How to build a
Business Glossary
linked with
Data Dictionary
Piotr Kononow
Founder @ Dataedo
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Agenda
I. Introduction
1. What are BG and DD
2. Benefits
II. Business Glossary with Dataedo
1. Defining term
2. Relationships between the terms
3. Data Dictionary and links to Glossary
4. Glossary from data elements
5. Sharing
III. Q&A
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I. WHAT ARE
BUSINESS GLOSSARY AND
DATA DICTIONARY
Business Glossary
Customer
Buys products or
services of a
company
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Why?
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Why?
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Why?
Common understanding of business terms
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Data Dictionary
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Why?
1. Know what data you have
2. Find data
3. Understand the data you have
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Tables in Oracle EBS
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Sample table in SAP
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Business Glossary vs Data Dictionary
Business Glossary Data Dictionary
Focus on Business concepts Physical data assets
Key artifact
Business terms and their
definitions
List of tables and columns
Goal Define common vocabulary Understand data assets
Owned by Business IT
Scope One per organization One per data source
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Mapping
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Table level mapping
Employee
Data warehouse
D_EMPLOYEE
CRM
dbo.people
dbo.users
Ecommerce
Admin_user
Access control
tPass
Procurement
FND_USERS
PO_BUYERS
HR
EMPLOYEE
CANDIDATE
Projects
pm_managers_tab
pm_resources_tab
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Column level mapping
Email
address
Data warehouse
D_EMPLOYEE.EMAIL
D_CUSTOMER.EMAIL
F_ORDERS.EMAIL
CRM
dbo.contacts.email
dbo.contact_data.address
dbo.users.email
dbo.inbox.email
dbo.companies.email
dbo.sale_opportunities.cust_email
dbo.orders.email
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Benefits of BG+DD
1. Easier to find key data elements
2. Business layer for technical data
3. Business-IT communication
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II. BUSINESS GLOSSARY
WITH DATAEDO
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Future capabilities
• Live portal
• Commenting, rating
• Advanced search
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III. Q&A
Try it yourself for free:
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Thank you!
Piotr Kononow
Founder @ Dataedo
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How to build a business glossary linked with data dictionary