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• Agent App:
  The Agent App on the Cloudsnap platform and the Cloudsnap agent on a customer’s premises create a secure web socket connection that passes between the platform and the private network.

• Array:
  An array is an object that stores data in an ordered collection in which data can be accessed using a numerical index. An array index is zero-based which means the first item is stored at 0 (zero), the second is 1 (one), the third is 2, etc. An array can change as data is added or updated.  See Object.

• API:
  Application Programming Interface is code that contains functions and procedures that define how an application accesses data in another application, service, or operating system. Each API contains a request and a response. APIs have two types of message structures:

  • SOAP (Simple Objects Access Protocol) is a web communications protocol mostly used to transmit data over HTTP/HTTPs. SOAP supports only the XML data format. It follows strict rules for message structure, encoding, and procedures for requests and responses.

  • REST (Representational State Transfer) is a web services API that is simpler than SOAP with fewer constraints for messages.

• API Call:
  An API Call requests data from an application, which returns a response. The request must be properly structured to ensure the response returns data that meets the requests requirements.

• App:
  Short name for a software application. Generally, an app is the endpoint for an API call.

• Authentication:
  Validation that users are who they claim to be.

• Authorization:
  Process of granting an authenticated user access to a data set according to the user’s established role.

• Auto Restart:
  When turned on, the workflow instance attempts to restart when it fails. A Restart goes back to the trigger to run the entire workflow from the beginning. See Edit Workflow Details.

• Auto Resume: 
  Number of times a failed workflow automatically resumes at the step before the failure occurred. The Auto Resume takes into account that a workflow instance can simply need a jump start because a connection dropped or electricity went out. The Auto Resume sets the number of attempts and the time interval between each attempt. See Edit Workflow Details.

  • Attempts: Number of times a workflow instance can resume before it is designated as a failed workflow instance that needs investigation and repair.

  • Time Interval: Amount of attempts between auto-resume.

  • Interval Unit: Unit of measure for the time interval: Seconds, Minutes, Hours, or Days.