# Datasets

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*Check out the given walk-through on how to add a dataset using the Notebook page.*
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***Adding a Dataset to Notebook***&#x20;
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***Uploading a Datastore file, Adding it to Notebook***&#x20;
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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> The Datasets even if added from a Notebook infrastructure, they get added at the project level, so the added Datasets are available for all the Notebooks under the the same project.*
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## Adding Datasets

* Navigate to the Notebook page.
* Click the ***Datasets*** tab.

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* Click on the ***Add Dataset*** option.

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* The ***Add Datasets*** page appears.&#x20;
* Select ***Data Sets*** or ***Data Sandbox*** option from the Data Source drop-down menu.
* Search for a Data Set using the search bar.
* Select dataset(s) as per the requirement using the check box. The user can select multiple datasets/ data sandbox.
* Click the ***Add*** option.&#x20;

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> The Add option gets displayed only after you select at least one dataset.*
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* A notification message appears.
* The selected Dataset(s) get added to the given ***Datasets*** tab.

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* Click on the ***More*** icon for an added Dataset.
* The drop-down menu appears displaying the ***Preview*** and ***Data Preparation*** actions for the added dataset appears.

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## Uploading Datasets (Data Sandbox)

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark>  The **Upload** option is provided for the Sandbox files inside the Data Science Notebook.*
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* Navigate to the ***Add Datasets*** panel from a Data Science Notebook.
* Select the ***Data Sandbox*** option as Data Source.
* Click the ***Upload*** option.

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* The ***Upload Data Sandbox*** window appears.
* Provide a Sandbox Name.
* Provide Description (it is optional).
* Use the ***Choose File*** option to select a file from the system.

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* Select a file from the system and upload.
* Once the selected file name appears next to the Choose File, click the ***Save*** option to upload the selected file.

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* A notification message appears to inform completion of the action.
* The uploaded file lists below with a checkbox to select it.

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* Select the File using the checkbox.
* Click the ***Add*** option.

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* A notification message appears.
* The uploaded Data Sandbox dataset gets added to the Notebook.

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## ​Reading Datasets

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark>* Using ***get\_data*** function datasets and data sandbox files (csv & xlsx files) can be read.
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* Add a new Code cell to Notebook or access an empty Code cell.
* Select a dataset from the Datasets tab.
* The ***get\_data*** function appears in the code cell.

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* Provide the df to print the data from the selected Dataset.
* Run the cell.
* The Data preview appears below.

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

* The Text files added as Datasets to a Notebook will be disabled for the data load function. Only Copy Path option will be provided for such datasets.
* *Refer the* [***Data Science Lab Quick Start Flow***](https://docs.bdb.ai/data-science-lab-4/data-science-lab-quick-start-flow) *page to get an overview of the **Data Science Lab** module in nutshell.*&#x20;
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