PDF (Portable Document Format): An open standard for document exchange. This file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.
PDF Templates: They are templates designed using Adobe Acrobat by applying BI Publisher markup to an existing PDF document.
PDFZ (Zipped PDF): The output file of a report is split into multiple files generated in one zip file.
Pivot table: Provides views of multidimensional data in a tabular format. It supports multiple measures and dimensions, and subtotals at all levels.
Placeholder: This is the template report field of the XML element.
Predictive analytics: Encompasses a variety of statistical techniques from modeling, data mining, and game theory that analyze current and historical facts to make predictions about future events.