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# How to Add Glossary Terms | Official Documentation

> Browse and search glossary terms to understand domain-specific terminology across your organization’s data assets.

# How to Add Glossary Terms

* From the Explore page, select a data asset and click on the edit icon or + Add for Glossary Term.
* Search for the relevant tags. You can either type and search, or scroll to select from the options provided.
* Click on the checkmark to save the changes.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/MHBCqpCu2QFpqxLy/public/images/how-to-guides/discovery/glossary1.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MHBCqpCu2QFpqxLy&q=85&s=e57e2334d71bc9113f2150f7c4a8a0e6" alt="Add Glossary Terms" width="2943" height="1424" data-path="public/images/how-to-guides/discovery/glossary1.png" />

You can view all the associated glossary terms in the right panel.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/MHBCqpCu2QFpqxLy/public/images/how-to-guides/discovery/glossary2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MHBCqpCu2QFpqxLy&q=85&s=e222e86d7afc40fee5f8432359c5bf65" alt="Add Glossary Terms" width="2943" height="1424" data-path="public/images/how-to-guides/discovery/glossary2.png" />

## Glossary Terms and Tags

If **Tags** are associated with a **Glossary Term**, then applying that glossary term to a data asset, will also automatically apply the associated tags to that data asset. For example, the glossary term ‘Account’ has a PII.Sensitive tag associated with it. When you add a glossary term to a data asset, the associated tags also get added.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/x0xXkTWAgiDpM5Ry/public/images/how-to-guides/governance/tag5.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=x0xXkTWAgiDpM5Ry&q=85&s=d45cc16723b75d5aec14cf355293afbe" alt="Glossary Term and Associated Tags" width="2943" height="1424" data-path="public/images/how-to-guides/governance/tag5.png" />

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/openmetadata/x0xXkTWAgiDpM5Ry/public/images/how-to-guides/governance/tag6.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=x0xXkTWAgiDpM5Ry&q=85&s=e489426627cf97b4492acc165a03bd2b" alt="Glossary Term and Tag gets Added to the Data Asset" width="2943" height="1424" data-path="public/images/how-to-guides/governance/tag6.png" />

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