Key Terminology

Domo Instance

An organizations’s Domo Account that includes a suite of no-code, low-code, and high-code tools for building enterprise-grade, end-to-end data pipelines.

Data source

The source provider of the data coming into Domo.

DataSet

The data extracted from a data source and stored in Domo.

Data Center

A page in Domo in which you can view and manage DataSets; add new DataSets; combine DataSets; and manage user accounts for different connectors.

App Design

A published app design becomes the template which can then be used to power up many instances of that app in Domo, each potentially wired to different DataSets.

App Instance

Each App Design can spawn one or many instances of an App (equivalent to a Card in Domo). These instances can be wired up to different DataSets and Collections in Domo.

App Manifest

The manifest.json is the required configuration file that defines your app for Domo.

  {
    "name": "Example comments app", // Name of your App Design
    "version": "1.0", // Version number
    "size": {
      "width": 6,
      "height": 6
    },
    "mapping": [ // Defines the DataSets and schema used in your App Design
      {
      "alias": "sales",
      "dataSetId": "5168da8d-1c72-4e31-ba74-f609f73071dd",
      "fields": [
          {
              "alias": "amount",
              "columnName": "Sales Amount"
          },
          {
              "alias": "name",
              "columnName": "Client Name"
          },
          {
              "alias": "startDate",
              "columnName": "Contract Initiation Date"
          }
      ]
      }
    ],
    "collections": [ // Defines the AppDB Collections used in your App Design
      {
        "name": "CommentsTable",
        "schema": {"columns":
              [{"name": "user", "type": "STRING"},
                {"name": "comment", "type": "STRING"}]
          },
        "syncEnabled": true // True if you want your collection synced back to a Domo DataSet (schema required)
      },
      {
        "name": "Users"
      }
    ],
    "id": "760ae493-6c29-4e61-8fe3-9c887265ea86" // App Design Id
    "proxyId": "5214dc9d-7ebe-4bf5-a0b9-c66f57a350b1" // App Instance you are developing against (needed for AppDB collection)
  }

Wiring Screen

The wiring screen is where you map your App to data in Domo.

AppDB

A wrapper around a MongoDB database that adds document-level security filters and ensures tight integration with Domo Instances. You can use AppDB as your web application’s database. It enables real-time, read/write functionality in your application.

Domo App CLI

The main tool you’ll use to create, edit, and publish app designs to your Domo instance. The Domo App CLI is sometimes referred to as ryuu.