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title: "Datasets"
slug: "datasets"
tags: ["Content Services"]
updated: 2026-10-11T12:12:25Z
published: 2026-10-11T12:12:25Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/datasets"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Datasets

The datasets contain the information from the sources that you want to use with CTERA Content Services.

**To add a dataset:**

1. Select **Datasets** in the navigation pane.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-JN6U61AK.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D)
2. Click **New Dataset**.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-WLL7XGDO.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D)
3. Enter the dataset details:
  - **Dataset Details**  

**Name** – A name to identify the dataset.  

**Source** – A source from the drop-down list. The source list includes the sources defined in **Sources**.
  - **Capabilities**  

The search and tagging capabilities to apply to this dataset.  

**Enable Text Search** – Enable keyword-based indexing to match exact terms, phrases, and specific identifiers. This capability is always enabled for all datasets.  

**Enable Semantic Search** – Use AI embedding models to index documents by meaning and intent. This retrieves contextually relevant.  

**Enable LLM Tagging** – Use LLMs to automatically apply metadata tags for data classification and semantic metadata extraction.
  - **Owner and Access Control**  

**Owner** – The dataset owner.  

**Collaborators** – The users who can collaborate on the dataset.
  - **Selected Content**  

The selected content section is dependent on the source. For example, when the source is a CTERA Portal, the content is **Folders** to include cloud drive folders that belong to a specific owner or without any owner.
  1. Click ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-9HJ7BSYJ.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D) to add a folder.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-8SFJ21SX.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D)
  2. Click **Users** to expand the users and then select a user and from the list of cloud folders, select a folder.  

The folder content is displayed.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-KU8N86G8.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D)
  3. Click **Add Folder**

- **File Processing**  

**Collector** – The type of collector to use.
- **Schema**  

The schema details including **Document Summarization** and **Keyword Extraction**. When setting **Document Summarization** you can add an instruction for the summarization, for example, to keep the summary short, or only one sentence, or in a different language. For **Keyword Extraction** you can limit the keyword extraction to specific words.
- **Write Back Artifacts**  

Whether write back artifacts are displayed is dependent on the source.  

Add AI-generated derivative artifacts next to the original files in the file system (creating .meta/ sidecar directories).
- **Actions**  

Incremental or full reindexing. Only set **Full Indexing** when editing a dataset and you want to reingest the whole dataset.

1. Click **Save Changes**.

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-JN6U61AK.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D) You can follow the content ingestion for the new dataset as well as monitor the number of files and size increasing in the **Files Info** column.

**To edit a dataset:**

1. Click **Datasets** in the navigation pane.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-JN6U61AK.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A27%3A21Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A27%3A21Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=iah8bJi0Ypvh6zDpehhl%2FyOkPmUbPXW1pvbQugpNvtY%3D)
2. Click the dataset to edit.
3. Make the changes as required.
4. Under **Actions** set **Full Indexing** when you want to reingest the whole dataset.
5. Click **Save Changes**.