Create and manage classic business glossaries

In the classic Microsoft Purview data governance experience, you can create multiple business glossaries to support separate glossaries for any context in your business. This article provides the steps to create and manage business glossaries in the classic Microsoft Purview Data Catalog.

Create a new glossary

To create a business glossary, follow these steps:

1. Open the Data catalog

2. In the classic Microsoft Purview portal, select Glossary.

3. On the Business glossary page, select + New glossary.

   

4. Give your glossary a Name and a Description.

5. You need to select at least one Steward, a Microsoft Entra user or group who will manage the glossary.

6. You'll also need to select at least one Expert, a Microsoft Entra user or group who can be contacted for more information about the glossary.

7. You can give additional information about the stewards or experts here, and when you're finished, select Create.

   

8. Once your new glossary is created, you'll be able to see it in the list of glossaries. You can switch between glossaries by selecting their names.

   

Manage or delete a glossary

1. To edit or delete a glossary, hover over the glossary and select the ellipsis button next to the glossary's name.

   

2. If you select Edit glossary, you can edit the description and the steward or the expert, but at this time you can't change the glossary name. Select Save to save the changes.

   

3. If you select Delete glossary, you'll be asked to confirm the deletion. All terms associated with the glossary will be deleted if you delete the glossary. Select Delete again to delete the glossary.

   

Next steps

• For more information about creating and managing glossary terms, see the glossary terms article.
• For information about glossary terms in the new experience, see glossary terms in the new Microsoft Purview Data Catalog experience