Welcome to Datashare's User Guide

Datashare allows you to better analyze information, in all its forms. It is a free open-source software developed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Installation and document addition
​Mac​
​Windows​
​Linux​
Next steps
​Analyze documents​
​Search documents​
​Search with operators and Regex​
​Filter documents​
​Sort documents by dates, relevance, etc.​
​Batch search documents​
​Explore a document​
​Star documents​
​Tag documents​
​Recommend documents​
​Use keyboard shortcuts​
​Add plugins and extensions​
Frequently Asked Questions - General
​Can I use Datashare with no internet connection?​
​Can I download a document from Datashare?​
​Can I remove document(s) from Datashare?​
​Do you recommend OS or machines for large corpuses?​
​Can I use an external drive as data source?​
​How can we use Datashare on a collaborative mode on a server?​
​How can I contact ICIJ for help, bug reporting or suggestions?​
​How can I uninstall Datashare?​
​Advanced: how can I make bulk actions with Tarentula?​
Frequently Asked Questions - Errors
​'Your search query is wrong.' What should I do?​
​Searching with double quotes doesn't work​
​List of common errors leading to "failure" in Batch Searches​
​What if Datashare says 'No documents found'?​
​Nothing works, everything crashes. What can I do?​
​'You are not allowed to use Docker, you must be in the "docker-users" group'. What should I do?​
​What if tasks are 'running' but not completing?​
​What if a 'Preview' of my documents is 'not available'?​
​What do I do if Datashare opens a blank screen in my browser?​
​I see people, organizations and locations in the filters but not in the documents​
​What does 'Windows named pipe error' mean?​
​Datashare doesn't open. What should I do?​
Frequently Asked Questions - Definitions
​What is a named entity?​
​What are NLP pipelines?​
​What is fuzziness?​
​What are proximity searches?​

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