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Global Business Glossary.

One canonical definition per business term, with every physical implementation across every system attached.

142 global terms. 23 span multiple systems. 847 physical implementations.

Enterprise-WideDeduplicated TermsMulti-System ViewFull Lineage
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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.

01

Aggregate

Collect every approved LDE-PDE mapping from the Business Glossary across all systems.

02

Deduplicate

Identify identical business terms across systems and merge them into one canonical record.

03

Consolidate

Create a single global term with one definition and every physical implementation attached.

04

Document

Link back to source documents for full traceability and audit.

Two Glossaries

Business Glossary feeds Global Glossary.

Per-system review and approval upstream. Enterprise-wide consolidation downstream. Same terms, two different views.

Upstream

Business Glossary

Per-system term matching

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

Global Business Glossary

Enterprise-wide consolidation

  • Deduplicated terms
  • Cross-system visibility
  • Aggregated physical elements
  • Single source of truth
Capabilities

Enterprise-grade tooling.

01

Multi-system terms

Instantly see which business terms span multiple systems, with all physical implementations consolidated.

02

Powerful search

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

03

Advanced filtering

Filter by system, table, or multi-system status to narrow the picture.

04

Physical traceability

See every database column that represents a business term, with system and table context.

05

Source documentation

Click any source document to preview it with the relevant term highlighted.

06

Export to CSV

Export the whole glossary or any filtered subset for reporting and compliance.

Built From

What rolls up into the global view.

Approved matches in the Business Glossary draw on these two inventories. The Global Glossary then deduplicates them across systems.

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We'll point IDA at your existing glossaries and show you the consolidated view in a 30-minute call.

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