Folders in Ellie serve as containers that allow you to group models and glossaries systematically. Folders support a multi-level hierarchy, enabling the creation of subfolders to mirror your organization's structure or project needs. A folder can contain all type of assets: models, conceptual entities, relationships and sub-folders. Folders enable nested structures.

Video overview of the functionality - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_y_Ex0PULo

Key Features of Folders

• Hierarchical Organization: Create nested folders to represent various domains, projects, or departments, facilitating intuitive navigation and management.

• Dedicated Sub-glossaries: Each folder can have its own glossary, known as a sub-glossary, allowing for domain-specific conceptual and logical definitions while maintaining access to the organization-wide glossaries.

• Access Control: Set permissions at the folder level to control who can edit the contents, ensuring security and proper governance.

Types of Folders

• Organization Folder: is the central workspace in Ellie where all shared assets are stored and managed. It serves as the main repository accessible to the entire organization. All assets contained in the Organization folder tree are called public assets and are visible by all users.

• Subfolders: are nested folders within the Organization Folder or other subfolders, enabling a hierarchical structure that aligns with specific domains, projects, or departments. Each subfolder can have its own sub-glossary for domain-specific terms while still allowing access to organization-wide glossaries. Permissions are inherited from parent folders but can be customized as needed. By default each folder has its own glossary enabled.

• Personal folder: is a private space for individual users to draft, experiment, and refine models before sharing them with the broader organization. Users can copy assets from public folders, work on them privately, and publish finalized versions to public folders. Additionally, assets in the Personal Folder can be shared with admins or write-access users for review and publishing on the user's behalf. Personal folder

Configuring your folder

Each folder has configurable permission and glossary settings. Permissions control who can edit the folder and its assets. Glossary settings define how entities are created and reused across models within the folder.

See more: Configuring your folder

Types of assets

• Glossary asset — an asset that belongs to a folder's glossary and can be searched, reused, and shared across models. Changes to it are reflected everywhere it is used.

• Foreign asset — a glossary asset borrowed from a different folder's glossary. It is a reference, not a copy — any edits apply to the original and propagate to all its usages. Foreign entities

• Local asset — an asset that exists only within a single model and is not part of any glossary. It cannot be searched or reused elsewhere; it can be promoted to a glossary asset at any time. Foreign entities