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.
Global Business Glossary
Enterprise terms
142
Global Terms
847
PDEs
216
LDEs
12
Systems
89
Tables
Customer ID
Multi-SystemUnique identifier assigned to each customer across all enterprise systems
Physical Implementations (3)
Primary customer identifier
ERP customer key
Dimension surrogate key
Source Documentation
Account Balance
Multi-SystemCurrent monetary balance of a customer account
Transaction Date
Date when a financial transaction was processed
From local to global.
Aggregate
Collect every approved LDE-PDE mapping from the Business Glossary across all systems.
Deduplicate
Identify identical business terms across systems and merge them into one canonical record.
Consolidate
Create a single global term with one definition and every physical implementation attached.
Document
Link back to source documents for full traceability and audit.
Business Glossary feeds Global Glossary.
Per-system review and approval upstream. Enterprise-wide consolidation downstream. Same terms, two different views.
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
Enterprise-grade tooling.
Multi-system terms
Instantly see which business terms span multiple systems, with all physical implementations consolidated.
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 narrow the picture.
Physical traceability
See every database column that represents a business term, with system and table context.
Source documentation
Click any source document to preview it with the relevant term highlighted.
Export to CSV
Export the whole glossary or any filtered subset for reporting and compliance.
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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