AWS DataZone: Clicking Glossary Terms from Assets Redirects to Glossary Home Instead of Term Definition
While using AWS DataZone Catalog, I observed an issue with glossary term navigation from assets.
Observed behavior
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Assets (e.g., Glue Tables) show associated Glossary Terms as clickable links (for example: Customer Identifier, Customer Legal Name, Customer Active Status)
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When clicking on any of these glossary terms:
- The UI redirects to the Glossary home page
- It does not open the actual glossary term definition
Expected behavior
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Clicking a glossary term associated with an asset should:
- Open the specific glossary term definition page
- Allow users to immediately see the definition, steward, related assets, and metadata
Why this is important
This breaks a key data catalog and governance workflow:
- Business users expect term links to behave like references
Impact
- Poor user experience when navigating from assets to business definitions
- Makes glossary terms feel disconnected from assets
Is this a known limitation or a bug? Are there any recommended workarounds, or plans to support direct navigation to glossary term definitions?
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Based on the available documentation about Amazon DataZone's business glossary functionality, I can provide some context about how glossary terms work with assets, though the specific navigation behavior you're describing isn't explicitly documented.
In Amazon DataZone, business glossaries are collections of business terms that can be associated with assets and columns to help classify and enhance identification during search. When glossary terms are applied to assets, they're intended to help users understand key characteristics and enable discovery through search functionality.
The documentation indicates that glossary terms can be added to assets and columns, and when a particular term is selected as a value for an asset's metadata form field, users can search for that business glossary term to find associated assets. This suggests the primary workflow is designed around search-based discovery rather than direct navigation from asset to term definition.
However, the specific UI navigation behavior you're experiencing—where clicking a glossary term link from an asset redirects to the glossary home page instead of the term's definition page—is not described in the available documentation as either expected behavior or a known limitation.
For issues like this that appear to be potential bugs or unexpected UI behavior, I'd recommend:
- Contacting AWS Support to report the specific navigation issue
- Checking the AWS DataZone console for any recent service updates or known issues
- As a workaround, you can navigate manually through: Catalog menu → Glossaries → select the specific glossary → locate and select the term to view its definition
The documentation does confirm that term definition pages should contain information like descriptions, relationships, and associated metadata, so direct navigation to these pages would align with the intended governance workflow you've described.
Sources
Amazon DataZone terminology and concepts - Amazon DataZone
Create a term in a glossary in Amazon DataZone - Amazon DataZone
answered 8 months ago
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