Fortis Pulse uses a few specialized terms. This glossary explains what each one means in plain language, so the rest of the help center reads clearly.
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The terms
Advisory Commentary — The written analysis your advisor publishes for you each period, including an executive summary, risk assessment, and pillar notes.
Composite Score — Your overall Strategic Health Score (0–100), a weighted blend of all your pillar scores.
Coverage — How complete the data behind a score is: Full, Partial, or No data.
Diagnostic Flag — A warning raised when a submitted metric falls outside a healthy range. Severity is amber (watch) or red (act).
Engagement / Workspace — A single client-advisor relationship. A client with multiple advisory engagements has multiple workspaces.
Framework — The scoring model applied to a client (e.g. FORTIS), defining the pillars, their weights, metrics, and flag rules.
Health Band — A readable label for a score: Excellent (80+), Good (60+), Warn (40+), or Critical (below 40). Not the same as your subscription tier.
Period — A single calendar month (e.g. "July 2026"). Most data is period-specific.
Pillar — One scored area of the business in a framework (e.g. Focus, Operations, Results, Transformation, Intelligence, Systems).
Pulse AI — The built-in AI assistant that analyzes your data and writes insight (deep-dives, briefings, chat, advisory drafts).
Rocks (Strategic Priorities) — The top priorities your organization is advancing, tracked in the submission wizard.
Subscription Tier — Your plan level (Trial, Access, Partner, Executive), which determines available features. Distinct from health bands.
Token — The unit Pulse AI features are metered in. You have an included quota and/or a prepaid balance.
Trajectory — Whether your score is improving, stable, or declining compared to the previous period.