Search

Search the catalog with anfra search. Search reads the catalog, so ingest your project first.

anfra search 'type:metric monthly revenue'

Query	Finds
`monthly revenue`	Entities that match the text. Free text needs no quotes.
`type:dataset revenue`	Datasets that match "revenue".
`owner:"Jane Doe","John Smith"`	Entities owned by either person.
`type:dataset depends_on:(type:model name:orders)`	Datasets that use the `orders` model.
`type:model needed_by:(type:metric name:revenue)`	Models that the `revenue` metric uses.

Filters are property:value, such as type:model or name:orders. For numbers and dates, write <, >, <= or >= in place of :, such as measure_count>=5.
Combining: filters on the same property are ORed, and everything else is ANDed. Write AND, OR and parentheses to override this.
Lineage: depends_on:(query) finds what uses the entities that match the query, and needed_by:(query) finds what they use. Both follow up to 3 steps. Set the number of steps with depends_on[depth=5]:(...).
Matching: most properties match part of the value, so name:order finds orders and order_items, and free text searches them. Properties listed as Exact on the type pages match the whole value only, such as hidden:true.
Matching ignores case. Quote a value that contains spaces.

Types

Every entity in the catalog has a type, such as metric or model. Each type has its own properties to filter on:

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