Glossary
ThoughtSpot has its own company-specific terminology, which is useful to know.
| Starting in May 2022, ThoughtSpot rebranded pinboards as Liveboards. For backward compatibility, we currently support internal processes and external methods that use the older naming convention. |
- Answer
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An Answer is the result of a search that the user saves in the form of a visualization, such as a table or a chart.
- authentication
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The process of verifying user credentials, and letting them long into ThoughtSpot.
- data set, dataset
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A collection of related sets of information that is composed of separate elements, but can be manipulated as a unit by a computer. In the case of tabular data, a data set is comprised of one or more database tables, where every column of a table represents a specific variable, and each row corresponds to a record of the data set.
- filter
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This is a column value that a user can add to search.
- formula
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This is an expression that applies a calculation, usually a mathematical calculation, to data.
- group aggregation
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This enables you to aggregate a value by a specific attribute. Also known as pinned aggregation or a level-based measure.
- impression
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An impression registers when a user enters text into a search bar, or loads a Liveboard.
- Liveboard
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This is a collection of related Answers, or search results, that appear as tables or visualizations.
- pinned measure
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This enables you to aggregate a value by a specific attribute. Also known as group aggregation, or a level-based measure.
- reportbook
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This is an internal name for a visualization.
- search
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This is a query in ThoughtSpot. We call this search because ThoughtSpot queries enable the user to find business information as efficiently as using an Internet search engine.
- token
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The text that users enter in the search bar. This includes keywords, column names, and formula names.
- user
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Individuals that can log in to ThoughtSpot. See authentication.
- visualization
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This is a visual representation of data. In ThoughtSpot, it is the representation of an answer. In some cases, we use the terms visualization and answer interchangeably.
- viz
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This is a common abbreviation for visualization.
