User Guide

Searching datasets

Use the search bar on the top page to search by keyword.

Filtering

• Organization — Filter by the organization that published the data
• Category — Filter by data classification
• Tags — Filter by keyword tags

Sorting

Search results can be sorted by relevance, last updated, or name.

Browsing datasets

The dataset page displays the following information:

• Metadata — Title, description, author, license, etc.
• Resource list — Files and URLs included in the dataset
• Categories & tags — Classification information

Resource preview

The resource page provides format-specific previews:

Format	Preview
CSV / TSV	Table view + text view
JSON / XML / TXT	Text view
GeoJSON	Map view + text view
PDF	PDF viewer
Excel / Word / PowerPoint	Office Online Viewer
PNG / JPEG / GIF / WebP / SVG / BMP / TIFF	Image viewer

Downloading data

Click the "Download" button on the resource page to download a file. External URL resources also work through the same button (redirects to the original URL).

API access

KUKAN provides a REST API for programmatic data access.

# List datasets
curl https://your-kukan-site/api/v1/packages

# Search datasets
curl https://your-kukan-site/api/v1/search?q=population