# Datasets

URL: /systems/datasets · Id: `system:datasets`

> Datasets is the System behind each Dataset: curated Things of one Noun, built from Sources plus enrichment, refreshed and checked against its promise.

[Datasets](/business/nouns/dataset) is the [System](/business/nouns/system) behind each Dataset: curated records of one [Noun](/business/nouns/noun), built from [Sources](/business/nouns/source) and enrichment, refreshed and checked against its promise. Every field keeps its provenance.

## Summary
| Part | This System |
| --- | --- |
| Group | Data and insights |
| Status | Beta: it works, and its Verbs may still change |
| Shelf | Reference: documented, never offered first |

You can ask:

- “Sell this data as an API”
- “Refresh the dataset every night”
- “Deliver the dataset to the buyer’s warehouse”

## What you get
| Part | This System |
| --- | --- |
| Starts | Opt-in: it wakes with the Product Templates that need it ([Dataset API](/products/templates/dataset-api), [Directory](/products/templates/directory)). |
| Built from | [Integrations](/code/platform/integrations), [Database](/code/platform/capabilities/database), [Search](/code/platform/search), [Functions](/code/platform/capabilities/functions), [Enrichment](/systems/sales/enrichment), [Web](/code/platform/web) |

## Nouns it owns
| Noun | Definition |
| --- | --- |
| [Dataset](/business/nouns/dataset) | A Dataset is a Product of curated Things of one Noun, with a promise that they are true. |
| [Source](/business/nouns/source) | A Source is something a Product draws on to keep its promise but did not build: owned, wrapped, or recruited. |

## Verbs
| Verb | Object | Approval | Event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Dataset.create](/business/nouns/dataset/create) | [Dataset](/business/nouns/dataset) | None | `Dataset.created` |
| [Source.create](/business/nouns/source/create) | [Source](/business/nouns/source) | None | `Source.created` |
| [Integration.sync](/business/nouns/integration/sync) | [Integration](/business/nouns/integration) | None | [`Integration.synced`](/business/events/Integration.synced) |

## Events
| Direction | Event | How |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emits | `Dataset.created` | By [Dataset.create](/business/nouns/dataset/create) |
| Emits | `Source.created` | By [Source.create](/business/nouns/source/create) |
| Emits | [`Integration.synced`](/business/events/Integration.synced) | By [Integration.sync](/business/nouns/integration/sync) |

## States
None.

## Who operates it
| Part | This System |
| --- | --- |
| Accountable | [Integration Engineer](/agents/engineering/integration-engineer) |
| Team | [Engineering Team](/agents/engineering) |
| Seat | A role agent holds it until a Human is seated. |
| Autonomy | `supervised` |
| Also calls its Verbs | [Reliability Engineer](/agents/engineering/reliability-engineer), [Marketing Lead](/agents/marketing/marketing-lead), [Data Engineer](/agents/engineering/data-engineer) |

## Approvals and limits
None.

## Processes that use it
| Process | How it uses it |
| --- | --- |
| [Provider wiring](/systems/integrations/provider-wiring) | A step calls [Integration.sync](/business/nouns/integration/sync) |
| [Launches](/workflows/processes/launches) | A step calls [Source.create](/business/nouns/source/create) |
| [Continuity](/workflows/processes/continuity) | A step calls [Integration.sync](/business/nouns/integration/sync) |

## Rail underneath
None.

## Views and dashboards
| View | Shows | Metrics |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The [Integration Engineer](/agents/engineering/integration-engineer)’s view | The Metrics its accountable Role answers for. | [Sync success rate](/agents/engineering#sync-success-rate) |

## Access
What each Access level may call here.

| Access level | May call |
| --- | --- |
| `owner` | Every Verb (11) |
| `admin` | Every Verb (11) |
| `member` | Every Verb (11) |
| `viewer` | Read only (4 of 11) |

## Import and export
None.

## Fees and pricing
None.

## Availability and limits
| Part | This System |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Beta: it works, and its Verbs may still change |

## Compliance notes
Controls it carries:

- [Boundary protection](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/boundary-protection)
- [Upstream review](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/upstream-review)
- [Point-in-time recovery](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/point-in-time-recovery)
- [Processing definitions](/systems/trust-and-governance/controls/processing-definitions)

## Related Systems
- [Product analytics](/systems/product-analytics)
- [Billing](/systems/billing)

## Example
A [Dataset API](/products/templates/dataset-api) of clinical trials pulls from four public registries nightly. Datasets merges duplicate trials, enriches each sponsor’s [Organization](/business/nouns/organization), and checks that 99% of records refreshed within 24 hours, as the pricing [Page](/business/nouns/page) promises. A Source that stops updating opens an [Issue](/business/nouns/issue) before buyers notice.