Add a new object
Adding an object without workflow mere requires the Metadata Editingcapability object role assignment on the glossary.
Adding an object is just of an example of the process of populating a custom model. In the case of the Term object type, an existing term may contain any number of child terms.
Steps
- Sign in as a user with at least the Metadata Editingcapability object role assignmenton the glossary you wish to view or edit objects from.
- Navigate to the object page of the root of the glossary or an existing object you wish to place the new object in.
This interface is simply the standard object page and all the same features are available.
- Click the Terms or Acronyms tab and click the Create plus sign, or simply click the Create plus sign next to the Terms or Acronyms section header in the Overview tab.
- Enter the Name.
You may click on Add another to cause the Add dialog to stay open for adding additional objects each time you click OK.
- Click OK.
Example
Sign in as Administrator and Navigate to the Example Glossaryobject page.
Then click the Create plus sign in the Contains section, specify a Term and enter “Account Number” as the Name.
Mandatory attributes like NAME are required to be entered as soon as an instance of the object is created. This fact is noted by the “*” next to the name.
Uncheck the Mandatory fields only checkbox.
You now see all the possible attributes to set for the new term. The Mandatory fields only checkbox controls whether you may enter the non-mandatory attributes as well, or simply the mandatory attributes when create a new custom object.
Check the Mandatory fields only checkbox.
Click OK
Click on the Account Number term.
Enter “Generic account number used for all finance accounts” in the Description. Also, enter some text in the Long Description, which is an HTML type attribute.
Return to the root of the glossary and add another term, this time representing a domain which will contain many other terms.
Go to the Responsibilities tab and click ADD ROLE. Assign the Steward role to Stuart Steward for this object.
Click SAVE.
Then, go to the Overview tab and in the Entities section click the Create plus sign and add the following terms (using the Create another checkbox):
Click the Entities tab and switch to Grid mode and add a column for the StewardOBJECT ROLE:
The Steward object role is automatically set to Stu Steward for these three new terms because he is already the Steward of the parent term.