Domain and Business Glossary Success Metrics
Description
This recipe provides a domain-centric analysis of Business Glossary governance. It evaluates how glossary terms are distributed and managed across domains, measures maturity (draft vs published), tracks growth trends, and identifies stewardship performance. By focusing on domains as the organizing unit, it enables governance teams to monitor curation health, identify underdeveloped domains, and recognize top-performing stewards driving glossary adoption.
Details
A business glossary delivers value only when domains are actively curated, terms are governed, and metadata is complete and trustworthy. Most organizations lack visibility into domain-wise glossary maturity, draft versus published readiness, steward performance, and authoritative-source coverage; this recipe provides a domain-first governance scorecard to surface maturity, adoption trends, productivity, and authoritative-source quality across the glossary.
Business value
- Provides leadership with a clear domain-level maturity dashboard.
- Improves governance planning with visibility into glossary adoption trends.
- Highlights metadata quality gaps for targeted remediation.
- Identifies high-impact domains requiring investment or stewardship escalation.
- Drives accountability through measurable steward productivity metrics.
Who benefits
- Data Governance Teams
- Domain Stewards & Data Owners
- CDO & Governance Leadership
- Enablement & Adoption Teams
- Compliance & Audit Teams
What you receive
How the recipe works (guided flow)
Step 1 — Domain-wise Draft vs Published Terms
Analyzes how many glossary terms each domain has in Draft vs Published state. Helps identify domains with strong governance maturity and those needing attention.
Step 2 — Steward-wise Draft vs Published Terms
Evaluates each steward’s curation activity based on their published and draft terms.
Highlights top contributors and stewards who may require support or follow-up.
Step 3 — Domain vs Total Number of Terms
Counts all glossary terms across each domain to measure terminology coverage.
Identifies domains with rich definitions and those lacking foundational glossary content.
Step 4 — Monthly New vs Published Term Trend
Tracks how many terms were created and published month-over-month.
Reveals glossary growth patterns and periods of low or high governance activity.
Step 5 — Identify Duplicate Classification
Finds classification labels that appear across multiple domains or are textually similar.
Helps enforce classification standardization and avoid inconsistencies.
Step 6 — Authoritative Source Check
Identifies glossary terms that do not have any authoritative source linked.
Highlights governance gaps where terms lack trusted or validated source objects.
Step 7 — Navigation Index
Provides a simple directory pointing users to which step contains which insights.
Ensures quick navigation and easy review of results across the recipe.
Sample insights (illustrative)
| Insight Category | What the recipe discovered | Business Impact |
|---|---|---|
| Domains lagging in maturity | Two domains have over 60% of terms still in draft status. | Indicates need for stewardship focus and faster publishing workflows. |
| Classification duplication | Multiple domains use near-identical classifications such as Product Category and Category Type. | Creates governance confusion; standardization reduces glossary sprawl. |
| Authoritative source gaps | Approximately 25% of terms lack any associated authoritative data source. | Reduces trust in definitions and weakens lineage for compliance and audits. |
Make sure the following ingredients are available in your workspace:
- Connected datasets are crawled and profiled
- Columns have distinct counts and top values generated