93.1 Glossary
Acinta terms in alphabetical order, with the topic that explains each.
A–D
| Term |
Meaning |
| Acinta Server |
The Windows service that sends distributions and refreshes materialized dynamic views (formerly Saturn Server) |
| Action |
What happens when a user clicks a button, cell or chart – e.g. open another workbook. 13.1 |
| Action link |
An action that opens another workbook with the clicked value and filters. 13.3 |
| AI commentary box |
A text box in a workbook in which the AI comments on the report's data. 8.6 |
| AI customer key |
Your organization's key for the Acinta AI service. 26.2 |
| Aggregation |
How a metric summarizes data: SUM, COUNT, AVG… 10.3 |
| Collate |
Sending one e-mail per recipient with all their reports. 18.5 |
| Column total / row total |
A total of the cells in a column / in a row (older name: horizontal / vertical total) |
| Consolidation |
Your own grouping of a dimension's values, e.g. regions. 15.1 |
| Data source |
A database Acinta reads from. 21.1 |
| Design mode |
The workbook mode for building visuals (Alt+D). 5.3 |
| Dimension |
A group of related dimensional units, e.g. Customer. 3.2 |
| Dimensional unit |
Something users analyze by – customer, item, month. 23.1 |
| Distribution |
A scheduled e-mail with workbooks to a list of recipients. 18.1 |
| Drill down / drill through |
Go to a lower level / to the records behind a number. 6.2 |
| Dynamic date |
A date that moves with time, e.g. first day of this month. 9.3 |
| Dynamic view |
A table defined by SQL in Modeller. 22.2 |
E–M
| Term |
Meaning |
| Edition |
Datashop Workbook (view and explore) or Expert (also design and administer). 4.1 |
| Element Structure |
The design-mode panel listing a visual's metrics and dimensions. 5.6 |
| Enterprise Manager |
The administration tool for users, languages, distributions and the server |
| Fact |
A measure in the data model, e.g. an amount column. 24.1 |
| Filter Panel |
The panel of filter boxes that applies to the whole workbook. 5.5 |
| FlexTable |
A table of your own data kept in Acinta. 16.1 |
| Hierarchy |
A named drill path through units, e.g. Year → Month. 23.3 |
| Histogram |
Intervals of a number column used as a dimension. 15.4 |
| Lookup table |
The table that lists a unit's values. 23.1 |
| Materialized |
A dynamic view whose result is stored and refreshed on a schedule. 27.2 |
| Merge field |
A placeholder in distribution e-mails, e.g. {Name}. 18.4 |
| Metric |
A calculated figure, e.g. turnover = SUM of the invoice amount. 10.1 |
| Modeller |
The tool for building the data model. 20.1 |
| Modifier |
A change to how a workbook filter affects one visual, e.g. same period last year. 9.4 |
N–Z
| Term |
Meaning |
| nikolAI |
Acinta's AI assistant. 2.1 |
| Object Tree |
The panel listing the project's objects – in Datashop's design mode and in Modeller |
| Pivot |
Internal name for a dimension in the rows (left pivot) or columns (top pivot) of a table |
| Project |
A data model with its workbooks, users and settings, stored in a repository. 20.2 |
| Quick transformation |
A one-click change of how a metric column is shown – last year, % of total… 10.4 |
| Repository |
Where a project is stored: a file, a folder or a database |
| Rule |
Conditional formatting – colors and icons depending on values. 12.1 |
| Segmentation |
A grouping by a metric's result, e.g. top 10 customers or ABC classes. 14.1 |
| Style |
A set of formatting that parts of visuals inherit from. 11.1 |
| Table style |
A ready-made design for a whole table. 11.4 |
| Target |
A value to compare actual figures with, entered in Datashop. 10.6 |
| Transformation |
A shift or accumulation of dates for a metric, defined in Modeller. 24.2 |
| User filter |
A filter on a user that limits which data they can see (row-level security). 32 |
| Visual |
A table, chart, gauge, text, picture, button or filter on a sheet. 8.1 |
| Warehouse |
Modeller's diagram of the tables used in the model. 22.1 |
| Workbook |
A Datashop document with sheets of visuals. 5.1 |