# Overview

The Data Explorer feature allows you to see how your data is being used throughout the entire Simon product. If you're looking to delete data then with a couple clicks, you can identify if your specified data is currently used in an active flow, journey, etc. so you can confidently act.

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# Access Data Explorer

There are a couple ways to view where your data fields are being used in the platform:

  • [Via a Data Explorer link](🔗)

  • [From within a specific dataset](🔗)

## Via a Data Explorer link

This link is located both via the left navigation:

  1. Expand **Datasets**.

  2. Click **Data Explorer** to open it in a new tab.

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Click 'Data Explorer'

_or via a dataset_

  1. From the left navigation, click **Datasets**.

  2. Find a dataset that contains the field you want to view usage for then click the **dataset name** to open the editor.

  3. Click **Data Explorer** to open it in a new tab.

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From a dataset, click 'Data Explorer'

**Once you've opened the Data Explorer:**

  1. Choose a **category**. If you chose Dataset as your category, select a dataset in the second dropdown. If you chose Dataset Field as your category, select a dataset field in the second dropdown.

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  1. The page populates so that you can see that dataset or dataset field is used throughout Simon.

## Via the fields tab on the dataset details page

  1. From the left navigation, click **Datasets**.

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Click 'Datasets'

  1. Find a dataset that contains the field you want to view usage for then click the **dataset name** to open the editor.

  2. Click the **Fields** tab.

  3. Find your field and click the **hyperlinked name** to open the Data Explorer in a new tab with the usage pre-populated at the dataset field level.

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  1. From here, you can also click any of the colored hyperlinks to view details of the feature the field is linked in.