## GLOSSARY_DETAILS table

URL: https://docs.atlan.com/platform/lakehouse/references/gold-layer/glossary-assets

> Reference documentation for the GLOSSARY_DETAILS table containing glossary, category, and term details

The **GLOSSARY_DETAILS** table contains information about glossaries, glossary categories, and glossary terms in your Atlan tenant.

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This table contains only glossary-specific columns. Common asset attributes (name, description, owners, etc.) are available in the [ASSETS](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/lakehouse/assets/llms.txt) table. Join on `guid` to enrich glossary data with these attributes.
:::

## Columns

The **GLOSSARY_DETAILS** table includes the following columns:

| Column | Description |
|--------|-------------|
| `guid` | The asset's globally-unique identifier |
| `asset_type` | The type of glossary asset (for example, Business Graph, GlossaryTerm, GlossaryCategory) |
| `status` | The asset's status (for example, ACTIVE, DELETED) |
| `terms` | List of term GUIDs that belong to the glossary or glossary category |
| `categories` | List of category GUIDs that belong to the glossary, or the glossary categories the term is attached to |
| `assigned_entities` | List of asset GUIDs that the glossary term has been assigned to |
| `readme_guid` | The GUID for the asset's readme |
| `anchor_guid` | The GUID of the glossary that the term or category belongs to |
| `parent_category_guid` | The parent category GUID for glossary category assets |

## See also

- [Gold namespace](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/lakehouse/gold-layer/llms.txt)
- [ASSETS table](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/governance/lakehouse/assets/llms.txt)
- [Atlan metamodel reference](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/platform/types/llms.txt)

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