| Note: This article describes the legacy Reports app. You can still open reports you saved there, but new reports are built in the current Reports app. To start one, click Create new... in the left-hand sidebar, then Report. See Create a Report. |
To help you better understand the data you are viewing, Social Explorer provides a Data Dictionary with detailed documentation. You can access it in multiple ways:
Browse All Data Dictionary Pages
- Navigate to the Data Dictionary page.
- Select the survey you’re interested in.
Access the Data Dictionary Through Reports
You can also access the Data Dictionary directly from a report you’ve created. There are two ways to do this:
- Click the name of the variable in the table.
- Under Sources & Notes, click Data Dictionary.
This allows you to quickly reference variable definitions and additional details while analyzing your data.
Access the data dictionary from the Tables page
- Head over to the Tables page.
- Find and click the survey you're interested in.
- Click More info next to the year about which you want to find out more.
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Note: The data dictionary provides full documentation for the specified survey, which includes all variables, sources, and technical documentation. You can browse the data dictionary here. |