Can I download a document from Datashare?

Yes, you can download a document from Datashare.

Download a document

Open the menu > 'Search' > 'Documents' and click on the download icon on the right of documents' cards:

Screenshot of Datashare's search page in List view with the download icons in 3 document cards highlighted

...or on the top right of an opened document:

Screenshot of Datashare's search page in List view with a document open and the download icons on the top right of the document highlighted

Batch download documents

You can also batch download all the documents that match a search. It is limited to 100.00MB.

Open the menu > 'Search' > 'Documents', make queries and apply filter. Once all the results of a specific search are relevant to you, click on the download icon on the right of results:

Screenshot of Datashare's search page in List view with the download icon on the top right of the result column highlighted

Find your batch downloads as zip files in the menu > 'Tasks' > 'Batch downloads':

Screenshot of Datashare's batch downloads page with the menu open and the Tasks' entry 'Batch downloads' highlighted

Click on a batch download's name to download it:

Screenshot of Datashare's batch downloads page with the name of one batch download highlighted

Can't download?

If you can't download a document, it means that:

  • either Datashare has been badly initialized. Please restart Datashare. If you're an advanced user, you can capture the logs and create an issue on Datashare's Github.

  • or you are using the server collaborative mode and the admins prevented users from downloading documents

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