# Overview

On Redivis, datasets are the fundamental container for persistent data storage. They are created by users or organizations, store data, and can be distributed via simple sharing or more complex [access configurations](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/data-access/configuring-access).

![A sample dataset landing page: https://redivis.com/datasets/7br5-41440fjzk](https://1672950126-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-LVodLwUXgJUGcm5Cvso%2Fuploads%2FH2qkjCcczPzE1REAk7Tt%2FScreenshot%202024-12-09%20at%207.01.03%E2%80%AFPM_out.png?alt=media\&token=acc38add-08d7-410a-bd7d-27ed6d0568d9)

The dataset page is the user-facing of the dataset. This page combines various narrative and provenance information alongside structured metadata, the actual data content, and usage information.

At the top of the page is the dataset title, as well as a version indicator and bookmark button. 

* **Version indicator:** Click to open the [version](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/datasets/versions) history where you can view previous versions and change the version you're viewing.
* **Bookmark icon**: Click to add or remove the dataset from [your dataset library](https://docs.redivis.com/your-account/workspace#dataset-library).

To the top-right are two buttons: 

* **View / Apply for access:** Click to view the access rules for the dataset and apply as needed.
* **Analyze in workflow**: Click to add the dataset to a new or existing [workflow](https://docs.redivis.com/guides/analyze-data-in-a-workflow/work-with-data-in-notebooks) for analysis.

*For editors:* [*How to manage datasets*](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/datasets/create-and-edit-datasets/manage-datasets)

## Metadata

Datasets contain information to aid in discovery and provide context for using the data. A dataset may have some or all of the following metadata provided:

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="189.82421875"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Abstract</strong></td><td>A concise, high-level summary of this dataset.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Provenance</strong></td><td>Information about where this dataset came from and how it came to be in its current form. Learn more about <a href="broken-reference">Provenance</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Supporting files</strong></td><td>Any structured information about this dataset, such as data dictionaries or reference papers.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Links</strong></td><td>External information about this dataset.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>License</strong></td><td>Information about this datasets license and any limitations on usage or distribution.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Funding</strong></td><td>Information about how this dataset's creation was funded.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Contact</strong></td><td>If you would like to get in touch with someone about this dataset, a contact may be provided here. </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Tags</strong></td><td>Subjects this dataset pertains to.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Additional sections</strong></td><td>Administrators can create additional sections to provide more information. These can be gated based on the access level of the viewer. If you think there is a section you should be able to see, make sure you are logged in and click <strong>View access</strong> in the top right of the page to check your access to this dataset.</td></tr></tbody></table>

*For editors:* [*How to populate metadata*](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/datasets/create-and-edit-datasets/populate-metadata)

## Provenance

All dataset pages have a provenance section to make connections for how the dataset was created and explain how to properly cite it.

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th width="189.82421875"></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Creator</strong></td><td>The individual(s) or organization(s) responsible for creating the content of this dataset, with their ROR or ORCiDs, if provided.</td></tr><tr><td> <strong>Contributor</strong></td><td>Anyone who has participated in managing, updating, cleaning, or otherwise providing this dataset.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>DOI</strong></td><td>Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are permanent identifiers for datasets, used in citations when possible. This will always point to the Redivis instance of this dataset.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Citation</strong></td><td>How the dataset owner would like this dataset to be cited.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Citation instructions</strong></td><td>If the dataset owner has any additional notes on how to cite this dataset they will provide them here.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Related identifiers</strong></td><td>If there are any datasets, workflows, projects, DMPs, papers, or other resources linked with the creation of this dataset they will be shown here.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Bibliography</strong></td><td>You can launch a bibliography which displays the citation of this dataset and every related identifier listed above. </td></tr></tbody></table>

*For editors:* [*How to issue DOIs and provenance*](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/datasets/create-and-edit-datasets/dois-and-provenance)

## Data

Most datasets contain [data](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/datasets/data) that can be inspected and queried directly on this dataset page or added to a workflow to build and save more complex analyses.&#x20;

* The **Tables** tab contains a list of all tables within the current version of the dataset. All datasets that contain data will have at least one table, as tables are used to represent all data types stored on Redivis, including geospatial and unstructured data.
* The **Files** tab contains a list of all the unstructured files that have been uploaded to the dataset. These files will also be mirrored in corresponding [file index tables](https://docs.redivis.com/tables/overview#table-types) which can be explored on the tables tab.

*For editors:* [*How to create new versions to edit data*](https://docs.redivis.com/reference/datasets/create-and-edit-datasets/dataset-lifecycle)

## Usage information

The information on the **Usage** tab of the dataset page is automatically generated based on how researchers are working with the dataset on Redivis, including:

* **Views**: How many times this dataset page was loaded. These are only counted for logged-in users, and a user is only recounted after 1hr of not viewing the dataset.
* **Workflows**: How many workflows include this dataset.
* **Featured workflows**: How many workflows [featured](https://docs.redivis.com/guides/discover-and-access-data/discover-datasets#2.-browse-available-datasets) by organizations include this dataset.
* **Variable usage:** This list shows all variables across all tables in the dataset, sorted by their popularity. This popularity is calculated based on the number of times that variable is referenced when this table is used in workflows.