Terminology Concept (SAP Library - Terminology and Glossary in SAPterm (BC-DOC-TER))

Terminology Concept

Use

You can display all information about a term with this function.

Features

General information

Administration information

Original language
Classification (for example, system text, internal entry)

Source

Link to source of the term

Individual entry information

Administration information

Creation date
Creator
Date of last change
Last changer
Status

Glossary

Creation date
Creator
Date of last change
Last changer
Glossary definition

Grammar

Grammatical type
Part of speech
Gender (for those languages where this attribute is necessary)

KW Context

First Release
Invalid after Release

Note

The Invalid after Release information refers to the last release in which this term is valid. For example, if the KW Context displays a term as being invalid after Release 4.0A, this means that the term is still valid in Release 4.0A, and will cease to be valid in Release 4.0B.

Country
Industry sector

Activities

Displaying all languages

To display the term in all languages, into which it has been translated, choose Display all languages from the application toolbar.

Navigating between terminology concepts

If your results list contains more than one term, you can branch to the terminology concept of the previous and next term by choosing the Previous entry and Next entry icons from the application toolbar.

Displaying the where-used list

You can use this function to check where the given term is used in glossary links, in documentation created in both SAPscript and in the Knowledge Warehouse. The system also checks where a term is used as an index entry in KW documents.

To display the where-used list for a term entry, choose Where-used list from the application toolbar. A dialog box appears containing a list of the documents. You can select a document from the list in order to see the text.

Deleting the entire terminology concept

This function enables superusers to delete a term, along with all its translations, as long as no glossary entry exists for this term. For more information, see Deleting Terms.

Maintaining a target text term

You can move directly to maintenance for given language entries (designations) from the terminology concept display. This function is visible as a maintenance icon ( This graphic is explained in the accompanying text ) next to each designation.

Deleting a target text term

Superusers can use this function to delete language-specific entries (designations) in the terminology concept. This function is visible as a deletion icon ( This graphic is explained in the accompanying text ) next to each designation. For more information, see Deleting Target Language Terms.