Essential Territory Design Vocabulary

Term	Description
Alignment layer	The base geography, or building blocks, for which all territories and their levels are based
Balance index	A figure between 0 and 100 that determines a score of how close territory parameters are met
Balancing	The process of creating territories of equal statistics across a market
Capacity	An attribute threshold to constrain territories
Compactness score	A figure between 0 and 100 that determines a score of how close a territory or group of territories is to the circumference of a perfect circle—the higher the score, the more efficient the territory
Constraints	Customizable parameters that control the shape and size of territories
Overlapped territories	One territory assigned to two or more managers
Seed points	Territory centers representative of actual locations, such as offices or stores
Territory	An individual geography or group of geographies that form a boundary
Territory solution	A layer containing all necessary elements for building, editing, and maintaining territories