Catalogue and filters

The data catalogue holds every dataset on the portal. There are three ways to reach the one you need — browse by theme, search the catalogue, or filter it — and combining them is usually fastest. To ask a question in plain language and search the whole portal, use smart search.

Browsing by theme

In the Data and statistics menu, open Themes:

1. Themes — the first menu item. The items below it lead to other groups of data, such as Official statistics or Open data.
2. 13 themes — from Environment to Agriculture, fisheries, forestry and food. Click a theme to open the catalogue limited to that area.

Search and results

Above the list of datasets are the search, the active filters, the result count and sorting:

1. Catalogue search — searches datasets only, together with the filters you have ticked. The placeholder says how many datasets it will search.
2. Active filters — each ticked filter shows as a tag. × removes one; Clear filters removes them all.
3. Result count — how many datasets match the search and filters (for example, “Showing 1–24 of 131”).
4. Sorting — Most Relevant, Newest, Oldest, Title A-z or Title Z-a.

Filters

The catalogue has a filter panel on the left with six groups. In the image they are numbered in the same order as on the portal and below:

Filters from different groups combine: ticking the Energy theme and the Official statistics category returns only datasets matching both. Your choices — and your search — are stored in the address, so a filtered view can be bookmarked or sent to a colleague.

The dataset card

Each result in the catalogue is a card with the key facts:

1. Category, status and update frequency — for example, Official statistics, Completed, Annual.
2. Title — first the indicator, then the breakdowns after “|”.
3. Publication and update dates, and the publisher.
4. Likes, downloads and views.
5. A short description.
6. Keywords — “+5” means five more.
7. Download formats.

Found a good one? Click its title to open the dataset page.