# External Data Analysis

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-data-analysis/91576
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 4, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-data-analysis/91576 "2018-07-04T16:08:32Z")
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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-data-analysis/91576/2 "2018-07-04T16:26:53Z")

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Everything in Discourse is accessible via the API. Documentation can be found at here: [http://docs.discourse.org/](http://docs.discourse.org/)

The [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) plugin can be installed for more advanced data access:

> [@Discourse Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-plugin/32566):
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> discourse2Summary Discourse [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) allows you to make SQL queries against your live database, allowing for up-to-the-minute stats reporting.open_bookInstall Guide This plugin is bundled with Discourse core. There is no need to install the plugin separately.information_source If you’re looking for examples or support for any custom queries, you can find lots of topics in our #Data & reporting category under the #sql-query tag. If there’s not one to suit your pa…

> [@JKBaseer](#):
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> This feature in open source available as well?

Yep, there is only one version of Discourse: the open source one 🙂

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