Skip to main contentThe Datasets tab allows you to gain a better understanding of the fields you have in your datasets.
In Axiom, an individual piece of data is an event, and a dataset is a collection of related events. Datasets contain incoming event data. The Datasets tab provides you with information about each field within your datasets.
Datasets overview
When you open the Datasets tab, you see the list of datasets.
Right-click a dataset to access the following options:
- Open dataset: Open the dataset in the Datasets tab.
- Open in Stream: Open the dataset in the Stream tab.
- Open in Query: Open the dataset in the Query tab.
- Edit dataset: Change the dataset description or data retention period.
- Copy dataset name: Copy the name of the dataset to your clipboard.
- Copy link to dataset: Copy a link to the dataset to your clipboard.
- Open in new tab: Open the dataset in a new browser tab.
- Delete dataset: Delete the dataset.
Explore datasets
To explore the fields in a dataset, select the dataset from the list.
When you select a dataset, Axiom displays the list of fields within the dataset on the left. The field types are the following:
This view flattens field names with dot notation. This means that the event {"foo": { "bar": "baz" }} appears as foo.bar. Field names containing periods (.) are folded.
On the right, you see the following:
Edit field
To edit a field:
- Go to the Datasets tab.
- Select the dataset that contains the field.
- Find the field in the list, and then click it.
- Edit the following:
- Field description.
- Field unit. This is only available for number field types.
- Hidden. This means that the field is still present in the underlying Axiom database, but it doesn’t appear in the Axiom UI. Use this option if you sent the field to Axiom by mistake or you don’t want to use it anymore in Axiom.
Quick charts
Quick charts allow fast charting of fields depending on their field type. For example, for number fields, choose one of the following for easily visualizing the data:
