Terminology

Field or Control	Description
Pure configurations	Independent object-level attributes that can be merged without additional business logic. For example, Pivot Grid chart options, related actions node name, and so on.
Merge process	The process that determines the original configuration and retains the customized configurations.
Merge-able groups	A group of object-level configurations that are bundled together.
Secondary transformation	The process of applying additional business logic to reconcile after the merge process is complete. For example, reconciling view options after a new dimension has been added in the Pivot Grid models.
Related object family	A group of tightly coupled related objects for which merge or secondary transformation of one object affects the other object. Sequence is also important in a related object cluster.