  • Review AI-suggested matches
  • Approve/reject per system
  • System-specific context
  • Match quality scoring

Global Business Glossary

Enterprise-wide consolidation

  • Deduplicated terms
  • Cross-system visibility
  • Aggregated physical elements
  • Single source of truth
Approved mappings flow fromGlobal Glossary
Interface Features

Enterprise-Grade Tools

Multi-System Terms

Instantly identify business terms that span multiple systems with visual indicators and consolidated views.

Powerful Search

Search across terms, definitions, systems, tables, and physical elements with instant results.

Advanced Filtering

Filter by system, table, or multi-system status to find exactly what you need.

Physical Traceability

See every physical implementation of a business term with system and table context.

Source Documentation

Click any source document to preview it with automatic highlighting of relevant terms.

Export to CSV

Export the entire glossary or filtered results for reporting and compliance needs.

Ready to build your Global Glossary?

Start by approving term mappings in the Business Glossary — they'll automatically consolidate into your enterprise-wide view.