Project Glossary View

The Project Glossary view displays the glossary terms already defined for your model. You can use this View to:

Add glossary terms
Assign a Markup Style to a glossary term type, to print in a documentation report any terms of that type in that style
Modify glossary terms
Filter the display to show terms of a specific type only
Change a definition type for all terms of that type
Print the displayed list of terms
Delete glossary terms

Access

Use one of the methods described in the table, to display the Glossary view.

Within the Glossary view, right-click on an entry and select the appropriate option for the operation you intend to perform (as listed); if you select the:

'Add New' or 'Modify Selected' options, the 'Glossary Detail' dialog displays; complete the fields as indicated in the Glossary Detail Fields table
'Assign Markup Styles' option the 'Glossary Markup' dialog displays, on which you assign display styles to terms of each existing term type; the style is applied when you generate an RTF report containing the glossary terms
'Rename type' option, the 'Rename Glossary Type' dialog displays on which you enter the alternative type name (either one of the existing types or a new type); when you click on the OK button, all entries of the original type are changed to the new type
'Set term filter' option, the 'Term Type Filter' dialog displays on which you enter the type of glossary term to list; when you click on the OK button, only items of that type are shown on the Glossary view
'Remove term filter' option, the Glossary view refreshes to show glossary items of all types
'Print List' option, the 'Print' dialog displays on which you define the printing parameters; when you click on the OK button, the currently-displayed list prints out
'Delete' option, a prompt displays to confirm the deletion; click on the Yes button to remove the term from the glossary

Ribbon	Publish > Documentation > Glossary
Keyboard Shortcuts	Alt+2

Glossary Detail Fields

Field	Action	See also
Term	(Mandatory) Type the term to include in the glossary.
Type	(Mandatory) Select the required type. If you require a different glossary type, click on the 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 context menu.
Meaning	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.	Notes
New	Clear the dialog fields so that you can define a new Glossary term.
Apply	Save the new or updated glossary entry.
Delete	Delete the entry. A prompt displays to confirm the deletion; click on the Yes button to remove the term from the glossary.

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
You can re-sequence, filter and group the glossary items in the list using the List Header facilities

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