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Glossary
Common terms used in CoolR documentation.
Business Items
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Location | An outlet, store, or address where equipment is expected to be located |
| Market | A geographic grouping of locations, such as a city, state, or region |
| Channel | The type of location, such as a retail store or theater |
| Classification | A category used to set different targets for locations within a market and channel; for example, Gold or Bronze grocery stores |
| Sales Rep | The representatives responsible for a store |
| Asset Type | An equipment model used to define shared monitoring thresholds |
| Asset | Equipment monitored by a smart device, usually a cooler or refrigerator. Each cold-vault door is a separate asset |
| Smart Device | A device that captures data, such as VistaZ. An asset or location can have multiple smart devices |
| Manufacturer | The producer of equipment or products |
| Product | An individual product or SKU being monitored |
| Brand | A grouping of products under one brand; for example, Fanta Orange and Fanta Pineapple belong to Fanta |
| User | A person with access to CoolR tools, such as an installer, technician, or business user. Receiving email notifications alone does not make someone a user |
| Roles | Privileges assigned to the user |
| Alert | Notification based on exception parameters |
| Cooler | A refrigerator/ freezer used to stock the products in retail space |
| Cabinet | Synonym of Cooler used by some business verticals |
| Planogram | Visual arrangement of the products in a particular location. Within the CoolR system, it can be used to define strict planogram, category wise distribution or priority occupancy |
Reporting Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Purity | Refers to lack of "foreign" or unwanted products |
| Foreign product | An "unwanted" product in the space or a product not distributed by the client |
| Stock | Share of Visible Inventory (SOVI), or the percentage of visible facings occupied; not an actual inventory count |
Data Elements
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Command | Commands issued to the device |
| Logs | Raw communication/ data logs for diagnostics etc. |
| Audit Logs | Information about data access/ modifications made to the system |
| Health | Telemetry data such as temperature, humidity, light, battery etc. |
| Movement | Location tracking related data such as GPS/ aGPS |
| Door | Event times and duration when door open/ close was detected. If image capture is enabled, info about image capture as well |
| Ping | When device was visible to a gateway |
| Image Record | Data related to image capture event |
| Image | Image captured |
| Asset Purity | Analysis of image for product identification |
Integration Related
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Controller | A CoolR API endpoint |
| Portal | CoolR Web Portal for data management (https://portal.coolrgroup.com) |
| Playbook | CoolR Business Focused Platform (https://playbook.coolrgroup.com) |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol. Some guides use FTP as a general label; confirm whether your integration uses FTP, FTPS, or SFTP |