# Glossary

> The 30 terms these docs use, from access grant to workspace, each with its meaning, its console label, and the page that covers it.

Updated: 2026-11-08

Each term here has one meaning across these docs. An entry gives the meaning, the label in the console at `app.bonnard.ai`, and the page that covers the term.

Verified 8 Nov 2026.

Table: Terms by first letter

| Letter | Terms |
| --- | --- |
| A | [Access grant](#access-grant), [Activity](#activity), [Agent](#agent), [AI client](#ai-client), [API key](#api-key) |
| C | [Call](#call), [Chart](#chart), [Connection URL](#connection-url), [Connector](#connector), [Console](#console), [Context](#context), [Customer](#customer), [Customer portal](#customer-portal) |
| D | [Dashboard](#dashboard), [Data source](#data-source), [Draft](#draft) |
| G | [Group](#group) |
| I | [Identity provider connection](#identity-provider-connection) |
| M | [Member](#member), [MCP](#mcp) |
| P | [Param](#param), [Preview as](#preview-as), [Publish](#publish) |
| R | [Role](#role) |
| T | [Tenancy](#tenancy), [Tenant](#tenant) (a customer's data key), [Tool](#tool) |
| U | [User](#user) |
| V | [Verified dashboard](#verified-dashboard) |
| W | [Workspace](#workspace) |

## Access grant

A rule that lets people, a group, or a customer use one data source. Console label: "Give access" on the "Access" tab. See [Give access](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/give-access.md).

## Activity

The console page that records each call. Console label: "Activity". See [Activity](https://bonnard.ai/docs/operate/observability.md).

## Agent

The model in an AI client when it acts: it calls tools and writes SQL. The console has no label for it. See [The basics](https://bonnard.ai/docs/get-started/the-basics.md).

## AI client

The product a person installs and signs in to, for example Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor. Console label: "AI client". See [Connect your AI client](https://bonnard.ai/docs/ai-clients/connect-your-ai-client.md).

## API key

A key for programs that covers all data sources or one, and expires after 90 days by default. Console label: "API keys". See [Manage API keys](https://bonnard.ai/docs/developers/api-keys.md).

## Call

One tool call from an AI client or an API key, the unit that plans count. Console label: "calls" on the billing page. See [Billing and usage](https://bonnard.ai/docs/operate/billing-and-usage.md).

## Chart

One SQL query, drawn in an AI client. Console label: "Charts". See [Chart spec](https://bonnard.ai/docs/for-ai-agents/chart-spec.md).

## Connection URL

The address a person adds to an AI client to connect Bonnard, `https://app.bonnard.ai/mcp`. Console label: "Copy connection URL". See [Connect your AI client](https://bonnard.ai/docs/ai-clients/connect-your-ai-client.md).

## Connector

What a person installs in an AI client, always named Bonnard. Console label: "Connect your AI client", then "Connected to". See [Connect your AI client](https://bonnard.ai/docs/ai-clients/connect-your-ai-client.md).

## Console

The admin surface at `app.bonnard.ai`. The console has no label for itself. See [The basics](https://bonnard.ai/docs/get-started/the-basics.md).

## Context

What the agent reads about your data: descriptions, keys, time columns, joins, and metrics. Console label: "Context". See [Context overview](https://bonnard.ai/docs/context/overview.md).

## Customer

An organisation your workspace serves. Console label: "Customers", and "+ Add customer". See [Manage customers](https://bonnard.ai/docs/customers/customers-and-users.md).

## Customer portal

The surface where a customer's user signs in, at `app.bonnard.ai/connect`, to open charts, dashboards, context, and API keys. Console label: "Dashboards", "Charts", "Context", and "API keys". See [Customer portal](https://bonnard.ai/docs/customers/customer-portal.md).

## Dashboard

A saved set of tiles: charts, KPIs, and text. Console label: "Dashboards". See [Build a dashboard](https://bonnard.ai/docs/dashboards/build.md).

## Data source

A connected data store that agents query. Console label: "Data", and "Add data source". See [Connect data](https://bonnard.ai/docs/connect-data/overview.md).

## Draft

Context changes that agents do not get until someone publishes them. Console label: "Publish", and "Discard draft". See [Publish context changes](https://bonnard.ai/docs/context/review-and-publish.md).

## Group

A named set of team members. Console label: "Groups" in Settings. See [Members and roles](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/team.md).

## Identity provider connection

A link from Bonnard to an identity provider, so that a customer's people sign in with it. Console label: "Identity", and "+ Add connection". See [Identity providers](https://bonnard.ai/docs/customers/identity-providers.md).

## Member

A person in your workspace. Console label: "Members", and "Invite". See [Members and roles](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/team.md).

## MCP

Model Context Protocol, the protocol an AI client uses to call Bonnard's tools. The console has no label for it. See [OAuth](https://bonnard.ai/docs/developers/oauth.md).

## Param

What a dashboard declares as an input. A filter is the control a viewer changes. Console label: "Add param", "Shown as", and "Starting value". See [Add filters to a dashboard](https://bonnard.ai/docs/dashboards/params.md).

## Preview as

Running your own AI client's questions on a data source with tenancy as one customer you select. Console label: "Preview as". See [Preview as](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/preview-as.md).

## Publish

To release a context draft to agents, or a dashboard's changes to its viewers. These docs always name the object. Console label: "Publish". See [Publish context changes](https://bonnard.ai/docs/context/review-and-publish.md).

## Role

A workspace role decides what a member can do in the console: Owner, Admin, Editor, or Viewer. A customer role labels a user's calls and decides no access. Console label: "Owner", "Admin", "Editor", and "Viewer". See [Members and roles](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/team.md).

## Tenancy

How a data source keeps each customer's data separate. Console label: "Tenancy" tab, with "None", "Row-level security", "Dataset per customer", and "Database per customer". See [Tenancy](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/tenancy.md).

## Tenant

The database-side value that marks a customer's data. A customer's Tenant ID holds it. Console label: "Tenant ID". See [Tenancy](https://bonnard.ai/docs/access/tenancy.md).

## Tool

One operation Bonnard offers to an agent. Console label: "AI tools". See [Tool reference](https://bonnard.ai/docs/for-ai-agents/tool-reference.md).

## User

A customer's person. Console label: "+ Add user". See [Manage customers](https://bonnard.ai/docs/customers/customers-and-users.md).

## Verified dashboard

A dashboard that carries a tick and comes first for AI clients. Console label: "Verified", and "Verify". See [Mark a dashboard as verified](https://bonnard.ai/docs/dashboards/verify.md).

## Workspace

Your company's account in Bonnard. Console label: "Workspace name". See [The basics](https://bonnard.ai/docs/get-started/the-basics.md).
