Navigating the Site

Accounts and Access

• Be In The "Socrata Know" and Stay Informed!
• Domain and Dataset Notifications
• Reset your Socrata account password
• Signing up for an Account
• User Profile and Account Overview

Managing Dataset Permissions and Metadata

• Edit dataset metadata
• How do I change the permissions on my dataset to public or private?
• Metadata schema
• Share and assign permissions for datasets and views
• Transfer ownership of a dataset
• Which licensing option should I use?

Discovering Data

• Catalog Search FAQ
• Navigating the dataset catalog
• Suggest a dataset

API Access

• European Number Formatting in the API
• How to query more than 1000 rows of a dataset
• Locating the API Docs for a Dataset
• Where can I find API Documentation?
• Where do I find the API Endpoint?

Updating Datasets

• Add a new column & update column order
• Change dataset column width
• Column Metadata: Change column name, description, data type, and more [Legacy Table]
• Delete or Hide a Column [Legacy Table]
• Hiding and Deleting Columns
• Modify Column Formatting

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Dataset Basics

• The New Dataset Experience
• Contact Dataset Owner - How does it work?
• Embedding a Dataset or Visualization using the Social Data Player
• Export formats for downloading data
• How to contact a dataset owner
• Navigating a dataset

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Access Socrata Datasets using Third Party Tools

• Access Socrata Data using Odata
• Analyze Socrata data in Microsoft Excel® using Socrata Open Data Connector
• Open A Socrata Dataset In Carto
• Open A Socrata Dataset In Microsoft Power BI
• Open A Socrata Dataset In Plot.ly
• Open A Socrata Dataset In Tableau Desktop

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Miscellaneous

• Disabling Dataset Comments
• Excel Limitations - Characters in a cell
• Glossary of Terms
• Notifications
• Socrata Data Refresh Process
• Tips and Tricks: Avoid filter/sort/group within a working copy when making edits