Compliance Glossary for Confluence

Can I update many terms at once?

Yes. Administrators can process up to 100 terms per bulk operation. Filter to one status, select records, and use Submit for Review, Approve Selected, Deprecate Selected, or Delete Selected. Every action requires one change reason and writes a version before changing the term. Approval still enforces four-eyes separation. Ineligible records are skipped with errors.

Last verified against production v6 · 26 September 2026

At a glance

InputActionOutputLimit
Selected Draft termsSelect Submit for ReviewEligible terms move to In ReviewOnly draft terms can be submitted
Selected In Review termsSelect Approve SelectedEligible terms become ApprovedCreator, editor, or submitter cannot approve the same term
Selected Approved termsSelect Deprecate SelectedEligible terms become DeprecatedOnly approved terms can be deprecated
Selected non-approved termsSelect Delete SelectedEligible terms are removed after a deletion version is writtenApproved terms must be deprecated first
Up to 100 term IDs and one reasonSelect ConfirmSuccess count and per-term errorsEach term is processed separately

How it works

  1. Open Compliance Glossary for Confluence.
  2. Choose Draft, In Review, Approved, or Deprecated under All Statuses.
  3. Select individual terms or use Select all.
  4. Choose the available bulk action.
  5. Enter the required reason.
  6. Select Confirm.
  7. Review the completed count and every skipped record.
  8. Select Dismiss after recording the result.

Example

A reviewer selects 60 terms in In Review and chooses Approve Selected. Fifty-six pass the state and four-eyes checks. Four were created, edited, or submitted by that reviewer. Those four remain unchanged and appear in the skipped errors.

What this does not mean

Bulk management changes status or deletes records. It does not edit names, definitions, owners, dates, or synonyms in one action. A batch is not atomic across all selected terms. Some terms can succeed while others fail. Every operation is capped at 100 terms and requires an active license and administrator access.

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Next step

Filter by status, select a bounded group, and review every skipped result.

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Verification basis: production v6 code, tests, manifest, and operations guidance. Verified 26 September 2026.