Glossary

API Key
A token that is used to Authenticate and Identify an application or a system. It is normally sent in the header of an API call.
Integration
The process of bringing together sub-systems and making sure they function together as a system.
Estimated Options
See Measurable Options
Measurable Options
Options that are typically billed by footage. Flooring, Tiling or Countertops for example. They tend to have other associated options like underlayment or grout.
Non-Estimated Options:
See Non-Measurable Options
Non-Measurable Options
Options that are typically billed by count. Refrigerators are an example of these options.
Secret
A token or phrase used to cryptographically prove the authenticity of a message.
Session
A discrete container for the selections that a Designer or Homebuyer makes.
Session Selections
Detailed information about the Selections made in a Session by the Designer or Homebuyer. This information includes Measurable and Non-Measurable Option Selections. For Measurable Selections, it includes Bill of Materials information.
Stack
An architecural segmentation of customers data. Data lives on separate server instances.
Tenant
A logical segmentation of customers data. Data is separated by security policies.
VDS
A common acronym for VEO Design Studio.
Veo Design Studio
BuildOn’s Premium Home Building Software. This software is used by Homebuyers, Home Builders and Sales Counselors to handle all options data, selections, and pricing. More infomation can be found here.
Webhook
A way of for the consumer of an API to subscribe to system events so they can receive real-time, automated data via HTTP.