This glossary of terms contains definitions of commonly used terms throughout our products and documentation.
A
| Term | Definition |
| Adapters | The mechanism for extending the edgeCore pipeline’s range of possible data sources and command interfaces. Customers and competitive products may refer to these as integrations (machine to machine) and interfaces (person to machine); There are many kinds of adapters in edgeCore; |
| Admin server | The server where admins build new content (pages, data pipelines) and where configuration changes should be performed |
B
| Term | Definition |
| Branding and Customization | Updating the look and feel of edgeCore to match the themes and workflow requirements of an organization; Themes can be in the form of customer or provider logo branding and color schemes for status and border colors; Workflow can be specific decision points that direct the conduct of work according to the customers’ or providers’ policies. |
C
| Term | Definition |
| Connections | Pipeline node which represents a connection to a data source and contains all of the configuration information required to connect to that source; This node serves as a grouping mechanism for data sets in the system; |
| Constraints | Rules that restrict the input of a variable and prevent end-users from breaking queries and scripts with invalid values |
| Content Management | Segmenting edgeCore visualizations into pages |
| Content server | The server used by clients to access their provisioned pages and interact with the system as a non-admin |
| Client filter | Used to reduce the number of records that are displayed in a visualization |
E
| Term | Definition |
| Extensible Authentication | Integration of various security and authentication schemes provided by applications in the edgeCore ecosystem |
I
| Term | Definition |
| Interaction Framework | The engine that updates all aspects of the system in real time in response to user activity |
L
| Term | Definition |
| LDAP | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, which is a lightweight client-server protocol for accessing directory services |
M
| Term | Definition |
| Multi-tenancy | Segmenting data and configuration so that multiple customers (such as those of a Managed Service Provider) can independently and securely use the system at the same time |
N
| Term | Definition |
| Node | Different colored object the data pipeline is comprised of;
Each node has a color and icon associated with it, indicating the type of operation performed at that step. |
P
| Term | Definition |
| Pipeline | Used for managing data flow |
| Poll Interval | Used to specify how often you can access the data for a feed and also how often the data changes (in seconds). If a server subscription is active (another user is using that node or a server job is making it active), the current data retrieved will be returned. It will not refresh until all server-side subscriptions are closed and a new one is open. If you set the poll interval to 0, that means the data is very static, and you do not expect it to change. Poll interval will apply when a job has active subscriptions in the topology, and we keep jobs active for 12 seconds after the last subscriber is removed. Example: If the poll rate is 2 hours, but users open and leave the page, you may see the actual job rate be much faster (like every 30 seconds); |
| Pages | Named collections of visualizations;
User permissions for accessing visualizations are provisioned at the page level; |
| Provisioning | Used for mapping users to pages of content |
R
| Term | Definition |
| RPA | Robotic process automation – a product used to increase productivity and relay the repetitive and complex tasks to a computer process |
| Rule Sets | Used to control how data is presented in a visualization |
S
| Term | Definition |
| SSO (Single Sign-on) Credential Management | Managing the external accounts and credentials for users to access each of the systems that are integrated into edgeCore |
| Server Subscription | Used in order for data to be continually fetched, updated, and cached. Server subscription will apply to the defaults, so if you have a server subscription that has node variables or secured variables, it will only prefetch using the default configuration. An active page job topology can end up running jobs that are specific to the runtime nodeVar and secVar values. |
| Secured Variables | Global variables that can be used throughout the system to lock down data access |
T
| Term | Definition |
| Transform | Used to perform a structural change to the data |
U
| Term | Definition |
| User Management | Managing the internal accounts and credentials for users who log in to edgeCore |
V
| Term | Definition |
| Visualization | One or more frames of content provided to the end-user;
Every visualization requires a source of data; |
| View Modes | Different ways the data pipeline can be viewed – Topology, Table, Tree Table |
W
| Term | Definition |
| Web connection | The information required to connect to a web application |
| Web feeds | A method of bringing web content from an application into edgeCore |