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The Glossary Dialog
Using the Glossary dialog, you can create, maintain and delete definitions of terms used in your project, as a Glossary. When reviewing the Glossary terms, you can filter the list to display terms of a specific type.
Access Project | Documentation | Glossary
Maintain Glossary terms
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Glossary Term |
Type the term to include in the glossary.
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Glossary Type |
(Mandatory) Select the required type. If you require a different glossary type, click on the ( ... ) (browse) button and specify the name of the new type. This field applies the type only to the selected term; you can rename a type for all terms of that type, using the Glossary view.
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Description |
(Mandatory) Type the definition or description of the term. If necessary, format the text of this description using the Notes toolbar at the top of the field.
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Limit Display To |
Select the appropriate glossary type to filter the Type | Term list to show entries of that type only. Select All to display all glossary entries.
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New |
Clear the dialog fields so that you can define a new Glossary term.
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Type | Term |
Review the list of defined glossary terms; click on an entry to edit it in the dialog fields.
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Save |
Save the new or updated glossary entry.
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Delete |
Delete the entry selected from the Type | Term list.
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Report |
Generate and print a glossary report. |
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Notes
| • | In the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, System Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect, if security is enabled you must have Manage Glossary permission in order to create, update or delete Glossary items; if security is not enabled, you can manage Glossary items without any permissions |
