Glossary of Terms

This glossary defines the terms used across TURBOARD. Each entry describes the term as it is used within the platform, so you can navigate the interface and the rest of this guide with confidence.

A – C

Administration

The section of TURBOARD, available only to Super Admin users, where the platform’s configurations, settings and preferences are managed — including user and authentication settings, reporting, theming, maps, session settings, and system status. See System Administration.

Agent Mode

A JAS setting (available on the JASlet widget) that, when enabled, allows JAS to plan multi-step analyses, write custom queries, and automatically cross-reference data for deeper insights instead of producing a single-pass answer.

AI Persona

A configurable viewpoint that tailors the natural-language explanations JAS generates to a specific role or audience — for example an Action-Oriented Manager. Built-in personas are available, and users can create their own. See JAS.

Chart

A dashlet type that presents data in a graphical form. TURBOARD offers a rich library of chart types (column, bar, line, pie, donut, and many more) and automatically activates the appropriate chart type based on the dimensions and measures selected. See Chart Dashlets.

Clone

TURBOARD’s patented feature for comparing changes in a dashboard’s visualizations by presenting them side-by-side with a single synchronized vertical scrollbar (no horizontal scrolling). Cloning a dashboard vertically within the same interface makes it easy to compare the effect of different filters and criteria directly.

Conditional Formatting

A dashlet configuration option used to highlight certain values so particular data points are easy to identify. It is configured from the Conditional Formatting panel of the dashlet playground. See Dashlet Basics.

Connected Dimension

A dimension in one view linked to a dimension in another view (even from a different database), enabling cross-dataset analytics. Once connected, related measures of both dimensions can be used together to create dashlets.

D

Dashboard

A collection of dashlets. A dashboard is a container that gathers multiple dashlets to provide a centralized, interactive view of information and insights, and to allow quick filtering and querying of the data. It is the end-user interface where selected dashlets are brought together to tell a story. See Dashboards.

Dashlet

A unit or component of visualization and/or functionality — the heart of the analysis process. A dashlet can be a chart, a pivot table, a regional (SVG) map, a geographical (GIS) map, or an info cell/gauge. TURBOARD has five dashlet types, each presenting the data in a different form. See Dashlet Basics.

Datacell

The column of the records that hit the query of a dashlet. Nodes marked as default datacells appear by default in the unpivoted (detail) table of a view.

Date Dimension

A dimension whose values are dates. Dates are always set as a dimension by default and are marked with a DD icon in the view’s Nodes tab.

Dimension

A node type representing the categorical dimension of the data — such as customers, products, or time — used to group and slice measures. Dimension fields are mostly of type “Varchar” and can be grouped. See Views.

E – F

Express ETL

The process of creating a view from a custom SQL query. The query is written and validated (via a Dry Run) in the querying page, and its result is stored in TURBOARD’s database. See Views.

Expression

A virtual dimension or measure created using SQL on the view level to allow more detailed analysis beyond the raw database fields. Once created, an expression can be reused in any dashlet built from that view. TURBOARD supports Dimension, Aggregate Measure, Single Measure, and Filter expressions. See Expressions in Views.

Filter

A node that data can be filtered by. All nodes of a created view are set as filters by default (marked with an F icon); the filter can be disabled for fields that are not suitable for filtering. Filter behaviour and input type are configured in the view’s Nodes tab and refined per dashlet.

Filtret

A filter placed on the dashboard level, enabling data filtering across the whole dashboard rather than only through the per-dashlet filters pane.

G – H

Gauge

A circular or semicircular dial divided into segments, with a pointer that indicates the current value of a metric. An info cell can be converted into a gauge (and vice versa). Gauges are used to display metrics such as speed, temperature, or progress toward a goal at a glance. See Info Cell & Gauge Dashlets.

Geographical (GIS) Map

A dashlet type that visualizes geo-spatial data on a digital map using layers, showing data points at exact locations (for example as a clustered pin map or a heat map). GIS dashlets require the add-on GIS-S module. See GIS Dashlets.

Geometry

A node type connected to the field that stores location (polygon/boundary) information, used by geographical dashlets. It is marked automatically and must be attached to a connected dimension to work.

HTMLet

A component used to add HTML content. HTMLets can be added to dashboards and dashlets alike.

I – J

Info Cell

A small, rectangular dashlet that displays a single metric or value together with a visual indication of whether the value is good, bad, or neutral. Info cells are used in dashboards to provide at-a-glance summaries of key metrics, and can be converted into a gauge. See Info Cell & Gauge Dashlets.

JAS

TURBOARD’s integrated Generative AI assistant, embedded throughout the platform. JAS automates BI tasks — generating and validating SQL, building and refining dashlets and dashboards from plain-language commands, explaining data in natural language, and providing contextual platform guidance. It is delivered through two modules: the JAS Pane and the JASlet. (Older material may refer to JAS as “TURBot”.) See JAS.

JAS Pane

The conversational module of JAS, opened from the interface toolbar, where users interact with the assistant through natural language to prepare data, create visualizations, and get explanations and guidance.

JASlet

A dashboard widget module of JAS that automatically generates insights about a specific dashlet, dashboard, or view, and lets users ask questions about that entity directly from the dashboard. See JASlet.

M – N

Measure

A node type representing measurable, aggregatable values (for example fields of type Integer or Double). Measures are the quantities summarized by aggregations such as sum, average, count, min, and max, grouped by dimensions. See Views.

Node

A field of a view. Each node corresponds to a field in the underlying database and is assigned a type — filter, dimension, measure, date dimension, latitude, longitude, territory, or geometry — that determines how it can be used in dashlets. Nodes are managed in the view’s Nodes tab.

Nodes Pane

The section on the left side of the dashlet playground where the nodes of the view are listed as dimensions, measures, and datacells (along with custom expressions), grouped by node type, ready to be added to the dashlet.

P

Parameter

A dynamic value that lets users customize data queries and reports based on specific inputs — filtering data, setting thresholds, or running “what-if” scenarios without modifying the underlying dataset or SQL. TURBOARD includes pre-defined date parameters and supports user-defined parameters. See Parameters in Views.

Playground (PG)

The page where a dashlet is configured (add/edit mode). The playground contains the Output Area, Quick Actions Ribbon, Dashlet and Playground Toolbar, the Nodes Pane, and the settings/configuration panels. See Dashlet Basics.

Pivot Table

A dashlet type that summarizes and analyzes data in a tabular form organized into rows and columns, with column and row dimensions selectable separately. Unlike charts, pivot tables place no limit on the number of dimensions or measures, allowing detailed analysis of complex datasets. See Pivot Table Dashlets.

R

Regional (SVG) Map

A dashlet type that visualizes data by territory or region using SVG technology, useful when you have location names but not exact coordinates. It supports interactive features such as hover tooltips and clickable, color-coded regions. See Regional Map Dashlets.

Restriction

A limitation applied to the data of an entire view to exclude a portion of data from being viewed, accessed, or analyzed in dashlets — for example to remove dirty data or outliers, or to hide data for privacy. A restriction acts like a macro criterion added to the end of every query run on that view. See Restrictions in Views.

S – T

Showcase

A collection of dashboards shared with end-users. Dashboards in a showcase are grouped hierarchically for navigation, can be displayed with different themes, and the showcase can be embedded and marked as a Favorite. See Showcases.

Slicer

A dashlet setting that turns a chart into an interactive control: when enabled, clicking a value in the dashlet applies that value as a filter to the whole dashboard. If “Just highlight the selection” is checked, the click only highlights the value instead of filtering. See Chart Dashlets.

Territory

A node type that holds territory names (city, province/state, or country) used with regional (SVG) maps. It is selected by the user, and each territory type requires its own SVG map configured by an admin.

.tur File

TURBOARD’s custom file format used to export any TURBOARD element — a view, dashlet, dashboard, or entire showcase — compressed inside a (.zip) folder. Importing a .tur file replicates the element and connects it to another data source or TURBOARD environment.

U – V

User Roles

TURBOARD has three user types: Viewer (also “PRO-U”), the end-user who views shared visualizations; Designer (also “ENT-U”), who prepares views and designs dashlets, dashboards, and showcases; and Super Admin (also “DSC-U”), who manages the platform’s configuration, users, permissions, and data connections. See Users & Roles.

View

A curated dataset prepared for analysis and visualization, serving as the intermediary layer between raw data sources and the dashlets that present the data. A view may consist of a set of tables, an Excel/CSV file, or an SQL query, and it is where data selection, filters, restrictions, parameters, and expressions are configured. See Views.