Glossary

This topic lists words and abbreviations that are commonly used in the DranSCADA documentation and community.

Dashboard	A set of one or more panels, organized and arranged into one or more rows, that provide an at-a-glance view of related information.
Data source	A file, database, or service providing the data. DranSCADA supports a several data sources by default, and can be extended to support additional data sources through plugins.
Exemplar	An exemplar is any data that serves as a detailed example of one of the observations aggregated into a metric. An exemplar contains the observed value together with an optional timestamp and arbitrary labels, which are typically used to reference a trace.
Graph	A commonly-used visualization that displays data as points, lines, or bars.
Panel	Basic building block in DranSCADA, composed by a query and a visualization. Can be moved and resized within a dashboard.
Query	Used to request data from a data source. The structure and format of the query depend on the specific data source.
Time series	A series of measurements, ordered by time. Time series are stored in data sources and returned as the result of a query.
Trace	An observed execution path of a request through a distributed system. For more information, refer to [What is Distributed Tracing?](https://opentracing.io/docs/overview/what-is-tracing/).
Visualization	A graphical representation of query results.