About Indexing a Dataset

You must index a dataset so that its data is included in the Home page's search results.

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A file-based dataset must be indexed before you can use it to build visualizations from the Home Page. A file-based dataset must be indexed and certified before the users you shared the dataset with can use it to build visualizations from the Home Page. See Generate Visualizations from the Home Page with Questions and Certify a Dataset.

You can index any dataset that you have Full Control or Read-Write access to. When you enable a dataset to be indexed, you'll specify if you want to index all or some of a dataset's attributes by names, or by names and values, and which language to index the dataset in. By default the dataset is indexed when its data is refreshed so that the most current data is available when users search from the Home Page. Alternativley, you can add a schedule to indicate when and how often a dataset is indexed, or you can index a dataset on demand.

You use the Search tab on the Inspect page to enable indexing of datasets based on files or data sources. Administrators use the Data Model pane on the Console's Search Index page to control which subject areas are indexed. See Configure Search Indexing.