A collection of programs that express a cohesive set of business services through a well-defined interface. The set of exposed services defines a high-level area of business functionality.

The business logic and data necessary to represent real-world elements, such as sales orders, within the Channel Islands UI.

The QAD .NET UI, Progress-based “.p” browse programs that display data in a read-only browse table. You cannot edit or delete the existing data, nor add additional records to the browse table. You can filter the data.

A screen that organizes a toolbar, a grid with a list of records, and a form for completing work. Related fields and functions are grouped within panels, and a navigation bar provides access to panels.

A view of data generated from multiple data sources based on a given filter criteria.

The methods for each business entity as interface services, identified with the entity name and an “i” prefix in their URI. For example: urn:service:com.qad.acme.generalizedcode.IGeneralizedCode for Generalized Code.

Metrics used to create Action Centers. Dashboards are directly associated with users, unlike other resources that are associated with roles.

A single element of data in a business entity.

A logical grouping of fields that are part of a business entity and can be secured as a single entity.