Analytics and Business Intelligence Glossary

Understand how AI supports analytics workflow through automation, suggestion, and interpretation, and what to validate before shipping results to product users.

Business intelligence (BI) is the technology-driven process of collecting, analyzing, and transforming organizational data into actionable insights that inform strategic business decisions.

A dashboard is a visual interface that displays key metrics and KPIs from multiple data sources in a single, easy-to-understand view for real-time monitoring and decision-making.

Data analytics is the process of examining raw data to extract meaningful insights and patterns that drive informed business decisions.

Data visualization is the graphical representation of information using visual elements like charts, graphs, and maps to make complex data accessible and understandable.

Embedded analytics places analytical views or actions inside another application's workflow while preserving explicit integration, identity, data-access, and operating boundaries.

Headless BI separates analytical presentation from semantic and query services so multiple interfaces can consume a governed analytical contract.

iFrame embedding allows you to display external content within your web page. Learn how iFrames work in embedded analytics and when to use them.

A JWT proves where a claim set came from, not that the claims are true. In an embedded dashboard the harder question is where the row scope sits, whether it travels inside the signature, and what happens when it disagrees with the row policy.

A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is a quantifiable metric that tracks progress toward critical business objectives, providing teams with measurable targets and data-driven insights for strategic decision-making.

Multi-tenancy is a software architecture in which one solution serves multiple customer or organizational tenants while applying explicit isolation, routing, resource, and operating controls.

Real-time analytics processes and analyzes data instantly as it's generated, enabling immediate insights and faster decision-making for B2B SaaS products.

Row-level security (RLS) restricts which rows an execution context may read or modify, but it is one control within a complete authorization design.

SDK integration is the process of adding a software development kit to your application, enabling faster development and smooth connectivity with platform APIs through pre-built tools and libraries.

Self-service business intelligence (BI) empowers non-technical users to access, analyze, and visualize data independently without relying on IT teams or data specialists.

White-label software lets one company present another provider's capability under its own brand, without implying ownership of the underlying system.