> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.bronto.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Glossary

> Definitions for Bronto-specific terms used across the documentation, including datasets, collections, partitions, monitors, and ingestion concepts.

This glossary defines the Bronto-specific terms used across the docs.

Use this page as the source of truth for product terminology. If a page uses a term differently, update that page to match the definitions below.

## A

### Agent

An **[agent](/agent-setup/agent-intro)** is software you run or configure to send log data into Bronto from hosts, services, or platforms.

### API Key

An **[API key](/Account-Management/API-Keys)** is a credential used to authenticate programmatic access to Bronto APIs and integrations such as [Local MCP](/ai-features/local-mcp).

## B

### BrontoScope

**[BrontoScope](/ai-features/brontoscope)** is Bronto’s AI investigation feature. It analyzes an error event, identifies likely causes and impact, and returns recommended next steps with supporting evidence.

## C

### Collection

A **[collection](/Search-and-Visualize/Partitions)** is a logical grouping of datasets. Use collections to organize related datasets and to separate datasets that may share the same name in different environments.

### Custom Parser

**[Custom Parser](/core-features/custom-parser)** is Bronto’s LLM-assisted parsing feature. It converts raw, unstructured logs into structured, queryable events.

## D

### Dashboard

A **[dashboard](/Search-and-Visualize/Dashboards)** is a saved visual view of query results used to monitor systems, services, or trends over time.

### Dataset

A **[dataset](/Search-and-Visualize/Partitions)** is Bronto’s fundamental unit of log storage. It contains events that share a similar origin or format and is always queried as a unit.

## E

### Event

An **[event](/Search-and-Visualize/Log-Search)** is a single log record stored in Bronto.

## H

### Hosted MCP

**[Hosted MCP](/ai-features/hosted-mcp)** is Bronto’s managed MCP server. It lets supported AI clients connect to Bronto over Bronto-hosted infrastructure using Bronto authentication.

## I

### Ingestion

**[Ingestion](/getting-started/quick-ingestion)** is the process of sending log data into Bronto.

## L

### Local MCP

**[Local MCP](/ai-features/local-mcp)** is Bronto’s self-hosted MCP server. You run it locally and connect AI agents to Bronto using your API key and regional API endpoint.

### Log Search

**[Log Search](/Search-and-Visualize/Log-Search)** is Bronto’s main search experience for exploring events, filtering data, and running queries across large volumes of logs.

## M

### MCP

**[MCP](/ai-features/hosted-mcp)** stands for **Model Context Protocol**. In Bronto, it refers to the protocol used to let AI tools access Bronto data and search capabilities through [Hosted MCP](/ai-features/hosted-mcp) or [Local MCP](/ai-features/local-mcp).

### My Data

**[My Data](/My-Data/My-Data)** is the Bronto page for managing collections and datasets, reviewing parser coverage and data quality, and understanding ingestion and search usage across your account.

### Monitor

A **[monitor](/core-features/monitors)** is an automated rule that evaluates a query or condition and triggers an alert when that condition is met.

## N

### Notification Channel

A **notification channel** is the destination used for [monitor](/core-features/monitors) alerts, such as [Slack](/integrations/slack) or a [webhook](/integrations/webhooks).

## O

### Organization

An **[organization](/Account-Management/Multi-Org)** is the top-level Bronto account boundary for users, settings, datasets, access controls, and billing or usage.

## P

### Partition Tag

A **[partition tag](/Search-and-Visualize/Partitions)** is a special organization-level tag used to control how incoming data is grouped into collections and datasets. Partition tags should be stable, low-cardinality attributes such as environment, region, or service.

## Q

### Query

A **[query](/query-syntax/search-syntax)** is an instruction used in Bronto to search, filter, aggregate, or analyze log data.

## S

### Saved View

A **[saved view](/Search-and-Visualize/Saved-Views)** is a saved search or investigation state that preserves a query and its related view settings for reuse.

### Search

**[Search](/Search-and-Visualize/Log-Search)** is the act of querying log data in Bronto to find events, patterns, or trends.

### SSO

**[SSO](/Account-Management/SSO/SSO-Overview)** stands for **single sign-on**. In Bronto, it refers to centralized authentication through an identity provider.

## T

### Tag

A **tag** is a key-value label assigned to a [dataset](/Search-and-Visualize/Partitions). Tags help categorize datasets and make them easier to find, group, and query.

### Threshold Monitor

A **[threshold monitor](/core-features/monitors)** is a monitor that alerts when a query result crosses a defined value.

### Trace

A **[trace](/tracing/explore-traces)** is the end-to-end record of a request as it moves through services, captured as a set of spans. [Send traces](/tracing/send-traces) to Bronto using OpenTelemetry, then [explore](/tracing/explore-traces) them to investigate latency, errors, and service dependencies.