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OpenRefine

An introduction to this free, open source tool for working with "messy" data.

Exploring the Data

OpenRefine offers lots of features to help you learn about your dataset, even if you don’t change a single character. Here we will cover different ways to initially explore your dataset.

Sorting Data - How to sort single and multiple columns.

Editing Columns - How to remove or collapse columns and change header names

Filtering Text - How to create a text filter.