Use the New Glossary Model wizard to create a new glossary
model to use as a naming standard.
Before you begin
Before you create a glossary model, you must create a data
design project.
About this task
You store glossary models in data design projects. You
can store a glossary model in one project, then reference it in that
project or other projects as a naming standard model. To use a glossary
model as the naming standard for a data design project, you add the
glossary model to the project properties.
Procedure
To create a glossary model:
- Click from the main
menu. The New Glossary Model File wizard opens.
- Complete the steps of the wizard.
You can
create a blank glossary model, or you can use one of the supplied
templates. If you have previously created a glossary model template
that you want to use as the basis for this glossary model, you can
enable the template for selection by specifying the location of the
template file in the Template folder field.
You
can choose to add the glossary model to the project properties as
the naming standard for that project. When you select this option,
the glossary model is used during model analysis when naming standards
are checked. Glossary model elements are also available for content
assist during object modification in the Properties view. If you do
not select this option, you can associate the glossary model with
the project later.
- Click Finish
Results
The glossary model is displayed in the Data Project Explorer
in the
Data Models folder under the data design
project that you specified. If you selected the option to add the
model to the project properties, the model is also displayed on the
Naming
Standard page in the Properties view for the project.
What to do next
You can add a reference to the glossary model to the Naming
Standard preferences page to use it as the global naming
standard. To access the Preferences window, click from the main menu.
You can analyze the glossary model to ensure that there
are no duplicate words.