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DataLens Marketplace is a platform that contains ready-made solutions and extensions for DataLens. These solutions and extensions are called products. They enhance the DataLens functionality and let you add more datasets.

Note

DataLens Marketplace is available on a special page in DataLens and on the Yandex Cloud Marketplace page (Data analysis tab).

Product

A product is an object prepared for running in DataLens. Products may contain drivers for new connections, data for analysis, and templates for charts and dashboards.

Products are provided by publishers. Marketplace publishers are companies (for example, Yandex). Publishers place their products in the Marketplace and assign pricing plans for them. Publishers can also update and upgrade their products.

Warning

Publishers can restrict uploading of CSV data for their products in the Marketplace.

Product categories

There are the following product categories in DataLens Marketplace:

  • Datasets: Sets of data with pre-configured dashboards. You can use them to create your own charts and dashboards, and enrich your data.

  • Geolayers: Datasets linked to location (regions, cities, districts, and smaller areas inside cities). You can use geolayers to create different maps and add them to dashboards.

  • Connectors: Additional types of connections. They let you create connections to external systems not supported in DataLens by default.

  • Templates: The dashboard templates that you can use with your data. To do this, replace the connection used for the template.

Billing

There are two types of pricing policies for products from Marketplace, each with their own specifics:

  • Free-of-charge (Free). The product is free of charge.

    • Any user of an DataLens instance can connect such a product.
    • You can access the data even after you cancel your subscription.

  • Subscription-based (Monthly). The product fee is charged monthly.

    • Only a user with the role datalens.instances.admin can connect a subscription-based product.

    • The product fee is debited on the connection date.

    • Product subscription is automatically renewed: funds are debited on the same day of the following months.

      For example, if you connected the product on May 2, the next charge will be on June 2.

    • For some products, you can pay the subscription partially (only for the data you need).

    • If you cancel your subscription, you can no longer access the data after the paid period ends.

      For example, if you paid for a product on May 15 and canceled the subscription on May 26, the product will be available to you until June 15.

Partial fee calculation example

As an example, let's say you bought a data subscription for one city (Moscow) and then added another city (Saint Petersburg). After that, you decided to cancel your subscription for one of the cities (Moscow). In this case, the following will happen:

Date Event
3.10.2020 You purchased the data for Moscow. DataLens debits the applicable amount right away. The next payment date is 3.11.2020.
5.10.2020 You purchased the data for Saint Petersburg. DataLens debits the applicable amount right away. The next payment date is 5.11.2020.
15.10.2020 You canceled the subscription for the Moscow data. DataLens considers this data as paid, so you can access the data until 3.11.2020.
3.11.2020 DataLens will not renew your subscription for the Moscow data. The data for this city will no longer be available to you.
5.11.2020 DataLens will renew your subscription for the Saint Petersburg data and debit the applicable amount right away.

Adding a product from Marketplace

Any user of an DataLens instance can add a free product. Only a user with the role datalens.instances.admin can add a subscription-based product.

You can add a geolayer, dataset, connector, or template:

  1. On the Yandex DataLens home page, in the left menu select Marketplace.
  2. In the right menu under Category, select Geolayers.
  3. Select the product that you want to add. For example, choose the free geolayer Companies: supply and demand.
  4. In the product description window that opens, click Connect.
  5. Enter the path to save the product to and click Save. The product you added will be displayed on the navigation page.
  1. On the Yandex DataLens home page, in the left menu select Marketplace.
  2. In the right menu under Category, select Datasets.
  3. Select the product that you want to add. For example, choose the free dataset Sample Superstore.
  4. In the description window that opens, click Connect.
  5. Enter the path to save the product to and click Save. The product you added will be displayed on the navigation page. You can use the dataset to create your own charts.

  1. On the Yandex DataLens home page, in the left menu select Marketplace.

  2. In the right menu under Category, select Connectors.

  3. Select the product that you want to add. For example, the free connector DashboardConnector.

  4. In the description window that opens, click Connect.

  5. Confirm the purchase if necessary. After confirmation, you will be directed to the page where you can create a connection based on this connector.

    Note

    You can create a connection later using the Deploy button on the product page.

  6. Create a connection based on the connector. After you create the connection, follow the instructions provided by the connector's publisher.

  1. On the Yandex DataLens home page, in the left menu select Marketplace.
  2. In the right menu under Category, select Templates.
  3. Select the product that you want to add. For example, choose the free template Metrica Live Demo.
  4. In the description window that opens, click Connect. The field appears in the list of fields. You can use it as your chart's data source.
  5. Enter the path to save the product to and click Save. The product you added will be displayed on the navigation page. Now you can go to the template's connection settings and edit them.

Removing a product added earlier from the Marketplace

You can cancel your subscription for a Marketplace product:

  1. On the Yandex DataLens home page, in the left menu select Marketplace.

  2. Select the product you want to cancel your subscription for.

    Tip

    You can filter the products you purchased: under Category, select Purchases.

  3. On the product page, next to the Deploy button, click and select Reject.

  4. Click Confirm. Your subscription for the product is canceled now.