Getting Started Guide

Learn how to effectively use the Data TT portal with our comprehensive tutorials and guides

Getting Started

6 tutorials

Data Discovery

4 tutorials

API Usage

8 tutorials

Data Analysis

5 tutorials

Learning Paths

Data Consumer Path

For researchers, journalists, and citizens who want to use government data

2-3 hours8 tutorials

You'll learn:

Data discovery

Download and use

Understanding licenses

Basic analysis

Developer Path

For developers building applications with government data

4-5 hours12 tutorials

You'll learn:

API integration

Authentication

Data processing

Application development

Data Publisher Path

For government agencies and organizations publishing data

3-4 hours10 tutorials

You'll learn:

Data preparation

Quality standards

Metadata

Publishing workflow

Getting Started

6 tutorials

Welcome to Data TT

An introduction to Trinidad & Tobago's Open Data Portal and its features

5 min

Beginner

Portal overview

Account creation

Basic navigation

Creating Your Account

Step-by-step guide to registering and setting up your Data TT account

3 min

Beginner

Registration

Profile setup

API key generation

Understanding Data Licenses

Learn about different data licenses and how they affect usage rights

8 min

Beginner

Open licenses

Attribution

Commercial use

Data Discovery

4 tutorials

Finding the Right Dataset

Master the search and filtering tools to discover relevant datasets

10 min

Beginner

Search techniques

Filters

Understanding Dataset Quality

Learn how to evaluate dataset quality and reliability

12 min

Intermediate

Quality indicators

Metadata

Update frequency

API Usage

8 tutorials

Your First API Call

Make your first request to the Data TT API and understand the response

15 min

Beginner

Authentication

GET requests

JSON responses

Advanced API Queries

Learn to use filters, pagination, and sorting in API requests

20 min

Intermediate

Query parameters

Filtering

Pagination

Sorting

Data Analysis

5 tutorials

Analyzing COVID-19 Data with Python

Complete walkthrough of analyzing health data using Python and pandas

45 min

Intermediate

Python

Pandas

Data visualization

Statistical analysis

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Learning Paths

Data Consumer Path

For researchers, journalists, and citizens who want to use government data

2-3 hours8 tutorials

You'll learn:

Data discovery

Download and use

Understanding licenses

Basic analysis

Developer Path

For developers building applications with government data

4-5 hours12 tutorials

You'll learn:

API integration

Authentication

Data processing

Application development

Data Publisher Path

For government agencies and organizations publishing data

3-4 hours10 tutorials

You'll learn:

Data preparation

Quality standards

Metadata

Publishing workflow