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How to find a dataset in the public portal

Search, sort, switch layout, and page through the public Data page to find a dataset an account has made public. No sign-in is needed.

The Data page lists every dataset that an account has made public. You can search, sort, switch between card and list layout, and page through the results. This guide explains each visitor control.

For a full catalog of every element on the page, see the Data portal reference. For the rules that decide which datasets appear, see How portals work in MangoMap.

Open the portal

The portal lives at https://mangomap.com/<account-slug>/data (or the equivalent path on a connected custom domain).

A connected custom domain redirects its root URL to the Maps page, not the Data page. To land on Data from a custom domain, use the Maps / Data toggle at the left end of the search bar to switch.

Search by name

Type into the search box in the centre of the search bar. The list filters as you type.

A match is any case-insensitive substring in:

  • The dataset’s title.
  • The dataset’s description.
  • The dataset creator’s name.
  • Any tag on the dataset.

The clear button (X) at the right of the search box empties the field.

Sort the list

The sort dropdown sits on the right side of the search bar. The list starts in the order the account owner set, or Title (A-Z) if they didn’t set one. You can sort by:

Option What it does
Title (A-Z) Alphabetical
Title (Z-A) Reverse alphabetical
Newest First Most recently created first
Oldest First Oldest created first
Recently Updated Most recently updated first
Size (smallest first) File size, smallest first
Size (biggest first) File size, biggest first

Your choice is remembered for the rest of the session.

Switch between card and list view

The layout toggle (two icons — a grid for Card and rows for List) sits between the search box and the sort menu.

Public Data portal seen by a signed-out visitor in card view, with the search bar, card and list toggle, and sort menu above dataset cards Public Data portal seen by a signed-out visitor in list view, with one row per dataset: a square thumbnail, the title, and the description
  • Card view shows a 16:9 thumbnail above the title and description for each dataset. A small geometry icon (point, polygon, line, raster, or WMS) sits to the left of the title.
  • List view stacks compact rows with a square thumbnail on the left. Useful when scanning many datasets at once.

The portal’s default layout is set by the account owner under Customisation. Your switch overrides the default for the session.

Page through the results

The grid shows 12 datasets per page. When there are more, a pagination control appears at the bottom of the page with previous, next, and direct page-number buttons.

Open a dataset

Click anywhere on a card (or anywhere on a list row) to open the dataset’s detail page in the same tab. The detail page keeps the portal header and footer.