Terminology
The following table lists the terminology that is used within this documentation.
Term | Description |
|---|---|
Agent | The services specific for a data source and executes on customer machines to connect a data source to the Discover service. |
Connector | Service that is downloaded from Discover and runs on customer machines to deploy agents. |
Data Owner | People or devices that own one or more Data Targets. For example, a specific Data Owner could own a laptop, an Exchange account, a OneDrive account, and a specific folder on a network file share. |
Data Source | A data repository that contains electronic data, such as a laptop, Microsoft Exchange, or a file server. |
Data Target | A specific location within a Data Source that contains electronic data, such as a file path, Exchange mailbox, or a SharePoint Library. |
Group | A collection of Data Owners that have something in common. |
Label | A tag that can be assigned to a discovered item, which can be used for reporting or passed on to Gimmal Records Management for use in classification. |
Policy | Policies direct workflows when and where to execute. |
Token | A placeholder that when used during processing is replaced by a real time value. |
Workflow | A set of instructions that are executed by an agent on a data source. |
Workflow Builder | An application downloaded from Discover that allows a workflow to be created or edited. |