Glossary
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Account owner: A Kadanza user who manages the subscription of an installation. This user role also has full admin rights. There can be only one owner per Kadanza installation.
Admin: The Admin is the user role for users who can manage the entire installation. Users with the admin role can access the Admin console, as well as the page editor. Admins can add and manage users, user profiles, permissions, page structure, categories, and more.
Admin console: This is where the tenant owner and the admins can manage their entire installation, including spaces, extensions, permissions, users,...
Advanced search: Helps users to build complex search queries via a clear UI in the Assets extension.
Assets: Digital files (such as images, logos, photos, videos, office templates,...) that can be uploaded in Kadanza Assets.
Avatar: The small icon representing a Kadanza user, also known as profile picture.
All users: A user group that contains all the users that have access to a Kadanza installation.
API: Application Programming Interface. It is a way of communication between two or more applications.
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Brand guidelines: Set of rules that everyone should pay attention to regarding managing a brand. Brand guidelines can contain visual guidelines, as well as strategic guidelines, information on how to communicate as a brand, and more.
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Card: A specific content element to create visual links on a Kadanza page.
Category: Virtual folders in which assets are grouped to organize your database. Categories are also used to manage asset permissions.
Child category: A sub-category of the parent category. Child categories are used to build a clear category structure and can be used to manage specific permissions in Kadanza Assets.
Collections: Groups of assets to easily manage, download and share. Collections are created by users and can be considered as personal categories.
Color component: A specific component to add color guidelines on a Kadanza page
Components/Content elements: Pieces of content that can be added on a page, such as headings, text, images, cards,... All content elements can be configured per space to match the tenant's and space's exact branding.
Core: The Content Management System (CMS) of Kadanza.
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Data migration: It is the transfer of data from one platform to another.
Default: Preconfigured content or configuration, used to get you started. Default content or configuration can be changed when needed.
Download queue: An overview with the documents or assets that are ready for download.
DAM: Digital Asset Management. It is a tool used to manage your digital assets. Managing digital assets includes storing, organizing, and sharing.
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Editor: The editor is where admins create and manage pages and content.
Embedding: From images to videos, every digital asset can be embedded on a page. When embedding is allowed, users can place Kadanza images on other digital applications (like newsletters etc).
Extension: An application that adds extra functionalities to a Kadanza installation.
Entry points: Entry points are groups of categories that can be placed on an Assets page
Export profiles: These are the configured profiles used to export assets or documents. With these profiles, users can download high or low resolution versions of their documents, as well as convert images to other filetypes, sizes, and more.
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Global login: While most users log in via their Kadnaza installation (nameoftheinstallation.kadanza.io), users can also log in via the global login, which is available via Kadanza.io. After logging in via the global login, users will see a list of tenants they have access to.
Guest user: Any anonymous user on the Kadanza platform.
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Hard delete: It is the process of removing data completely from the database. When something is hard deleted, it can no longer be restored.
Heading: Title elements. Kadanza offers H1 to H6
Help layers: An extra layer on a smart template used to provide additional of useful information about the template.
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Kadanza Assets: An extension to add DAM functionalities to your Kadanza installation. Kadanza Assets is always included in your license.
Kadanza Layouts: An extension used for creative automation and smart templates. Via Kadanza Layouts, users can create on-brand communication material without any graphic tools or creative skills.
Keywords: A label that identifies something or gives more information about it. Keywords are used to add more information on assets. Also known as tags.
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Launchpad: It is the place where you see the spaces in your organizations. When a user has access to multiple spaces, he will land on the Launchpad after login.
Lead text: a specific text style used to create introduction texts on a page.
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Modal: A dialog box/popup window that is displayed on top of the current page.
Metadata: A set of information/data that describes an asset.
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Ordered list: A list with numbers to roman numerals to describe the order of the items.
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Page template: A combination of content elements and/or widgets prefilled on a page.
Parent category: A category that has at least one child category (see above). Parent categories are used to create your main category structure.
Permissions: Kadanza offers a very flexible set of permissions based on user groups. Every user in a tenant is a member of one or more user groups and can see and do things in the platform based on these groups' permissions. Permissions include rights to view pages, access categories, availability of downloads and export profiles, etc.
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Role: The role of a user inside a tenant, each with a specific set of permissions. There are three Kadanza roles: Owner, Tenant admin, User
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Spaces: A dedicated section in Kadanza that can be used to add content for different brands, departments, languages,... Spaces can have their own component styling, page tree, category structure, permissions,...
Software as a Service (SaaS): It is a way of delivering software over the internet. the software or tool is hosted in the cloud and the users pay a license fee to use it. Most of the time the applications are self-serving, meaning that the users can manage everything without help of the software creator.
Soft delete: A soft delete can be restored, whereas a hard delete is permanent. Soft deletes can be restored during 30 days in the Admin console.
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Tags: See "Keywords".
Tenant admin: A Kadanza user with an admin role. Also known as admin.
Templates: Generic documents with specific content that can be adjusted by the user.
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User: Users (role: user) can access a Kadnza installation based on the permissions defined by their user groups. Users can not access the editor or Admin console.
User groups: Specific groups for organizing people and to manage permissions, content, and more.
Unordered list: A bulleted list of items. The order of the items doesn’t matter (which is not the case in an ordered list)
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Watermark: An image that is placed on top of an asset to identify a certain asset. Usually used for copyrighted material. Having a watermark makes it hard to use an asset when it is not allowed.
Widget: Like content elements, widgets are pieces of application content that can be placed on a page.