Modes & navigation
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Gallery | The ready-made apps, data feeds and actions you can import into a workspace, including the pre-built apps. Found below each list in Builder Mode. |
| Workspace | An isolated container for one project’s Data Feeds, Actions, and Studio apps. See Workspaces. The active workspace is shown as a chip next to the Dimension logo in the header. |
| View | The default, read-only mode users see when launching an app — no editor visible. |
| Builder Mode | The build-and-edit experience, toggled via the wrench icon next to the Dimension logo. Exposes the Workspace switcher, the left rail, the Planner, and right-click context menus on tiles. Toggling it off goes back to View mode. |
| Command Menu (⌘K) | A searchable palette listing apps in the active workspace plus platform commands (Home, Switch Workspace, Create New…, Toggle Theme, Import, Exit Builder Mode, Feedback, Settings). The header Search… input is dual-mode: ⌘F searches within the current view, ⌘K opens this palette. |
| Left rail | The icons on the left of every Builder Mode screen: Connect Data, Create Actions, Build Apps and Store Credentials. Each list has a + New button. |
| Workspace switcher | The chip in the header (e.g. Gallery) that opens the Workspaces dropdown — “Isolated environments for your projects”. Click any workspace to switch, or + New to create a fresh one. |
Pillars & artefacts
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Application (App) | A Studio-built dashboard, report, tool, or tracker. Lives inside a Workspace. |
| Data Feed | An external source connected via Composer — handles authentication, pagination, and schema mapping. Data Feeds are workspace-scoped. |
| Action | A reusable integration that a Studio app can invoke — currently Webhook or Email. See Actions. |
| Component Template | One of the pre-built UI building blocks (buttons, charts, tables, forms) you can drop into an app from the Composer footer’s + menu. |
| Planner | A right-pane assistant that turns a high-level goal into a step-by-step plan with ready-to-launch prompts for each Composer. See Planner. The Planner panel includes a Switch plan button to swap between saved plans. |
| Plan | A Planner-generated multi-step build sequence. Saved per workspace; switch between plans via the Switch plan button at the top of the Planner. |
Composer
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Composer | The natural-language interface used to build Data Feeds, Actions, and Studio apps. Each pillar has its own Composer with the same conversational pattern. |
| Inspect Component | Selection mode in the Studio Composer footer — click an element in the live preview to reference it in your next prompt. Also called “snipping”. |
| Clear Chat | Resets the current Composer conversation. The artefact itself isn’t affected. |
| Restore checkpoint | A revert option that appears inline in the Composer chat after edits, letting you undo the changes from that specific message. |
| AI Credits | Per-billing-period quota tracked under Settings → Usage. Every Composer interaction consumes credits. |
Studio editor
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| X-Ray | The source-code viewer (the < > button in the editor toolbar). Browse the React/TypeScript source, switch between Draft and Published versions of every file, and download the full package. |
| Draft | Your unpublished changes to an app — visible only to you while you build. |
| Published | The live version of an app, visible to everyone with access in the workspace. |
| Schema | The field shape (names + types) the AI sees — never the data values, unless AI data access is enabled under Settings → AI. |
| Show Tutorial | A guided in-app walkthrough for any application, available from the editor ⋯ menu. Re-runs the tutorial for the current app. |
| Inspect Element | Selection mode reached via ⋯ → Advanced → Inspect Element (or the selection arrow in the Composer footer). Captures a reference to a specific live-preview element for use in the next prompt. |
Distribution
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Clone | Create an editable copy of an app — the clone becomes a fresh Draft you fully own, in the current workspace. |
| Share URL | A shareable link to the Published view of an app, of the form https://<tenant>/app/<slug>. The slug is editable. |
| Generate PDF | Export the current view as A4/A3 Portrait or Landscape. Captures whatever state is on screen (filters, sidebar page, search). Schedule PDFs is on the roadmap. |
| Export | Download the full application package — source code, dependencies, README — as a file. Available via X-Ray (Download Package) or ⋯ → Advanced → Export. |
| Migrate | Move an app — and the Data Feeds and Actions it depends on — between workspaces, via ⋯ → Advanced → Migrate. |
Settings & limits
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Subscription plan | Your Dimension subscription (e.g. Starter). Shown on Settings → Usage. |
| Quotas | Per-billing-period limits on AI Credits, Feeds, Records ingested, Actions, Apps, and Users. Overage doesn’t block usage on Enterprise plans — contact sales to raise limits. |
| Role | A permission profile. Four defaults — Super Admin, Analyst, Viewer, Limited Viewer — and custom roles you create. |
| Team | A group of users that can be granted access to a Workspace. Defined under Settings → User Management → Teams. |
| Shortcut | A short URL (under Settings → Shortcuts) that redirects to one of your Published apps — auto-created on publish. Not a keyboard shortcut. |
| Audit Log | A record of platform events under Settings → Logs. Columns: Action Title, Description, Platform Section, Email, Timestamp. |
| Request History | Request history under Settings → Logs — outbound calls from Data Feeds and Actions. |
In-app (after launch)
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| App sidebar | The collapsible left-hand navigation inside a launched app, listing the app’s pages and a Settings entry. |
| In-app Settings | Per-app preferences (e.g. theme, thresholds, configuration values) — distinct from the global Settings area. |
| Chat Widget | The floating support bubble in the bottom-right of every Dimension page — opens a live chat with the support team. |
| Notifications | The bell icon in the header — surfaces alerts about your apps and workspace. Fires on events like Publish app and Updated Shortcut. A red dot indicates unread; the panel has a Clear link. |
Related reading
Workspaces
Visibility levels and what lives inside a workspace
Planner
Goal-to-plan AI assistant
Studio Editor
Builder Mode, the editor anatomy, Draft vs Published
AI Composer
Toolbar, prompts, and the component library