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GoodData Glossary

This glossary lists and explains terms connected with using GoodData analytical tools.

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Term	Description
ADS Agile Data Warehousing Service	GoodData Agile Data Warehousing Service (Data Warehouse) is a fully managed, columnar data warehousing service for the GoodData platform. See Data Warehouse.
ADD v2 Automated Data Distribution version 2	Automated Data Distribution enables you to quickly upload data from a data warehouse (such as Snowflake, Redshift, or BigQuery) or an object storage service (such as Amazon S3) to one or multiple workspaces. See Automated Data Distribution v2 for Data Warehouses.
Administrator role	Administrators can upload and manage data, make changes to the underlying data model, invite new users to a workspace, control user roles and define variables. See User Roles.
Aggregation	Aggregation is a process of computing metrics using aggregation functions, such as summary, average, minimum, maximum, and count, applied to a set of numerical facts.
Analytical Designer	Analytical Designer is an interface in which you create and edit insights. See Analytical Designer.
API	See API Reference.
Attribute	Attributes are non-measurable descriptors used to break down metrics and facts. In Analytical Designer, you can use attributes as facts to count the number of individual values of the attribute. Attributes can be text or numerical. See Attributes in Logical Data Models.
Authentication token	Authentication tokens are identifiers used when you access GoodData Platform using API. See GoodData Token Types.
Authorization token	Authorization tokens are identifiers used to create workspaces and data warehouses. See Find the Workspace Authorization Token.
Average (AVG)	The AVG function calculates the average value for a set of numbers. The average is computed by summing all the values and then dividing the sum by the number of the values in the set. See AVG.
Brick	A brick is a component of the data preparation and distribution pipeline that performs a specific task based on the brick’s type: downloader, integrator, executor. See Data Preparation and Distribution Pipeline. A brick is a component of Life Cycle Management (LCM) that you use to manage workspaces and users in your LCM setup. See Bricks.
Calculated measure	Deprecated term for a metric. See Create Metrics in Insights.
Connection point	Connection points uniquely identify a specific record. See Connection Points in Logical Data Models.
Count	The Count function counts the number of individual values belonging to an attribute. See COUNT.
Creator	Creators are users that create Dashboards. Creators can always access their own dashboards and cannot be removed through sharing. See Share Dashboards.
Dashboard	Dashboards display business insights and KPIs. See Dashboards.
Dashboard tab	Dashboard tabs display business reports or dashboard elements, such as key metric widgets, dashboard filters, written text, and embedded web content.
Dashboard attribute filter	Attribute filters on a dashboard enable you to filter the dashboard by selecting from a set of attribute values. For example, if your dataset includes an Industry attribute, adding the dashboard filter for this attribute enables dashboard viewers to select the industry for which the data in the dashboard is displayed.
Dashboard date filter	Date filters on a dashboard enable you to filter a dashboard by selecting values from a date-related dimension.
Dashboard filter	Dashboard filters allow you to select values to be included or excluded from the dashboard's report calculations. You can create filters for attributes, date datasets, and variables that you define. Only users with Editor and Administrator roles can create dashboard filters. See dashboard attribute filter. See dashboard date filter. See dashboard variable filter.
Dashboard variable filter	Dashboard variable filters enable you to filter a dashboard by selecting values from a filtered (attribute) variable that you have defined for the workspace or individual users.
Data Catalog	A data Catalog is the list of facts, metrics, and attributes on the left part of the Analytical Designer interface. You can drag and drop items from Data Catalog and create insights in the Analytical Designer. You can organize your data in groups. See Data Catalog in Analytical Designer.
Data model	Data models refer to how the data is organized within the database. This model expresses the relationships between the data and identifies the types of information stored in each field. See Data Modeling in GoodData . See logical data model and physical data model.
Data Permissions	Data Permissions filters enable administrators to tie a specific filter to one or more users. For example, you can use Data Permissions filters to segment the type of data that individual users can see in the GoodData Portal. See Data Permissions . Formerly known as a Mandatory User Filter (MUF).
Data section	In the Data section, you can load data to your GoodData workspace via a CSV file.
Dataset	Datasets are collections of related facts and attributes loaded into a workspace. They are organized by facts for numeric data and by attributes for aggregation data. See Datasets in Logical Data Models .
Dimension	Dimensions are collections of related attributes. The unit used to organize daily data is the Day attribute; the collection of Day, Week, Month, Quarter, and Year attributes is the Date dimension. You can, for example, categorize opportunities by the dates when they were created (dimension = created) and when they were closed (dimension = closed). See Dates in Logical Data Models . See Filter Metrics by Date in Analytical Designer. See MAQL and Multidimensionality .
Domain	Domains are basic units for organizing your workspaces, users, and related data in the GoodData platform. See Your GoodData Domain. Formerly known as organization.
Domain admin	Domain administrators manage your enterprise's domain in the GoodData Platform. They can provision new users and workspace.
Drilling	A process of navigating among levels of data in multidimensional datasets. You can drill down, drill in, and drill across.
Drill path	Drill paths are paths that dashboard viewers can follow to analyze their reports' data at a deeper level. Drill paths can be initiated when a user clicks an attribute value (drill down) or a metric value (drill in). You can also configure a drill path that links to a different report (drill across).
Drill across	To click a metric or attribute value to display new reports or dashboard tabs that may contain entirely different metrics and attributes.
Drill down	To click an attribute value to display another chart that measures the same metric as the original report but breaks that metric across a new attribute. See Drill Down in Dashboards.
Drill in	To click a metric value to display another chart that measures the same metric as the original report but breaks that metric across a new attribute.
Editor role	Editors can customize dashboards, edit reports, and create new reports. They can update existing data sets with newer versions but do not have full access to manage workspace data. For example, editors do not have full access to a workspace's variable settings, and cannot see other workspace members or invite new members. See User Roles.
Editor + Invitation role	Editors + Invitations have the privileges of the Editor user role with the additional permission to invite users to the workspace. See User Roles.
Editor + User Admin role	Editor + User Admin has the privileges of the Editor + Invitations user role with additional permissions to manage relations between data permissions and users and to create and manage user and workspace variables. See User Roles.
ETL Extract, Transform, and Load	A general process by which data is extracted from one source and transformed and loaded into a database. GoodData Platform utilizes ETL processes to use data feeds from your enterprise systems as inputs for your workspaces.
Explorer role	Explorers can access dashboards in a workspace on a view-only basis. The Explorer users can access Analytical Designer, and create and edit insights. They can also access, create, and edit Dashboards. See User Roles.
Explorer (embedded only) role	(In embedded mode only) Explorers (embedded only) can access dashboards in a workspace on a view-only basis. These users can access Analytical Designer, and create and edit insights. They can also access, create, and edit Dashboards. These users cannot access GoodData Portal through direct login or through an organization's custom portal. The navigation bar is not visible. See User Roles.
Export/Import token	Export tokens are identifiers generated when you export workspaces to use as a reference to the content. You also include these tokens in the API calls when importing workspaces. See GoodData Token Types and API Reference for exporting and importing a workspace.
Filter	Filters are sets of characteristics applied to remove values from computed and displayed values. You can create filters based on attribute values, variables, or date dimensions.
GoodData API	GoodData API is based on REST. You can use various resources to manipulate objects on the GoodData platform. See API Reference.
GoodData.UI	GoodData.UI is a JavaScript library for building analytical applications. See GoodData.UI.
GoodData Portal	GoodData Portal is a web application in which you create insights and reports and add them to dashboards in their workspaces. See GoodData Portal.
Gray pages	A visualization tool that exposes GoodData API functionality through a browser. See Access the Gray Pages for a Workspace.
Hyperlink	In a dataset, a hyperlink field is a label field that describes an attribute using a hyperlink value. In a report, you can click a hyperlink to open the destination URL.
Insight	Insights are defined sets of facts, attributes, and filters that visualize your data in Analytical Designer. You can use insights to build Dashboards. See Insight Types.
KPI Key Performance Indicator	KPIs are measurements that evaluate the success of a person or an organization in a particular activity.
Dashboard	Dashboards display business insights and KPIs. See Dashboards.
LCM Life Cycle Management	The LCM is a GoodData feature that allows you to configure and control multiple workspaces through master workspaces. See Managing Workspaces via Life Cycle Management.
LDM Logical Data Model	The LDM of a workspace shows the relationships between the workspace's facts and attributes. You can use the LDM diagram generated in GoodData Portal to identify possible relationships between your data objects. See Data Modeling in GoodData
Local facts/metrics	Local facts/metrics that are used to display data in your insight in Analytical Designer. All items in the Metrics sections in your insight, are local facts/metrics.
LSLTS Last Successfully Loaded Time Stamp	Last Successfully Loaded Time Stamp (LSLTS) of datasets with incremental load mode is the timestamp of the last successful data load. See Load Modes in Automated Data Distribution v2 for Data Warehouses.
Manage section	In the Manage page, you can manage your datasets, metrics, and variables, you can schedule dashboard emailing and invite users into your workspace.
MAQL	Short for Multi-Dimension Analytical Query Language, MAQL is a querying language available in the following forms: MAQL Data Definition Language (DDL) is used to define the logical data models that are visually constructed in CloudConnect LDM Modeler. MAQL Data Querying Language (DQL) is used to define aggregating metrics through GoodData Portal. See MAQL - Analytical Query Language .
Maximum (MAX)	The MAX function identifies the largest value within a set of numbers. See MAX .
Measure	A deprecated term for a fact.
Metric Editor	An interface for reviewing, editing, and updating custom metrics in your workspace. In the Metric Editor, you can define your metric using MAQL and by selecting from the available and applicable data objects. See Get Started with Using MAQL to Write Metrics.
Metric Wizards	You can use Metric Wizards to create some kinds of metrics. These Wizards prevent editors from creating metrics that cannot be computed.
Minimum (MIN)	The MIN function identifies the smallest value within a set of numbers. See MIN .
Output Stage	The Output Stage is a set of tables and/or views created in your data warehouse (such as Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, and Snowflake) specifically for integration with GoodData. The Output Stage serves as a source for loading data to your workspaces. See Direct Data Distribution from Data Warehouses and Object Storage Services.
PDM Physical Data Model	The PDM of a workspace represents how the actual data is stored in the database. This model is used to manage all the relationships expressed in the logical data model and determines how the data is organized in the database so that its retrieval is efficient. See Data Modeling in GoodData .
Platform Settings	Platform Settings allow you to activate features on GoodData Platform that are not universally available, and enable you to select different settings for certain features. See Configure Various Features via Platform Settings. Also known as feature flags.
Project	Deprecated term for workspaces. However, in GoodData, terms workspace and project denote the same entity. For example, project ID is exactly the same as workspace ID.
Prompt	See variable.
Rollup	A rollup is an aggregation of values into a summary form. For example, quarterly data may be a rollup of monthly or daily data. See Tables.
Running total	Running totals are summary calculations of time-based data at a defined point in time. For example, you can define a running total to be the sales to date for the current quarter. See Running Total Functions.
SLI Single Load Interface	SLI (Single Load Interface) is used for loading data to the GoodData workspaces. See Loading Data via REST API.
Summary (SUM)	The SUM aggregation function adds the values of all selected numbers. See SUM
Tables	Tables display data in cells that are organized into rows and columns. See Tables.
Tag	Tags are keywords that are used to describe objects in a workspace. Tags facilitate organizing and searching for reports, metrics, attributes, facts, and variables. Tags for each type of workspace object can be organized into tag libraries.
Token	Tokens are hashed values that provide unique references within a GoodData domain. See authentication token. See authorization token. See export/import token. See GoodData Token Types.
User role	In GoodData Portal, you define permissions to your features and data of your workspace based on user roles. For example, users who are only permitted to review reports and dashboards within GoodData Portal but cannot edit them are assigned the Viewer role. See User Roles.
Variable	Variables are sets of varying values that administrators can define to filter dashboards or influence metric computations based on values in a user's profile. These values can be different for individual users. Also known as prompt in the API.
Viewer role	Viewers can access workspace dashboards on a view-only basis. The Navigation Bar is visible, but some features like links to the Dashboards, Reports, and Manage pages are not visible in this mode. See User Roles.
Viewer (disabled exports) role	Viewers (disabled exports) have the privileges of the Viewer user role with the restricted permission to export reports. See User Roles.
Viewer (embedded only) role	Viewers (embedded only) can only access dashboards that are embedded in another application. They do not have access to GoodData Portal through a direct login or through an organization's custom portal. Viewer (embedded only) users access workspace dashboards on a view-only basis and do not have access to the navigation bar. See User Roles.
Visualization	Visualizations display specific parts of your data in form of tables and charts. See insight.
Web content	You can insert web content in an iframe in your dashboards. For example, you can insert static content such as images and webpages, or even dynamic content such as videos or Twitter feeds into your dashboards.
White-labeling	A white-label offering enables customers to replace GoodData branding in GoodData Portal and emails sent from GoodData Portal with the customer's branding. End users experience the GoodData solution as an offering of the customer. See White Label Your Domain.
Widget	Widgets are dashboard elements that are used to display key metrics and geo charts. They can be optionally filtered by attributes and formatted and positioned as needed on a dashboard.
Workspace	Workspaces contain all data and metadata that are associated with the workspace, such as dashboards, insights, and facts. See Create a Workspace. Also known by the deprecated term project.
XAE Extensible Analytics Engine	A computational engine that advances reporting capabilities. With XAE users can carry out more complex queries in less time. See XAE - Extensible Analytics Engine.

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