--- title: "DataStore Knowledge Base Article | ThreatConnect" slug: "datastore" description: "This article describes the DataStore option on the side navigation bar of the Playbook Designer." tags: ["Orchestration and Automation"] updated: 2024-03-20T17:39:37Z published: 2024-03-20T17:39:37Z canonical: "knowledge.threatconnect.com/datastore" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://knowledge.threatconnect.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DataStore DataStore is a feature that allows TC Exchange™ Runtime and Playbook Apps to persist data using OpenSearch®. The DataStore is available to any Job, Spaces, or Playbook App requiring persistent storage. Click the ![Icon Description automatically generated](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-6gav7umi.png)**DataStore** icon in the side navigation bar to open the **DataStore Explorer** in a new tab (Figure 1). The **DataStore Explorer** gives you the ability to interact with DataStore information indexes while working within the **Playbook Designer**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-v3kt8bjk.png) - **Local**: This tab displays a list of indexes visible in a single Playbook or Job. - **Organization**: This tab displays a list of indexes visible to an entire Organization. - **Name**: This column provides the name of the index. - **Records**: This column provides the number of records in the index. - **Updated**: This column displays the last time the index was updated**.** - **Actions**: Click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-h0raupt5.png) icon to view the index in the **Results** and **JSON** tabs of the **DataStore Explorer**. Click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-a1htowwv.png)icon to delete the index. - ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-mc8owgb4.png): Click this icon to refresh the list of indexes. - ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-9jmazsyv.png): Click this icon to upload a delimited text file to create a new index. See the [“Upload Index” section](/v1/docs/#upload-index) for more information. - **Query**: Use this tab to locate data within a DataStore index. - **Method**: This dropdown menu contains query options—**GET**, **POST**, **PUT**, **DELETE**, **PATH**, **OPTIONS**, and **HEAD**—for the action to be taken. - **Domain**: This dropdown menu allows a you to select the domain you are querying: **Local** or **Organization**. - **Path**: Enter the path of the index being queried. - **RUN:** Click **RUN** to start the query. - **API**: This tab shows the API path for the query. - **DEVELOPER TOKEN**: Click on this option, viewable in the **API** tab to access API Developer Tokens for use with the DataStore. - **Results**: This tab displays the index data populated by running a query or clicking the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-0tgh32qp.png) icon in the **Actions** column. - **JSON**: This tab displays the results from the query in a JSON StringArray. - ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-pt6f3o3p.png): Click this icon to download DataStore indexes. ## Upload Index To upload an Index to the **DataStore Explorer**, open the Explorer and click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-u2x6rji6.png) button at the top right of the table for the local or Organization DataStore. The **Upload File** window will be displayed (Figure 2). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-ff2sh729.png) - **Domain**: The domain is determined by the tab that is active—**Local** or **Organization**—when the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-u7xbwmm3.png) button was clicked. To change the domain, cancel out of the window, switch tabs, and then click the ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-nriqmog0.png) button again. - **Path**: Enter a path for the index being uploaded to the DataStore. - **Delimiter**: Enter the character that separates the data in the file to be uploaded—e.g., comma (**,**), pipe (**|**). - **File**: Drag and drop the file into this field, or click the field to select a file from a file browser. Click the **CREATE button**. The new DataStore index will be displayed in the table of available indexes (Figure 3). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/dfc206c8-1c9f-4725-b74d-a66f83432320/Images/Documentation/datastore-image-h8xcx3b9.png) --- *ThreatConnect® is a registered trademark of ThreatConnect, Inc. TC Exchange™ is a trademark of ThreatConnect, Inc. OpenSearch® is a registered trademark of Amazon Web Services.* 20110-19 v.02.C