Overview

The Data section in the sidebar is where you browse and inspect the datasets that power your apps in Insight Cloud. You may also hear it called the Data Layer or App Output Data — in the platform, the sidebar button is labeled Data.

Every app produces its analysis from one or more underlying datasets. The Data section gives you a single place to find those datasets, see what's inside them, and pull the rows you need for your own work.

Who can see data here

You see the output data for the apps you have been granted access to — access is granted per app, via a team, individually, or through your role. Viewing and exporting work the same way for all roles: if you can open the app, you can see and export its output data.

What lives in the Data section

Output Data

Output Data is the top-level node in the Data section. It contains a tree of every dataset your workspace has access to, organized by app and variant.

Each app you have access to contributes its datasets here. Selecting an app expands its variants. Selecting a variant exposes the individual datasets that variant produces.

This is the entry point for everything in the Data section.

Opening a dataset

Selecting a dataset opens it in a viewer with three tabs:

• Data Viewer — the rows of the dataset. The preview loads 100 rows at a time and keeps adding more as you scroll. Filter by any column to narrow the view, then export the result to CSV. See Exporting a dataset below.

• Columns — the schema. Field names, types, and what each column represents.

• Parameters — the inputs that produced this dataset for the selected variant. Useful for understanding what shaped the data you're looking at.

Each dataset also surfaces metadata at the top: row count, the engine that produced it, and when it was last updated. For more on interpreting these timestamps, see Data Freshness.

Exporting a dataset

You can export a dataset to CSV to use in your own tools.

What the export contains

The Export button exports exactly the table you are viewing, matching what is on your screen when you press it:

• The row count shown at the top of the Data Viewer is the number of rows your export will contain. The preview only loads 100 rows at a time as you scroll, but the export is not capped at what you've scrolled through — it includes every row that matches your filters.

• Filtered-out rows and hidden columns are not included. A smaller filtered view means a smaller file.

• One export covers one table — the dataset you have open. To export another dataset, open it and export it separately.

Know before you export

• There is a size limit. An export must fit into one compressed file of 5 GB — roughly 20 GB of uncompressed data, or tens of millions of rows for most datasets. If your export is larger than that, it will not complete. You'll get a notification telling you it couldn't be finished, with a Go to table button so you can narrow your filters and try again.

• The format is CSV only. Exports are delivered as a compressed CSV file (.csv.gz).

• Spreadsheets can't open everything you can export. Excel and similar applications display only about 1 million rows. An export bigger than that will open incompletely or not at all in a spreadsheet, even when the export itself succeeds. If a spreadsheet is your destination, filter below 1 million rows first. Larger exports are best used in tools built for big data files.

• Large exports take time and disk space. The export is compiled in the background — bigger exports take longer — and the file expands to several times its download size once uncompressed. Make sure your computer has room for it.

How exporting works

1. Open a dataset and go to the Data Viewer tab.

2. Filter rows by any column values first if you only want a subset.

3. Choose any columns to exclude.

4. Select Export. Nothing downloads right away — the export is compiled in the background, so large exports can take a while.

5. Watch the Notification Center (the bell icon). Every export ends with a notification. If it succeeded, the notification contains your download — the file saves to your computer when you open it. If it could not be completed, the notification tells you so, shows the error details, and includes a Go to table button so you can go back, adjust your filters, and try again.

About the file you'll receive

• Exports are delivered as a single compressed CSV file (.csv.gz). Some browsers uncompress it for you automatically during download, so you may receive a plain .csv instead. Either way, the data inside is the same.

• If you receive the compressed .csv.gz, double-click it to unzip it, or open it directly in tools that can read compressed files.

• The file saves to your browser's default download location, usually your Downloads folder.

If an export keeps failing

If an export fails, the notification shows the error details and a Go to table button — narrow your filters and try again. If exports still fail after narrowing the data, contact support through Contact us under your profile icon.

Not to be confused with

• Intelligence export — copying or downloading a table from an Intelligence chat response. That exports the answer Intelligence gave you; the Data section exports the underlying dataset itself. See Intelligence.

• My Reports — links out to dashboards in external BI tools like Power BI or Tableau. It doesn't hold datasets. See My Reports.

• Data Access — a selection some apps show during checkout that scopes which data the app can use. It's a subscription setting, not a place to browse data. See Data Access.

Who can access Data

What you see in the Data section depends on:

• The apps you have been granted access to — via a team, individually, or through your role. You only see datasets from those apps.

• Data Access scoping applied at the subscription level by Publishers, where applicable.

If a dataset is missing or a section looks empty, check with your workspace admin which apps you have access to.

Related Articles

• Concepts — foundational ideas behind Insight Cloud

• Data Freshness — how to read refresh timestamps

• Data Access — how Publishers scope dataset access to subscriptions

• App Basics — what an app is and how it works

Last reviewed: September 2, 2026