Pūnaha glossary

Use the same words across Pūnaha

This glossary gives each important word one preferred meaning. Follow the links when you need a fuller explanation or a task guide.

Term	Meaning	Learn more
Tenant	A named area that holds people, access, settings, and work for one organisation or part of an organisation.	Tenants, people, and access
Person	A signed in identity that can belong to a tenant and receive access.	Tenants, people, and access
Group	A set of people that can receive access together. Pūnaha can manage a local group or read an external group from an identity provider.	Tenants, people, and access
Membership role	A tenant level starting set of access for a member. Direct and group access can add to it. A Deny can remove an allowed action.	Tenants, people, and access
Permission	An exact decision about who may perform an action on an item. Actions such as View, Search, Run, Work, and Delete are separate.	How access works
Workflow	A saved set of connected steps that receives information, performs work, and returns a result.	Workflows, versions, and runs
Workflow draft	The editable copy of a workflow. Changing a draft does not change an older published version.	Workflows, versions, and runs
Workflow version	A numbered published copy of a workflow that no longer changes.	Workflows, versions, and runs
Workflow run	One use of a workflow version, including its state, events, approvals, and result.	Workflows, versions, and runs
Case type	A definition of the stages, work, information, requirements, and files used by one kind of case.	Cases and case types
Case	One item of work created from a published case type version.	Cases and case types
Connection	Saved settings that let an approved workflow or service reach email, an API, or a database without placing its secret in the workflow.	Connections
Model	An AI model that Pūnaha can use for response generation, embeddings, or another enabled task.	Models and knowledge
Embedding	A numeric representation of text that helps Pūnaha find passages with a similar meaning.	Models and knowledge
Knowledge database	A searchable collection of processed documents and their stored passages. Access and API pages may call it a vector database.	Models and knowledge
Vector database	The technical name used for the searchable knowledge resource and its stored embeddings.	Models and knowledge
Document	A file added to a knowledge database and processed into searchable passages.	Create and search knowledge
Operational log	A time ordered record used to understand service and request problems.	Logs and audit records
Audit record	A record of an important security, access, or administration event.	Logs and audit records

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RC1 installation terms

Term	Meaning
Installation	An independent registered Product identity and its approved nodes.
Primary	The first server used to establish an installation.
Configuration authority	The current approved node responsible for shared configuration and registration.
Registration allowance	720 powered on hours after setup or an expired registered term. It is not a trial or a calendar grace period.
Solution package	A protected solution imported, checked, approved, and activated for its recipient.