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3.2.1 Entering the Datasets-View 
The user has the following possibilities to enter the datasets view: 
• Browsing directly to http://europeandataportal.eu/data 
• Opening the “Data” item in the main menu, then clicking on “Datasets” in the submenu 
• Clicking on “Search” in the “Search Datasets” area, with or without a search keyword entered 
 
 
 
3.2.2 How to filter datasets by using “Faceted Search” 
The user can find suitable datasets by perfo rming a “Faceted Search” . This means the user  
systematically adds properties, which the desired dataset shoul d fulfill, e.g. a dataset should be part 
of a specific catalogue or category.  The following properties are available: 
• Countries, 
• Catalogues, 
• Categories, 
• Tags, 
• Formats, 
• Licences. 
 
Those facets are presented on the left side of the main dataset page. The av ailable options for each 
facet always reflect the availability of it in the current set of results. The numbers in brackets indicate 
how many datasets in total have that property e.g. there are 117,610 datasets with a distribution in 
CSV format.