Glossary

Plain-language definitions for the terms used throughout ReportPlane.

Last verified 2026-08-02
Analytics API
A published, governed analytics definition executed through /query.
Analytics binding
The connection between an Analytics API and a destination/backend, including cache TTL and row safeguards.
CIDR
A notation for one IP address or a network range, used in source allowlists.
Client CA
A trusted certificate authority used to validate mTLS client certificates.
Control plane
The management system used to configure resources and policies.
Credential
Encrypted external connection configuration used by a destination.
Data model
The named schema for one type of accepted record.
Destination
The delivery configuration connecting models to a warehouse.
Dimension
A field used to label or group analytics rows.
Discovery
A bounded workflow that captures sample payloads and proposes a model/routing candidate.
Identity binding
A policy requiring identity values from JWT, payload, or certificate context to agree.
Ingest client
A write identity with allowed models and runtime security policy.
Managed warehouse
Storage operated through ReportPlane without a customer-provided warehouse credential.
Management Token
A personal rp_mgmt_... credential used only for scoped control-plane automation through /management/v1.
Metric
A calculation such as count, sum, average, minimum, or maximum.
mTLS
Mutual TLS, where both server and client present certificates.
Project
The isolation boundary containing product resources inside a workspace.
Query client
A read identity with allowed Analytics APIs and runtime security policy.
Runtime plane
The ingest, query, WebSocket, and Syslog traffic path that enforces saved configuration.
Runtime API key
A project identity used for ingest and/or query runtime traffic. It cannot configure control-plane resources.
Spool
Durable local files holding accepted records before destination dispatch completes.
Time bucket
A grouping such as minute, hour, day, week, or month applied to a timestamp dimension.
Warehouse
The storage and compute backend used for delivered data and analytics.
Workspace
The top-level team, subscription, role, and shared-resource boundary.
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