Plain-language glossary - ArcSolar Docs

Term	Meaning
Workspace / organisation	Your business’s ArcSolar environment
Lead	A new enquiry
Opportunity	A potential sale being worked
Quote / estimate	An issued offer with its saved terms
Snapshot	The saved version used by an issued document
BOM	Bill of materials: equipment and quantities
Roof Vision	The roof design workspace, opened from a quote’s solar step or from the Roof Vision page in the app sidebar. The panel layout, the stringing, the cabling, the annotations, the floor plan and the single line diagram are all drawn there. It is included with the Arc plan. Its printed reports and sheets are branded Roof Vision. ArcSolar opens it and stores the result; the editor produces the design.
Panel layout	The design image showing where the panels sit on the roof.
Stringing	How panels are grouped into strings and the order they connect in, set in the editor’s String Editor. The only thing ArcSolar holds is the Stringing and component layout image, not the underlying electrical values.
MPPT	Maximum power point tracker: a separate DC input on an inverter that a string connects to. Each MPPT has its own operating window, so strings are assigned per MPPT.
Single line diagram (SLD)	The electrical schematic of the system, drawn in the Roof Vision editor’s SLD editor and exported from there as a PDF. Its state is stored inside the design document ArcSolar keeps, but ArcSolar does not draw, calculate or display an SLD.
Proposed rooftop design	The estimate PDF’s section heading for the Roof Vision drawings. It carries the two drawings and no figures.
Google Solar	The provider analysis behind the older, retired rooftop design path. It no longer produces a customer-facing roof section; a solar quote now carries the Roof Vision drawings.
STC	Small-scale technology certificate used in the applicable incentive calculation
CER zone	Location-based input used in the relevant solar STC calculation
Accreditation code	Installation identifier used for supported REC Registry checks
Rebate	A benefit subject to the program’s rules
Government loan	Repayable funding, not a discount
Deposit	Upfront amount in the customer’s payment schedule
PayTo mandate	Bank-authorised permission to collect payments under agreed terms
Stripe Connect	The connection used to enable customer-payment collection
Settlement	Confirmation of the relevant money movement
Grid imports	Electricity bought from the grid
Feed-in tariff	Rate credited for electricity exported
kW	Power or system capacity
kWh	Energy used, produced or stored
NMI	National Metering Identifier for an electricity connection
VoIP	Phone calls carried over an internet connection
SMS segment	A billable part of an SMS message
CallIntelligence	Supported call summary/transcript context
Sync	Update information from a connected provider
Readiness	Requirements that must be met before a job proceeds
Selling brand	The identity a customer buys from: its own name and ABN, logo, colours, contract wording, fonts and price book. Every workspace has one original brand; any others are additional brands. Not the same as a product brand (the manufacturer of a panel, battery or inverter).
Original brand	The workspace’s own selling identity, marked (default brand). Its legal details come from ArcSolar Settings and it uses your existing price book.
Additional brand	A selling identity added after the original. It starts with an empty price book and its own contract document, and it can save quote drafts but cannot issue a quote yet.
Price book	The set of prices a selling brand quotes from. One product carries one price per brand, so the same product can read Priced in BRAND under one brand and Missing price under another.