Search and browse data in Amazon FinSpace
Important
Amazon FinSpace Dataset Browser will be discontinued on March 26,
2025
. Starting November 29, 2023
, FinSpace will no longer accept the creation of new Dataset Browser
environments. Customers using Amazon FinSpace with Managed Kdb Insights
Amazon FinSpace provides you the ability to search for data using key words or you can browse for data using the data browser which displays the categories defined in your environment.
Search bar
To search for datasets in FinSpace web application
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From the homepage, search for data using the search box on the top navigation bar.
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When you type a keyword, for example
equity
, recent searches will appear on the Catalog page. Type * for requesting all datasets. To search for all datasets starting with wordEquity
, typeEquity*
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Use the return key to receive results. If you have datasets matching the keyword, results will be returned on the screen. The results will differ depending on the permissions assigned to a permission group that you are a member of.
For example, a superuser will see all datasets while an application user will only see a dataset if they are a member of a group with read permission for that dataset.
You can sort results by recently updated datasets, relevance, alphabetical order.
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The right panel shows search filtering options that are created based on the attribute sets associated to the returned datasets.
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You can search for related datasets by choosing the dataset attributes tags of the dataset result.
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To view the details of a dataset in the results, choose the name of the dataset that is displayed in bold.
Data browser
You can also find datasets by using the data browser on the Catalog page. This is set up by your organization for users to easily search for datasets. All users will see the same categories in the data browser. However, when browsing the categories they will only see datasets to which they have appropriate permissions. For example, a superuser will see all datasets, while an application user will only see a dataset if they are a member of a group with read permission for that dataset.

You can search for related datasets by choosing the dataset attributes in the dataset attributes tags of the dataset result.
To view the details of a dataset in the result, choose the name of the dataset that is displayed in bold.