Product Glossary
Product Glossary
In this article you will find the explanation of all the terminologies used in Daton.
Integration
Connecting a data source or a data destination on Daton using their respective pre-built connectors
Pending Integration
Initial state when the table structure on the warehouse is created and jobs are yet to be initiated
Active Integration
When at least one job is executed. Active state does not mean that entire data is extracted from the data source and loaded to the warehouse
Paused Integration
User managed state where in the integration is stopped temporarily
Deleted Integration
User managed state where in the integration is deleted permanently. Table cannot be recovered in Daton after deleting it.
Data Source
A platform from which data can be periodically extracted. Data source could be a database, file storage, SaaS application/platform which provide data through APIs, or applications which provide data through web-hooks
Data Destination
Any cloud based data warehouse or relational database. We presently support Google BigQuery and Amazon Redshift
Jobs
A data pipeline scheduled as per user configuration which extracts data from a data source and loads to the destination. Jobs are created at table level E.g. there would be 5 jobs for 5 tables in an integration, one for each table
Logs
Specifies details for each job such as the number of records processed, start and end time, processing errors, etc.
Records
A record is a row created in the data destination table
Full Load
Initial data extract corresponding to the amount of historic data configuration
Incremental Load
Loads subsequent to the full load, which are executed depending on the frequency configured. Data is extracted since the previous successful job until present
Replication Frequency
The frequency at the data is replicated on Daton
History
The amount of historic data in years to be replicated
Replication Field
Pivot field used to identify the incremental data. The default replication field for all SaaS applications is 'Updated Date'. Users can select a replication field for all database sources
Organization Admin (or simply Admin)
Admin is the primary user from an organization who signs up to Daton first. He manages subscriptions, users/accounts and integrations for the organization
Organization Users (or simply Users)
Additional users are added to Daton by the Admin. Each user can integrate data sources and data warehouses. Users cannot manage subscriptions and other organizational users