Glossary
Onna API - Glossary
# account_type
Identifier for the different account types in Onna.
# behavior
A programming construct that allows a certain trait to be reused among other software components.
# client_id
Identifies a component, defined in the configuration values.
# client_secret
Password, used in conjunction with a client_id, to generate a service token.
# container
The name of the database attached to your account. Our naming convention is to use the account name you provided during the self-registration process.
# Datasource
Content type in the Onna platform used to collect data from cloud-based services that also holds the configuration values needed to establish a connection to the remote source.
# HTTP headers
HTTP headers are used to send additional information about the request or response.
Authentication tokens can be sent in a HTTP header.
# magic_url
A one-time use link that provides a direct landing on specific content within the platform.
# MFA
An authentication system that requires more than one distinct authentication factor for successful authentication.
# op
Short for operation, used in the payload of a request to inform the API that an action needs to take place on a value.
# preservation
A Preservation in Onna allows you to retain data pertaining to specific users while letting other data fall out of Onna through your normal retention settings.
# prinrole
Shorthand for "principal + role", used when sharing resources.
# resource
A resource is a representation of a data component from an origin source (Datasource).
For example, a Gmail Datasource will contain email message resources.
# SAML
Security Assertion Markup Language is an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between an identity provider and a service provider.
# service account
A service account will permit you to access certain administrative parts of the Onna API. The service account will be able to access the platform regardless of SSO/MFA settings.
# scope
The name of your account.
scope, container, and account may be the same value.
# Smart Action
Smart actions are specific to the Compliance solution and can trigger email notifications or webhooks when a given query finds a match.
# spyder
A spyder is the component in the Onna architecture that retrieves and parses content from an origin source (Datasource).
# spyder manager
Schedules syncs and dynamically allocates necessary resources to the spyder. It is in charge of creating new jobs, monitoring them, and informing when finished. It also re-schedules jobs for auto-sync Spyders.
# SSO
Onna offers Single Sign On (SSO) integration through Secure Assertion Markup Language (SAML) with a variety of compliant identity providers such as Okta, Google Workspace, Azure, OneLogin, PingOne.
# token
A JWT token, which is returned from the login endpoint.
# wallet
A centralized management solution for Datasource credentials. Wallets can be both per user, and for an account. Account wallets are shareable by account administrator.
# workspace
Workspaces are collaboration spaces in Onna that allow you to:
- Add members with different roles to collaborate in the workspace
- Search across and share Datasources
- Export saved searches or entire Datasources