Search and filter are domain specific. Text search and filter options are specific to each domain and do not work across domains. For example, searching for “Mortality rates” in the Price domain will yield “Nothing found” since mortality rates are included only in the Nutrition domain.
Search
When performing a search, results appear ordered by relevance. You can refine your search using operators such as single or double quotation marks, the word or, or a minus sign.
The table below contains examples of how to use these search operators.
Search | Results |
vegetable oil | results that contain those words in any order |
“vegetable oil” | only results that include that exact phrase |
“sunflower oil” “palm oil” | only results containing both phrases |
“sunflower oil” or “palm oil” | results that contain either phrase |
‘vegetable oil’ -‘palm oil’ | results about vegetable oil unless they include the phrase ‘palm oil’ |
Filter
Filters can be used in two ways:
Begin typing a term in the filter box to narrow the possible options.
Click on the filter box to browse a list of possible options.
Once you have found a relevant filter, through browsing or searching, click the box next to the filter name to use the filter on the available data.
Some filters aggregate items into multi-level lists (e.g., countries being aggregated into continents or sub-continents as shown in the image below). In these cases, selecting the higher-level item in the list will automatically select all the lower-level items in the list, as illustrated below.
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Data Series with No Data Points
Check the Include data series with zero data points box to include data series in your search where the data has not yet been uploaded to the FEWS NET Data Platform.
View Selected Filters
The Selected Filters section allows you to view all selected filters at once and remove filters more easily. This section can be collapsed so that it does not take up space on your screen when it’s not needed.
Reset Search
Your most recent search criteria is retained between visits to the Data Explorer, when you move between pages, and when you refresh a page.
You can remove all your search and filter selections at any time using the Reset Search button.
