Data Discovery - Search Data Sources and Cubes

[Cloud release: 2025.07.02]
[On-prem release: 2025 October]
[On-prem build: 25.10.10001]

Use the Search filed in Data Discovery to search for specific data sources or specific cubes.

In addition to the standard string search for matching data source names or cube names, you can also use tags to search for data sources or cubes with specific properties.

Tags follow the format tag:value. If the value contains spaces, it should be enclosed in double quotes. Furthermore, tags can be combined with AND and OR.

Data Sources Search

When using the search field, a list of shortcuts to the most commonly used search options are displayed:

Clicking any of these is a shortcut to provide the related tag search, e.g.,:

Supported tags for Data Sources Search

Tag Name	Description
dsname or name or text	Name of the data source.
id	Unique identifier of the data source.
version	Version number of the data source.
feedid	Identifier of the data source feed.
feedstatus	Current status of the feed.
status	Status of the data source.
caneditcolumns	Indicates if the user has permission to edit columns.
candelete	Indicates if the item can be deleted by the user.
canmodify	Indicates if the user can modify the item.
canpreview	Indicates if the data source can be previewed.
canshare	Indicates if the data source can be shared with other users.
canreload	Indicates if the data source supports reload operations.
isowner	Indicates if the current user is the owner of the data source.
isformat	Specifies if the data source is a format type.
isdisabled	Indicates if the data source is disabled.
isinsidedirectory	Indicates if the data source is located inside a directory.
canformatcreate	Indicates if the user can create new formats.
creator	Identifier of the creator of the data source.
outofprocessexecutionsupported	Indicates if execution outside the main process is supported.
customqueryhasmetadata	Indicates if a custom query contains metadata.
isplugindisabled	Indicates if the related plugin is disabled.

 

Examples

To filter data sources by broken or unavailable status, use the following query:

status:"Broken" OR status:"Unavailable"

To filter all broken data sources or data sources with name that contains “str”:

status:"Broken" OR name:"str"

Cubes Search

When using the search field, a list of shortcuts to the most commonly used search options are displayed:

 

Clicking any of these is a shortcut to provide the related tag search, e.g.,:

 

Supported tags for Cubes Search

Tag Name	Description
name or text or cubename	The name of the item cube.
isbroken	Indicates whether the item is broken or has errors.
isowner	Indicates if the current user is the owner of the item.
isAnalysisIssueDetected	Indicates if any integrity check issues have been detected for the cube.
creator or creatorname	The identifier of the item's creator.
canedit	Indicates whether the current user has edit permissions for the item.
canfullreload	Indicates if a full reload operation is allowed on the cube.
canshare	Indicates whether the item can be shared with other users.
status	The current status of the item
id	The unique identifier of the item.

 

Examples

To filter cubes with validation issue:

isAnalysisIssueDetected:true

Broken or unavailable cubes:

status:"Broken" OR status:"Unavailable"