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Before diving into Vizdom, it helps to understand how the key pieces fit together. Everything in Vizdom builds on a small set of concepts — once you know these, the rest of the product will feel intuitive.
A workspace is the top-level organizational unit in Vizdom. Everything your team builds — data sources, datasets, visualizations, and dashboards — lives inside a workspace.When you sign up, you create or join a workspace. You can invite teammates to your workspace and control what each person can access using role-based permissions.Most teams have a single workspace. If you need to separate environments (for example, production vs. staging), you can create multiple workspaces from your account settings.Related: Workspace configuration, Access control
A data source is a connection to an external system where your data lives. Vizdom supports relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL), cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake), and file uploads (CSV).Once you connect a data source, Vizdom can query it directly. Your credentials are stored securely and never exposed to other team members.A single workspace can have multiple data sources connected at the same time.Related: Connect data guide, Data sources feature
A dataset is a named query or table view built on top of a data source. Think of it as a reusable slice of your data.You define a dataset by writing a SQL query or selecting a table from your data source. Other team members can then build visualizations from that dataset without needing to write their own queries.Datasets make it easy to standardize your metrics — define monthly_active_users once, and everyone on your team uses the same definition.Related: Data sources feature
A visualization is a single chart or table built from a dataset. Vizdom supports many chart types including bar charts, line charts, scatter plots, pie charts, tables, and more.Each visualization is configured independently — you choose the dataset, map columns to axes, and customize the appearance. Visualizations can be saved and reused across multiple dashboards.Related: Visualizations feature
A dashboard is a collection of visualizations arranged on a canvas. You build dashboards using a drag-and-drop editor — add charts, resize them, and organize them into a layout that tells a clear story.Dashboards can be shared with your team via a link or embedded in other tools. Viewers can apply filters to explore the data without changing the underlying dashboard.Related: Dashboards feature, Build a dashboard guide, Share and collaborate guide
AI insights is Vizdom’s natural language interface to your data. Instead of writing SQL, you type a question in plain English — for example, “What were our top 5 products by revenue last month?” — and Vizdom generates the query, runs it, and returns a chart.The AI assistant can also surface anomalies in your data and suggest visualizations based on the shape of your datasets.AI insights works across all connected data sources in your workspace.Related: AI insights feature
Ready to put these concepts into practice? The quick start guide walks you through connecting a data source, building a visualization, and publishing a dashboard step by step.