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# IBM Watson Discovery

This documentation helps you use Watson Discovery to find critical answers and insights from your business data.

## Get started

- [Getting started with Watson Discovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-getting-started&format=markdown)
- [About Watson Discovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-about&format=markdown)
- Getting the most from Discovery
   - [Overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-version-choose&format=markdown)
   - [Migrating to Discovery v2](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-migrate-to-v2&format=markdown)
   - [API version comparison](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-migrate-to-v2-api&format=markdown)
   - [Migration FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data--migration-faq&format=markdown)
   - [Migrating enrichments from Watson Explorer](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-enrichmig&format=markdown)
   - [Migrating Knowledge Studio solutions](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-migrate-wks&format=markdown)
- Media resources
   - [Medium.com blogs](https://medium.com/ibm-data-ai/search?q=Watson%20Discovery)
   - [IBM.com blogs](https://www.ibm.com/blogs/watson/?s=watson%20discovery%20)
- [Guided tours](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-tours&format=markdown)
- Release notes
   - [Release notes for IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-release-notes&format=markdown)
   - [Release notes for IBM Cloud Pak for Data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-release-notes-data&format=markdown)
   - [Release notes for IBM Software Hub](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-release-notes-hub&format=markdown)

## Tutorials

- [Power your assistant with answers from web resources](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-tutorial-assistant-fred&format=markdown)
- [Use Smart Document Understanding (SDU) to improve search results](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-tutorial-sdu&format=markdown)
- [Build an external webhook enrichment solution in Watson Discovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-tutorial-external-enrichment&format=markdown)

## How to

- [Start getting value from your data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-product-overview&format=markdown)
- Connecting to your data
   - [Creating projects](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-projects&format=markdown)
   - [Creating collections](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-collections&format=markdown)
   - [Uploading data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-upload-data&format=markdown)
   - Configuring IBM Cloud data sources
      - [Overview of IBM Cloud data sources](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-sources&format=markdown)
      - [Box](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-box-cloud&format=markdown)
      - [IBM Cloud Object Storage](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-cos-cloud&format=markdown)
      - [Microsoft SharePoint Online](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-sharepoint-online-cloud&format=markdown)
      - [Microsoft SharePoint On Prem](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-sharepoint-onprem-cloud&format=markdown)
      - [Salesforce](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-salesforce-cloud&format=markdown)
      - [Web crawl](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-web-cloud&format=markdown)
   - Configuring IBM Cloud Pak for Data data sources
      - [Overview of data sources](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-collection-types&format=markdown)
      - [Box](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-box-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Database](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-database-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [FileNet P8](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-filenet-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [LDAP directory](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-ldap-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Local File System](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-lfs-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [HCL Notes](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-notes-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Salesforce](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-salesforce-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Microsoft SharePoint Online](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-sharepoint-online-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Microsoft SharePoint On Prem](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-sharepoint-onprem-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Web crawl](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-web-cp4d&format=markdown)
      - [Windows File System](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-wfs-cp4d&format=markdown)
   - [Troubleshooting ingestion](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-troubleshoot-ingestion&format=markdown)
   - [Managing data collections](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-manage-collections&format=markdown)
   - [Using the document status webhook API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-document-status-api&format=markdown)
- [How your data is processed](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-index-overview&format=markdown)
- Querying your data from the UI
   - [Previewing your query results](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-results&format=markdown)
   - [Improving your query results](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-improvements&format=markdown)
   - [Adding facets](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-facets&format=markdown)
   - [Customizing the search bar](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-search-bar&format=markdown)
   - [Expanding the meaning of queries](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-search-settings&format=markdown)
   - [Identifying words to ignore](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-stopwords&format=markdown)
   - [Split documents to make query results more succinct](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-split-documents&format=markdown)
   - [Excluding content from query results](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-hide-data&format=markdown)
   - [Improving result relevance with training](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-train&format=markdown)
   - [Default query settings](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-defaults&format=markdown)
- Enriching your data
   - [Choose enrichments](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-domain&format=markdown)
   - [Use built-in Watson NLP to find common terms](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-nlu&format=markdown)
   - Identify custom terms
      - [Define a finite set of terms with a dictionary](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-domain-dictionary&format=markdown)
      - [Define custom entities](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-entity-extractor&format=markdown)
      - [Classifying sentences](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-sentence-classifier&format=markdown)
      - [Use imported ML models to find custom terms](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-domain-ml&format=markdown)
   - Identify terms by pattern
      - [Use patterns to find terms](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-domain-pattern&format=markdown)
      - [Use regular expressions to find terms](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-domain-regex&format=markdown)
   - [Classify text](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-domain-classifier&format=markdown)
   - [Detect sentiment](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-nlu-sentiment&format=markdown)
   - [Read contracts](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-contracts-schema&format=markdown)
   - [Understand tables](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-understanding_tables&format=markdown)
   - Use SDU to analyze document structure
      - [Choosing an SDU model](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-sdu-choose&format=markdown)
      - [Define a user-trained SDU model](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-configuring-fields&format=markdown)
      - [Apply a pretrained SDU model](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-sdu-pretrained&format=markdown)
   - [Manage enrichments](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-manage-enrichments&format=markdown)
   - [Using the External enrichment API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-external-enrichment&format=markdown)
- [Testing and sharing your project](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-test&format=markdown)
- Querying your data programmatically
   - [Building custom applications with the API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-api-use&format=markdown)
   - Query API
      - [Query overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-concepts&format=markdown)
      - [DQL overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-dql-overview&format=markdown)
      - [Query parameters](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-parameters&format=markdown)
      - [Query operators](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-operators&format=markdown)
      - [Query aggregations](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-aggregations&format=markdown)
   - [Curations API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-curations&format=markdown)
   - [Learn with sample apps](https://developer.ibm.com/learningpaths/get-started-watson-discovery/)
- Analyzing data with the Content Mining application
   - [Analyzing your data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-contentminerapp&format=markdown)
   - [Data analysis methods](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-analyze-data&format=markdown)
   - [Adding facets](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-add-facets&format=markdown)
   - [Creating custom annotators](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-custom-annotator&format=markdown)
   - [Classifying documents](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-doc-classifier&format=markdown)
   - [Detecting phrases that express sentiment](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-phrase-sentiment&format=markdown)
   - [Adding collections](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-add-collection&format=markdown)
   - [Editing your collection](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-edit-collection&format=markdown)
   - [Analyzing CSV files](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-csv-file&format=markdown)
   - [Creating a report](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-report&format=markdown)
   - [Exporting data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cm-export&format=markdown)
- [Analyzing data on demand with the Analyze API](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-analyzeapi&format=markdown)
- [Searching Discovery data from watsonx Assistant](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-chat-choose-project&format=markdown)
- [Deploying the built-in UI components](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-deploy&format=markdown)
- [Choosing a deployment solution](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-cloud-v-data&format=markdown)
- Installing
   - [Installation overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install&format=markdown)
   - [Sizing the deployment for ingestion](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-size-cp4d&format=markdown)
   - [Upgrading the service](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-upgrade-data&format=markdown)
   - [Troubleshooting deployments](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-troubleshoot&format=markdown)
   - [Known issues](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-known-issues&format=markdown)
- Advanced development
   - Configuring a Cloud Pak for Data custom connector
      - [Building a custom connector](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-build-connector&format=markdown)
      - [Developing custom Cloud Pak for Data connector code](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-connector-dev&format=markdown)
      - [Assembling and compiling a custom connector](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-assemble&format=markdown)
      - [Installing a custom connector](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-install-connector&format=markdown)
      - [Using a custom connector from the Discovery user interface](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-ccs-tooling&format=markdown)
   - Configuring a Cloud Pak for Data custom crawler plug-in
      - [Building a custom crawler plug-in](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-crawler-plugin-build&format=markdown)
      - [Developing and implementing a custom crawler plug-in](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-crawler-plugin-dev&format=markdown)
      - [Assembling and compiling a custom crawler plug-in](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-crawler-plugin-assemble&format=markdown)
      - [Managing custom crawler plug-ins on your Watson Discovery cluster](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-manage-plugin&format=markdown)
      - [Using a custom crawler plug-in from the Discovery user interface](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-crawler-plugin-tooling&format=markdown)

## Reference

- [Glossary](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-glossary&format=markdown)
- [API reference](https://{DomainName}/apidocs/discovery-data)
- [Watson SDKs](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-using-sdks&format=markdown)
- [Watson GitHub repos](https://github.com/watson-developer-cloud/)
- [Query reference](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-query-reference&format=markdown)
- [Language support](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-language-support&format=markdown)
- IBM Cloud security
   - [Information security](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-information-security&format=markdown)
   - [Managing IAM access for Discovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-admin&format=markdown)
   - [Activity tracking events for Discovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-at_events&format=markdown)
   - [Public and private network endpoints](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-public-private-endpoints&format=markdown)
   - [Virtual Private Endpoints](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-virtual-private-endpoints&format=markdown)
- Backup and restore
   - [Backing up and restoring data](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-backup-restore&format=markdown)
   - [High availability and disaster recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-recovery&format=markdown)
   - [Deleting a service instance](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-delete&format=markdown)

## Help

- [FAQ](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-faqs&format=markdown)
- [Getting help](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-get-help&format=markdown)
- [Feedback](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-feedback&format=markdown)
- Plan information
   - [Discovery pricing plans](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-pricing-plans&format=markdown)
   - [Upgrading](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-upgrade&format=markdown)
- Community resources
   - [Watson Natural Language AI community](https://community.ibm.com/community/user/watsonai/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=80650291-2ff4-4a43-9ff8-5188fdb9552f)
   - [IBM Cloud Pak for Data Community](https://community.ibm.com/community/user/cloudpakfordata/communities/community-home?communitykey=c0c16ff2-10ef-4b50-ae4c-57d769937235)
   - [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/watson-discovery)
- [Accessibility](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/discovery-data?topic=discovery-data-accessibility&format=markdown)