About search suggestions in Data Marketplace

Search suggestions guide you to the information you might be looking for.
If search suggestions are enabled, Data Marketplace provides suggestions as you type. You can click one of the suggestions to use it. The result of clicking a suggestion depends on the suggestion type.

Suggestion types

The icon in front of a suggestion indicates the suggestion type.

Icon Meaning Result when you click the suggestion

Recent search The suggestion shows a previous search action.
Clicking the suggestion launches the suggested search action.

Recently visited asset This suggestion shows an asset that you recently previewed.
Clicking this suggestion opens the preview of the suggested asset.
Smart filter

This suggestion provides possible filters you can apply based on your search terms. The smart filter suggestions recognize search terms linked to asset type, system, status, and certification.
Clicking this suggestion performs the search and applies all suggested filters.

If you want to search based on a database structure, start your search with sql: [database].[schema].[table].
Each time you add a .[search term], Data Marketplace searches for the value you entered and shows the result as a search suggestion.

Note The sql search only work if the Database, Schema, and Table asset types are part of the Data Marketplace scope.

Examples

Example 

The search terms customer data result in three suggestions.

  • The first suggestion is based on a recent search action. Clicking this suggestion launches the search for customer data in Data Marketplace again.
  • The second suggestion provides the possibility to search for the terms customer with the filter Asset Type set to Data Attribute.
  • The last suggestion points to the Customer Data data set asset that you previewed before. Clicking the suggestion opens the asset preview again.

Example 

The search terms certified data for customer marketing result in following suggestions.

  • The first suggestion is based on a recent search action. Clicking this suggestion launches the search for certified data for customer marketing in Data Marketplace again.
  • The second suggestion provides the possibility to search for the terms data customer marketing with the filter Certified set to Certified.
  • The third suggestion provides the possibility to search for the terms certified customer marketing with the filter Asset Type set to Data Set.
  • The last suggestion provides the possibility to search for the terms customer marketing with the filter Certified set to Certified and the filter Asset Type set to Data Set.

Example 

You want to go to a table in the Sales database.

  • In Data Marketplace, search for sql: sales..
    After typing the ., Data Marketplace shows the available schemas as search suggestions.
  • You need the public schema, so you type public..
  • You want to use the sales_data. If you type sales_data., a list of all columns in that table appears in the search suggestions.