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User basics
Learn about the key concepts and terminology that provide the foundation for the 1010data Insights Platform.
Rows and columns
Within the 1010data Insights Platform, you will manipulate rows and columns to view your data and perform new computations to gain further insight into your data.
Columns
Every table consists of columns, which each contain data of a particular type. You can rearrange the order of columns, hide columns, show meta information about columns, or create computed columns.

User basics
Learn about the key concepts and terminology that provide the foundation for the 1010data Insights Platform.
- Versions
  The 1010data Insights Platform is available in both a stable production version of the system (Prime) and a version that provides access to the latest features (Beta).
- Sessions
  A session in the 1010data Insights Platform is an established period of communication between a user and the system. A single user ID can only have one session active at a time.
- Workspace
  The workspace is an individual instance of the 1010data Insights Platform user interface.
- Virtual memory
  The quantity of data that your session can handle at the same time is determined by the amount of virtual memory assigned to your user ID.
- Rows and columns
  Within the 1010data Insights Platform, you will manipulate rows and columns to view your data and perform new computations to gain further insight into your data.
  - Rows
    Each row contains a set of related values. You can find or select rows that meet certain criteria and sort the rows of a table.
  - Columns
    Every table consists of columns, which each contain data of a particular type. You can rearrange the order of columns, hide columns, show meta information about columns, or create computed columns.
    - Column information
      Column information is provided throughout the web interface in the 1010data Insights Platform.
- Data types and display formats
  Data types govern how data is stored internally, and display formats control how that data is displayed.

Columns

Every table consists of columns, which each contain data of a particular type. You can rearrange the order of columns, hide columns, show meta information about columns, or create computed columns.

Columns can be identified by either their column label or their column name. The column label may contain any combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, spaces, and special characters. If you want to have a multi-line column label, you can use the backtick character (`) to separate the lines (e.g., "Percentage of`Total Sales (%)"). By default, the column heading appears at the top of the column in the 1010data web interface.

The column name is a way of referring to the column internally in value expressions and selection expressions. The column name may only contain alphanumeric characters or underscores and must begin with an alphabetic character (e.g., percent_total_sales). It may not contain any spaces or other special characters.

Note: You can control whether the column label or the column name is displayed at the top of the column. For more information, see Data Preferences.