{"source_id":"cove-51427299260308","company":"Cove","kind":"documentation","category":"documentation","title":"Glossary","url":"https://support.cove.is/hc/en-us/articles/51427299260308-Glossary","body":"Activity Log — A manually-created, chronological record of notable building events or observations (front desk notes, minor incidents, etc.) that helps teams maintain continuity across shifts.\nAmenity Reservations — The module tenants and property teams use to book, approve, and manage shared building spaces, with separate setup pages for amenities, seating arrangements, and booking policies.\nAnnouncements — Messages property teams send to tenants via email, SMS, or push notification, with built-in metrics tracking and optional AI-assisted drafting.\nApp Home Screen — The mobile app's landing screen, made up of customizable Highlight sections and up to four Quick Action Buttons.\nApp Screens — Secondary, nested pages within the app (beyond the home screen) that are only reachable through a linked Highlight or Spotlight.\nBadge Printers — Hardware used at check-in to print physical ID badges for registered visitors.\nBuilding — The top-level physical structure at a site, created during onboarding, under which floors and suites are organized (Property Info).\nBulletin — A real-time messaging tool building managers and security directors use to broadcast notices to guards at one site or across a network.\nChat — An in-app messaging channel connecting tenants directly to their property management team.\nCOI (Certificate of Insurance) — Documentation proving a tenant or vendor carries required insurance; tracked, stored, and monitored for expiration through the COI module.\nConsent Forms — Digital agreements a user must accept before booking certain amenities or desks, often used for liability or policy acknowledgment.\nCredits — A reservation currency/allowance tenants can use toward paid amenity bookings.\nCustom Table Views — Saved combinations of column layout, density, and filters/sorting that let users personalize and quickly return to specific dashboard table setups.\nDirectory — The searchable listing of tenants and users at a property, available on both dashboard and mobile.\nDisplays — Digital signage (via smart TVs or devices like Airtame) that shows highlights, events, or tenant directories on screens around a property.\nEquipment Library — A categorized catalog of building equipment that can be linked to maintenance tasks, work orders, and inspections.\nEvents — Schedulable happenings (single, recurring, or RSVP-slot based) that tenants can register for, complete with check-in, metrics, and post-event surveys.\nGuest Pass — A mobile feature letting household members grant limited building access to their guests.\nHighlights — Promotional content tiles or carousels shown on the app home screen, used to spotlight announcements, amenities, or features.\nHouseholds — A grouping of related users (including non-login members like children) under a shared identifier, enabling one member to reserve amenities for the whole group.\nIncidents — A module for standardizing how building teams log, manage, and report incidents, including follow-up actions.\nInspections — Scheduled property checks that can be created, assigned, and completed from the dashboard or mobile app.\nMaintenance (Preventive Maintenance/PM) — Recurring scheduled upkeep tasks tied to equipment, with templates, procedures, and completion history.\nMeet the Team — An app section that introduces designated property team members to tenants, populated from staff email addresses in Property Info.\nNetwork — A portfolio of multiple sites grouped under one network, allowing property teams to view or manage data (work orders, maintenance, watch lists, etc.) across all of them at once.\nNetwork Level Operations — Portfolio-wide views of work orders, maintenance, and inspections spanning multiple buildings rather than a single site.\nPackages — A module for logging incoming deliveries, checking them in/out, and notifying recipients when a package arrives.\nProperty Info — The core setup page defining a property's identity, branding, hours, notification settings, and billing configuration.\nProperty Setup Module — The foundational configuration area covering property info, consent forms, questionnaires, buildings/floors/suites, and forwarding rules.\nPublic Work Orders — A branded, externally accessible submission form that lets people without a Cove account report issues after verifying their email.\nPurchase Orders (PO) — Records used to request, approve, and track building-related purchases, which can be linked to related work orders.\nQuestionnaires — Custom sets of questions attached to specific amenities or work order issue types to collect extra details at submission.\nQuick Action Buttons — Up to four shortcut buttons on the app home screen for fast, one-tap access to frequent tasks (like submitting a request or reserving an amenity).\nReports & Analytics — The suite of reporting tools (chart builder, key stats, custom/batch reports) for analyzing work order, maintenance, and labor data at the site or network level.\nRSVP Slots — An event type where attendees choose from specific available time slots rather than a single event time.\nSite — An individual building within Cove. Users or admins with multi-site access can switch between sites via a dropdown in the dashboard or app.\nSpotlights — A full-width, carousel-style version of Highlights used to feature key content prominently.\nSuite — A specific location within a floor (e.g., a unit or room) that gets tied to tenants, work orders, maintenance, and inspections.\nSuite Type — A classification (e.g., common area, mechanical room, tenant unit) that controls who can submit work order requests for a given suite: Shared (any tenant), Tenant (only occupants), or Internal (building team only).\nSurveys — An in-app feedback tool distributed via highlights or push notifications, with response results viewable on the dashboard.\nTenant — An organization/company record (not an individual person) associated with one or more suites; it stores contact info, leases, reservation/visitor/work order settings, and the users who belong to that company.\nTime Cards — A feature letting hourly staff log weekly work hours from mobile, subject to a property team approval workflow.\nUser Roles — Permission levels (such as Building Admin, Building Manager, Building Engineer, Security Manager, Tenant Admin, and Regular User) that determine what a person can view or do in Cove.\nUser Tags — Labels assignable to user profiles (managed in the Directory) used to control visibility of highlights, resources, or other content to specific groups.\nVisitors (Visitor Management) — The module for registering, checking in, and tracking guests and vendors, including notifications and watch list screening.\nWaivers — Digital liability forms tenants or guests sign to access certain spaces or participate in events.\nWatch List — A security feature that flags individuals who shouldn't be granted building access, with configurable name-matching and threat levels.\nWork Orders — The core ticketing system for reporting, assigning, and resolving building maintenance or service issues.","capture_id":"b6fa38d77963105b37535e173eb184955894a35aa51146508c0da8c82268719e","captured_at":"2026-10-12T13:06:04.856Z","published_at":null,"indexed_at":"2026-10-12T13:06:04.891Z","truncated":0,"scope_tier":"primary","monitor_reason":"","last_error":null,"last_attempt_at":"2026-10-12T13:06:04.320Z","enabled":1,"evidence_notes":[],"text_available":true,"media":[],"interpretation":"Unreviewed source evidence. 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