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title: "Import public dataset"
slug: "import-public-dataset"
updated: 2025-09-23T04:13:50Z
published: 2025-09-23T04:13:50Z
canonical: "docs.akridata.ai/import-public-dataset"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.akridata.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Import public dataset

After logging in, you can import a public dataset to set up your playground for exploring different features provided by Data Explorer.

1. Navigate to **Data > Datasets**on the left navigation panel. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/datasets-left-navigation.jpg)
2. Click **'Import public dataset'**on the top right.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/import-public-datasets.jpg)
3. A list of available public datasets will be presented as shown below.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/public-datasets.png)
4. Click on the **'+'** button.
5. Read the terms and conditions and click **'Proceed'** to start importing.
6. The dataset will show an **'In Progress'** status while the import is in progress.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/public-dataset-inprogress.jpg)
7. Wait for a few minutes and refresh the page. On successful completion of import, the **In Progress** status will be cleared as below.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/public-dataset(1).jpg)

Along with importing the dataset, a job is also created with all objects in the imported dataset.
8. Click the **dataset**to open the dataset page and view the jobs created. An exploration job and an object detection model analysis job are created for the VOC public dataset.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/dataset-jobs-created.jpg)
9. Click the **Explore** section to view the **Explore Jobs** page. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/explore-jobs-visualize.jpg)
10. Click the **Visualize** button on the 'EXPLORE' job.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/visualize-jobs-page.jpg)
11. Similarly, from the Dataset page, click the Analyze jobs section, and click **Visualize** on the job card from the **Analyze Jobs** page. You can analyze an inference model's performance with interactive IOU and confidence threshold sliders, confusion matrix, PR curve, etc.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/3e9d4528-fbc6-4948-a804-8ee7068e7ac3/Images/Documentation/analyze-job.jpg)