You can add terms in the Glossary Table in the following ways:

Directly from the diagram pane

To add a word or phrase to a glossary directly from the diagram pane

  1. Select a word or phrase you want to be a term.

    Even if you mark only a part of a word, the wholewordwill be added to the glossary as a term.

  2. Right-click it and select Add To <Glossary Table name>. 
    The word or phrase is converted to a term and added to the Glossary Table.

Using the Generic Table toolbar

To add a term in the Glossary Table using a toolbar

  • Click the Add New button to create a new row for a term in the table.
  • Click the Add Existing button and from the Select Element dialog. Choose the element you wish to be a term.

By dragging any element

To drag an element to the Glossary Table

  1. In the Containment tree, select an element you wish to be a term.
  2. Drag it to the Glossary Table.

By pasting from another resource

To create terms in the table by pasting data from another resource

  1. Copy a table from another resource.

    • The number of columns in that table should be the same as the number of columns in the Glossary Table.
    • The data types of columns in the Glossary table must be compatible with copied information.

  2. Open the Glossary Table where you want to paste the copied data.

    • The cells must be editable in the Glossary Table.

  3. Press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on OS X).
    Each row displays one term with its description.

    • If the term already exists in the model, the information updates.
    • If terms have ID prefixes in another resource, they are automatically set after the copy-and-paste command only for pasted terms in the Glossary Table. Manage ID prefixes in the Element Numbering dialog.