Glossary grid

Glossary grid is a table where you can identify specific glossary term. In addition, you can define aliases and enter documentation for the glossary term. With Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML), you can categorize the terms by defining and assigning label(s) to them.

Creating glossary grid

Click on Requirement on toolbar and select Glossary Grid from the drop down menu.

Open Glossary Grid

Overview of glossary grid

Glossary grid

No. Name Description 1 Name You can enter the name of grid in here. 2 Model Element You can select the model element you want to be listed in grid from the drop-dwon menu. 3 Configure Grid Click this button to reveal Name and Model Element. To hide these them, click this button again. 4 Create Term (Insert) Click this button to create a new term. 5 Find To search a term/ phrase, click this button. Enter the keyword of your term/ phrase in Search Text text field and check the searching field: Name, Aliases, Label or Documentation. 6 Open Term Editor Click this button to open Term Editor page of the selected term. In Term Editor page, you can define the term, stereotypes and tagged values. 7 Open Specification... Click this button to open the specification dialog box of the selected term. In Term Specification dialog box, you can define aliases, assign label and enter documentation. 8 Export to Excel To save and export the selected term into a new Excel. 9 Import to Excel To import the selected term to an existing Excel. 10 Show View Click this button to show the orginal model element of the selected term. 11 Visualize... Click this button to duplicate the selected model element on the chosen digram (in either new diagram or existing diagram). 12 Manage Label Label can be defined to categorize terms. This button is for adding, editing and deleting labels. 13 Configure columns... Add/ remove property column(s) in Term list. 14 Fresh To update the display on the Term list. 15 Project To select the scope for showing mdoel elements on Term list. 16 Filter Term To enter the keyword of your target term with *, you can find it in shortcut. 17 Clear filter To clear all words you typed in Filter Term. 18 Term list All created term will be listed in here.

The overview of glossary grid

Organizing terms with labels

With VP-UML, you can categorize the terms by defining and assigning label(s) to them.

Defining label

1. After you have selected a term in any textual documentation to add it to glossary, the glossary grid is opened. Click Manage Label button.
   

   Click Manage Label

2. In the pop-up Manage Label dialog box, click Add... button to create a label.
   

   Add a label

3. In the Glossary Label Specification dialog box, name the label and select a color for it. Click OK button to confirm.
   

   Enter name and select a color

4. Click OK button in the Manage Label dialog box.

Assigning label

1. Let's assign a specific label to the corresponding term. Click the small plus button under Labels column of your target term.
   

   Click the small plus button

   NOTE:

   If the Labels column doesn't show on the grid, you can click the Configure columns... button. Open Properties tab and select it under Others folder..

2. In the pop-up Add Label dialog box, check a label and then click OK button.
   

   Check a label

   NOTE:

   You can apply multiple labels to a term. Check the applicable labels in the Add Label dialog box.

3. As a result, a specific label is assigned to the corresponding term.
   

   Membership is assigned to general

Filtering terms with specific label

1. If you want to list terms of specific label, click the combo box of Project and select With Label....
   

   Select With Label...

2. In the Scope dialog box, check the specific label you want to be listed and then click OK button.
   

   Check Membership

3. As a result, terms with specific label are listed in the grid.
   

   Terms with Membership label are listed

Exporting glossary to Excel

You can export the glossary, along with its terms into an Excel file, and import it back to share with your teammates.

1. In the Glossary Grid, click Export to Excel button.
   

   Click Export to Excel button

2. In the Export Excel dialog box, enter the output directory. Click Export button.
   

   Enter the output directory

3. To import the Excel back to your project for a mass modification or review, select File > Import > Excel... from the main menu.