Create a New Entity
To add a new entity to the business glossary, perform these steps:
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Click the Create new entity icon
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Specify the Basic Information and
Properties of the entity.
Fields Description Basic Information Image Displays 
as default image.
To update it with another appropriate image, click
Update link, select the required
image, and click OK.Name Enter a name for the entity. Example: Customer. Note: Entering this detail is mandatory.Description Describe the entity Tags Specify a tag for the entity. You can select one from the existing list or create a new tag. Tags are useful in categorizing the entity. For example, Retail, Banking, Customer Data. Properties: Entering at least one property is mandatory for creating the entity. Name Enter the name of the property you are defining for the glossary entity. For example, if the entity is Customer, the property names can be Customer Name, Address Type, Age. Note: You can define multiple properties for an entity.Description Describe the property. Data Type Select the data type/semantic type for the property. Semantic type can be flat or hierarchical based on how it is defined. For example, Address can be hierarchical, with AddressLine1, AddressLine2, City, State, Country, and PostalCode defined under it. To view the components of a hierarchical semantic type, click the arrow
on the extreme
left side of the Properties
section. The details displayed are:
Name,
Description, and
Data Type of all the
components.