To quickly familiarize yourself with TEMS Discovery, it is necessary to know and understand the following terminology:

Project. A project is a placeholder used to organize the processed data from a geographic region. Mixing data collected from two distant regions in a project will result in substantial distortion of the display on Map Views; however, multiple projects can be created for a given region. All the data in TEMS Discovery is structurally organized, and, unlike competing tools that require you to load raw log data in every new session, TEMS Discovery loads the data once and saves the processed data permanently until it is removed.

GIS Data and Geo Area. GIS data used in TEMS Discovery includes vector data, raster images, and terrain elevation data. Data from the same geographic region is grouped into a geo area that can be referred to by one or more projects. GIS data is optional, but can be very helpful for troubleshooting.

Dataset. A dataset is created by importing one or more raw drive test files. All of the processed data is organized according to certain attributes, including the original file names, device names, mobile IDs, labels, etc. Multiple datasets can be created under a project to organize the data collected from different time frames, optimization phases, vendors, sub-geo regions, or any other attributes. Newly collected data can be appended onto any existing dataset or project.

Composite Dataset. Processed data from one or more datasets of a project can be logically combined into composite datasets. A typical practice is to group the processed data by one of their attributes, such as mobile IDs or functional labels (long call, short call, PS call, etc.), and then generate one composite dataset for each of the groups.

Coverage Maps. Coverage maps are the prediction data from RF planning and design tools. Any prediction data in a format similar to raster images or terrain elevation data supported by TEMS Discovery can be imported. The imported data can then be used for both background display and to create prediction vs. measurement delta metrics.

View Layout. A view layout is a configuration setting that describes the organization of various data views. The user can open a project with one of the saved view layouts.

Analysis Set. An analysis set is a set of view layouts that includes precise configuration settings that describe the specific names of the metrics to be displayed in a given view. The user can send an entire set of metrics defined in an analysis set from a selected data source with a single click.

[TEMS Discovery] Document. A TEMS Discovery document defines the configuration settings of the specific data sources, displayed metrics, and view layouts. Opening a TEMS Discovery document will restore almost all aspects of any saved information, except for the zoom level.