# Exploring Discourse Data Explorer on my Sandbox

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** data-explorer
**Created:** [February 19, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130 "2025-02-19T17:09:07Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exploring-discourse-data-explorer-on-my-sandbox/353130/4 "2025-02-20T12:08:20Z")

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There’s the `rake dev:populate` command that populates the instance with dummy content, but I think it can’t be run in a production instance.

edit: that should do the trick I think?

> [@Set up a staging server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-a-staging-server/225951/1):
>
> ```plaintext
> ./launcher enter app
> ALLOW_DEV_POPULATE=1 bundle install
> ALLOW_DEV_POPULATE=1 rake dev:populate
> 
> ```

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