Glossary
Terms and phrases used in this document.
- action item
- Header options that appear in the upper-right corner of visuals and dashboard tiles. They allow you to perform various activities. For example, viewing filters currently applied to a visual.
- app
- A group of reports and dashboards packaged together to be shared with other members of your agency.
- bookmark
- Method for capturing the report in its current state.
- canvas
- Area of the page where content is visible, and can typically be edited. For example, the Home canvas, dashboard canvas, or report canvas.
- content
- General reference to reports, dashboards, and apps.
In the interface, datasets may also be referred to as content.
- cross-filter
- State where visuals in a report only show information related to a
selected data point.
Power users creating reports decide whether a visual is affected by cross-filtering, cross-highlighting, or none based on the visualization and their desired output.
- cross-highlight
- State where visuals in a report show all available data, but information
that is not related to the selected filter is dimmed.
Power users creating reports decide whether a visual is affected by cross-filtering, cross-highlighting, or none based on the visual type and their desired output.
- dashboard
- Groups of tiles (primarily composed of visuals from multiple reports) that provide at-a-glance insights.
- data point
- Data selection options available in visuals.
Typically, selecting a data point in a visual shows related information in other visuals.
- dataset
- Database used to populate report visuals.
- designer
- Another name for power users (users who can create ViewPoint
content).
Commonly used term for creator roles in Microsoft Power BI documentation.
- drill
- Method for working with data to see related information.
- filter
- The process of removing data from visuals to narrow results.
- focus mode
- Action that opens a tile or visual in more detail (by itself on a new page).
- Home canvas
- Starting area from where content can be accessed. (Typically used by power users.)
- navigation pane
- Used for browsing your available content.
- paginated reports
- Reports formatted to fit on printed pages. Not typically used in ViewPoint.
- premium workspace
- Workspace for which consumers can access content. Premium workspaces are defined by Trapeze ViewPoint personnel.
- Q&A
- Feature that allows you to ask natural language questions about your data.
- report
- Groups of visuals across a single page or multiple pages.
- tile
- Pinned visuals from reports, pinned reports, or other content types that make up a dashboard.
- visual
- Illustrated version of underlying data created from a selected visualization.
- visualization
- Types of visuals. Typically, they correspond to known chart types. For example, donut, table, or matrix.
- workspace
- Collaborative area where power users can share and work on content (reports, dashboards, and apps).