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How to Use Seek Guides

Find expert-curated data recommendations and report templates for topics that matter to you and your organization.

Guides help you explore the vast data resources in mySidewalk by curating resources across key topics and datasets. Use them to quickly analyze issues or create data stories.

What's in a Guide?

  • Each guide focuses on a high-level topic and includes related datasets.
  • For example, the Food Insecurity guide contains the following datasets:
  • Each dataset features:
    • Recommended data indicators (5-12 typically) that you can add to Seek search. Choose specific ones or add them all.
    • Report templates with best-practice visualizations to quickly start your data story.

For a complete list of guides, check here.


Using Guides Effectively

Guides can support your workflow from start to finish—whether you’re finding data, analyzing it, or sharing insights with stakeholders. Here are some common uses:

  • Quick Data Access: Answer specific questions, like birth outcomes, using relevant datasets.
  • Recommendation Support: Find indicators on topics like the digital divide.
  • Inspiration: See how others use data, such as data on mental health or substance use.
  • Project Outlines: Use a guide’s structure as an outline for long reports or dashboards, like a CHA dashboard with sections like social determinants and more. (Pictured)
  • Starting Places: Use story blocks to build your report or dashboard from the ground up—and customize as much as you want.