Glossary
Key terms used throughout the Iara Data platform.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brick | A building block of a dashboard — can be a chart, KPI value, or text summary |
| Business Context | Your business description, goals, and challenges — used by AI to generate relevant insights |
| Business Pulse | Starred KPIs displayed on the Home Dashboard with sparkline charts |
| Clustering | An analysis technique that groups data points into similar segments |
| Connection | A configured link to an external data source (database, spreadsheet, etc.) |
| Cron | A scheduling format defining when jobs run (e.g., 0 6 * * * = daily at 6 AM) |
| Curupira | The AI chat assistant — named after a Brazilian folklore character, guardian of the forests |
| Dashboard | A visual layout of charts, metrics, and text summaries — built by AI |
| Dashboard Factory | The AI-powered dashboard creation tool |
| Dataset | A table of data in the data warehouse, created from file uploads or pipeline imports |
| Deep Analysis | Comprehensive analytics using advanced techniques (clustering, forecasting, etc.) |
| DLQ (Dead Letter Queue) | Storage for failed webhook deliveries that can be replayed |
| ETL Pipeline | Extract-Transform-Load — an automated process that imports data on a schedule |
| Gold Layer | Optimized derived tables recommended by AI for best query performance |
| Iara | The advanced analytics engine — named after a Brazilian folklore water spirit |
| Idempotency | Preventing duplicate operations — same request with same key always returns same result |
| Investigation | An automated analysis examining a specific aspect of your data |
| KPI | Key Performance Indicator — a metric that auto-refreshes on schedule |
| Data Warehouse | The managed data storage layer where all your datasets are stored and queried |
| LGPD | Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados — Brazil's data protection law (similar to GDPR) |
| Overage | Using more of a resource than included in your plan (billed extra for paid plans) |
| PII | Personally Identifiable Information — data that can identify an individual |
| Pipeline | An automated data import job with a schedule and connection |
| RFM | Recency-Frequency-Monetary — a customer segmentation technique |
| Scope | A fine-grained permission (e.g., kpi:read) assigned to roles and API keys |
| Seat | An active team member slot. Plans include a number of seats; extras can be purchased |
| Sparkline | A small inline chart showing a metric's trend |
| Sumé | A deeper investigation engine — named after a Brazilian folklore deity of agriculture |
| Tenant | A workspace/organization — all data and users belong to a tenant |
| Change Tracking Column | A column used for incremental imports — tracks what data has already been imported |
| Webhook | An HTTP callback that notifies your systems when events occur |