I2 Analyst's Notebook 7 User Guide - ISS Africa -Investigation ...

Glossary
Background
A frozen layer of a chart behind other chart items forming a backdrop. In
general, you cannot perform chart operations on chart items in the
background.
See also: Foreground.
Background Item
An item placed in the background of a chart. In general, you cannot perform
chart operations on chart items in the background.
Bitmap
Box
Card
Case
Chart
A graphic composed of dots or pixels. A chart copied in this format can be
pasted into a drawing program such as Microsoft Paint.
An entity typically representing organizations or groups on the chart. It is
often used to enclose other entities.
A record of information attached to a chart item.
A chart item can have zero, one or many cards.
Descriptive text used to categorize a particular investigation. Case is one of
the custom properties.
A visual representation of real-world objects, such as organizations, people,
events, or locations, and the relationships between them.
Chart Item
The representation of an entity or association between entities.
Chart Item Label
The text associated with a chart item.
Chart Properties
The chart definition of properties such as document summary, time zone,
grid size, background color, and merge & paste rules. These properties are
saved with the chart.
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