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Operators and keywords

Keywords can also be used with a set of data.world-specific operators to further qualify your searches. There is a common set of rules that govern the use of these operators and it is consistent across all of them. For all keyword operators:

  • The syntax of an operator search string is operator:keyword where operator is the name of the operator and keyword is the string you want to match.

  • There is no space after the colon (operator:keyword, not operator: keyword).

  • If there are underscores, hyphens, or spaces in the search string you need to use double quotes to match the entire string. (operator:"key word")

Created and updated

Created and Updated are two operators which can be used to find datasets, projects, insights, users, and organizations based on the date they are added or last updated.

Note

Timestamps are set in UTC, not your local time, so you might get results that are a day off of your local time depending on where you are.

Caution

All the links in the following examples open search results in the data.world open data community.

Extension

Searching with the extension operator returns all datasets and projects which include files with the specified extension.

Note

The searches are exact-match only and the '.' is optional.

Here are some sample queries:

Note

All the links in the following examples open search results in the data.world open data community.

  • Search for all resources with .jpg files: extension:jpg, extension:"jpg", or extension:.jpg

  • Search for all projects with .jpeg files: extension:jpeg and resourcetype:project, extension:.jpeg and resourcetype:project, or extension:"jpeg" and resourcetype:project,

File

Use the file operator to search for datasets and projects with specific files, or to search for a list of specific files.

Note

All the links in the following examples open search results in the data.world open data community.

  • Search for a list of projects and datasets with a specific word in file name: file:damage

  • Search for files with specific word in file name: type:file and damage

owner, creator, and contributor

The owner of a resource is the person or entity who was designated as such when the resource was created. If a person was selected as the owner, that person will also be the creator. If an organization was selected as the owner, the creator will still be the person who created the resource. The owner operator returns all the resources owned by either a person or an organization. The creator operator returns all the resources created by a user. contributor works the same as owner, but instead of matching on resources the user owns, it matches resources where the user has been added as a contributor. They all follow the same patterns as user and org.

Note

All the links in the following examples open search results in the data.world open data community.

To search for

Use

Resources owned by any user or organization with 'dave' in either the display name or ID.

owner:dave

Resources owned by any user or organization with the exact display name or ID 'dave'.

owner:"dave"

owner:@dave

owner:"@dave"

Resources owned by the user whose display name is Dave Griffith.

owner:"dave griffith"

Resources owned by the organization data-ny-gov (created by individuals in the organization).

owner:"data-ny-gov"

Resources created by the user with the login stateofny

creator:@stateofny

An exact match of everything contributed to by the user dave.

contributor:dave

contributor:"dave"

resourcetype

The resourcetypeoperator allows you to search for the following types of resources:

  • dataset

  • project

  • insight

  • file

  • table

  • query

  • catalogTable

  • catalog

  • term

  • datatype

  • analysis

  • catalogEntry

  • collection

For example, to search for projects, use: resourcetype:project

It is best to use the resourcetype operator in conjunction with another search string. For example, to search for all projects with the word sales in the name, use: resourcetype:project and sales. For more details, see complex search.

status

Use the operator Status to build advanced search queries to filter results on status. For example:

  • Search for all resources in Approved status by using a simple query: status:approved

  • Search for all datasets in Approved status using the following complex query: status:approved AND type:dataset

  • Search for all datasets owned by democorp in Deprecated status using the following complex query: status:deprecated and type:dataset and owner:democorp

table

The table operator is used to find datasets and projects with specific tables in them. It looks for tablular data either in table or as a sheet in a spreadsheet.

Note

All the links in the following examples open search results in the data.world open data community.

To search for

Use

All datasets and projects with tables with "income"in the name.

table:income

Tables with the word "income" in them. This returns a list of tables.

resourcetype:table and income

All datasets and projects with the exact table name "austin_animal_center_outcomes" in them.

table:"austin_animal_center_outcomes"

Tables with the exact name "austin_animal_center_outcomes". This returns a list of tables.

resourcetype:table and "austin_animal_center_outcomes"

tag

The tag operator specifically searches against the tags associated with datasets or projects and returns a list of only the datasets and projects that have that tag. Partial and exact matches are allowed.

  • tag:property: Any dataset or project with the word 'property' in its tag (for example, property, property tax).

  • tag:"property tax": Only datasets and projects with the exact tag 'property tax'.

  • tag:"property" not tag:"land": Any datasets and projects that are tagged "property" and exclude results that have both the tags "property" and "land"

Note

In addition to alphanumeric characters, tags also support ampersands, apostrophes, and periods.

user and org

The user and org operators search for a string found in the display name or the ID of a Useror Organizationrespectively. The character "@" restricts the search to an exact match of the ID.

  • @denver or@dave:To look for exact user or organization.

  • org:denver: Any organization with "denver" in the display name or the organization ID.

  • user:"dave": All users with the exact login name 'dave' or display name 'dave'.

  • user:"dave griffith": Only the user whose display name is Dave Griffith.

visibility

The visibility operator is mainly useful to verify permissions on your data:

  • visibility:private: Returns all private resources owned by you or an organization you are in.

  • visibility:open: Returns all public resources on data.world.