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# Data Sandbox

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*<mark style="color:green;">Pre-requites:</mark> The user must configure the* [***Sandbox Settings*** ](https://docs.bdb.ai/administrative-settings-3/admin-panel-options/configurations/sandbox-settings)*to access the Data Sandbox option under the Data Science Lab.*
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*Check out the walk-through on how to add a Data Sandbox as a dataset.*
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***Uploading & Adding a Data Sandbox as Data set***
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* Open the **Dataset** tab from a specific project.
* Click the **Add Datasets** option.

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* The user gets redirected to the **Add Datasets** page.
* Select the ***Data Sandbox*** option from the Data Service drop-down menu.
* Click the ***Upload*** option to upload a Data Sandbox file.

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* The user gets redirected to the ***Upload Data Sandbox*** page.
* Provide a ***Sandbox Name***.
* Provide ***Description*** about the Data Sandbox.
* Click the ***Choose File*** option to select a file.
* Click the ***Save*** option to begin the file upload.

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* Wait till the file gets loaded 100%.&#x20;

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* A notification message appears to indicate that the file has been uploaded (after the data gets loaded 100%).
* The user gets redirected to the ***Add Datasets*** page displaying the recently uploaded Sandbox file at the top of the list.

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* Select a ***Data Sandbox file*** using the checkbox given next to it.
* Click the ***Add*** option that appears after selecting the uploaded Sandbox file.

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* A notification message appears to inform that the selected Dataset (in this case, the selected Data Sandbox file) has been updated.
* The user gets redirected to the ***Dataset*** tab where the uploaded Sandbox file is added file at the top of the list.

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark>*&#x20;

* *The user can get a **Search bar** to search across the multiple Datasets options on the **Add Datasets** page.*
* *Refer the* [***Data Science Lab Quick Start Flow*** ](https://docs.bdb.ai/data-science-lab-3/data-science-lab-quick-start-flow)*page to get an overview of the **Data Science Lab** module in nutshell.*&#x20;
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