# Data Use **URL:** https://discourse.gbif.org/c/data-use/7.md?page=1 [Latest](https://discourse.gbif.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.gbif.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.gbif.org/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Experiences using the GBIF API in PowerBI](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/experiences-using-the-gbif-api-in-powerbi/5975)
**Author:** [@estebanmhGBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/estebanmhGBIF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/experiences-using-the-gbif-api-in-powerbi/5975 "2025-06-10T09:54:37Z")
Hi, we were wondering if anyone has experience using the GBIF API to build a dashboard in PowerBI. One of our publishers is interested in doing a real time dashboard with their data, someone from their team with experien… --- ## [Best approach to join trait data with GBIF occurrences?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/best-approach-to-join-trait-data-with-gbif-occurrences/5983)
**Author:** [@s.modrak](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/s.modrak)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/best-approach-to-join-trait-data-with-gbif-occurrences/5983 "2025-06-04T11:41:47Z")
Greetings, I’m researching approaches for a trait-based analysis of mosquito occurrences for the ohvbd (vector-borne diseases-focused data wrangling package), and I want to merge GBIF occurrence records with trait value… --- ## [GBIF Registry API ambiguity](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-registry-api-ambiguity/5838)
**Author:** [@s.modrak](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/s.modrak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2025, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/gbif-registry-api-ambiguity/5838 "2025-05-28T19:35:55Z")
Dear GBIF I have noticed there’s a certain ambiguity/shortcomings in the behaviour of the GBIF Registry API https://api.gbif.org/v1/dataset/{key} endpoint. I am hoping you can provide some assistance and clarification r… --- ## [Data Use Club practical session: GBIF species occurrence cubes](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-gbif-species-occurrence-cubes/5977)
**Author:** [@larussell](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/larussell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-gbif-species-occurrence-cubes/5977 "2025-05-23T08:47:58Z")
In case you missed the last Data Use Club session on GBIF species occurrence cubes, you can visit the session page to watch the full recording of the session and check out the PDFs of the presentations. The recording fe… --- ## [Community Metrics](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/community-metrics/5832)
**Author:** [@AndrewRodrigues](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/AndrewRodrigues)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/community-metrics/5832 "2025-05-02T11:44:28Z")
Join us for the next technical support hour for GBIF nodes on April 2nd at 4 pm CEST, where the topic is Community Metrics . Community Metrics is a new initiative to develop new metrics, indicators and time series data … --- ## [I cant find the type of mycorrhizal colonization of different plants](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/i-cant-find-the-type-of-mycorrhizal-colonization-of-different-plants/5901)
**Author:** [@dexiang\_xu](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/dexiang_xu)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/i-cant-find-the-type-of-mycorrhizal-colonization-of-different-plants/5901 "2025-04-29T13:57:46Z")
After downloading the database, how can I find the type of mycorrhizal colonization of different plants. In two txt file “occurence” and “verbatim”, I couldn’t find the mycorrhizal type of different plants in both of th… --- ## [How to see number of occurrences growth in GBIF](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-see-number-of-occurrences-growth-in-gbif/5880)
**Author:** [@vechocho](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/vechocho)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-see-number-of-occurrences-growth-in-gbif/5880 "2025-04-25T07:47:52Z")
Hi, all. As part of the reporting to the GBF we need to be able to know the “Growth in species occurrence records accessible through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility” see So this make me think on using t… --- ## [How to Get Started with GBIF Data for My Research – Any Tips?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-get-started-with-gbif-data-for-my-research-any-tips/5884)
**Author:** [@Sakura](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Sakura)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/how-to-get-started-with-gbif-data-for-my-research-any-tips/5884 "2025-04-23T08:47:39Z")
Hey everyone, I am new to using GBIF data & wanted to get some advice on how to dive in. I am working on a research project & Also I have heard a lot about GBIF being a great resource for biodiversity data. I am not ent… --- ## [need help with rgbif](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864)
**Author:** [@maksim.golubev.21](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/maksim.golubev.21)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/need-help-with-rgbif/5864 "2025-04-14T11:30:43Z")
need help with rgbif Could you help write a script for R to find synonyms for species names. For example, is it possible to get a list of alternative names of species Carex acuta, Sorbus aucuparia and others… --- ## [Data Use Club Practical Session: Data standards & processing](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-data-standards-processing/5765)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-data-standards-processing/5765 "2025-02-17T14:10:19Z")
In case you missed our Data Use Club practical session last week about Data standards & processing, you can now watch the full recording of the session (including the question and answers) here: Data Use Club practical s… --- ## [Link issues to DwC terms](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/link-issues-to-dwc-terms/5676)
**Author:** [@waddink](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/waddink)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/link-issues-to-dwc-terms/5676 "2025-01-29T16:13:13Z")
GBIF adds issues and flags to ingested occurrence data, as described in Occurrence issues and flags :: Technical Documentation these describe the issue with the value for a DwC term, some flags can be added for multiple… --- ## [Limit columns in csv from API (R)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/limit-columns-in-csv-from-api-r/5659)
**Author:** [@flopet](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/flopet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/limit-columns-in-csv-from-api-r/5659 "2025-01-23T08:51:15Z")
Hello ! I’m retrieving data from GBIF via the API in R and it’s working (thanks by the way =) ) But the file I’m retrieving is too big from my taste (and the memory of my computer). Is it possible to limit the columns… --- ## [Creating linkout from OrganismID url](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/creating-linkout-from-organismid-url/5551)
**Author:** [@campmlc](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/campmlc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/creating-linkout-from-organismid-url/5551 "2024-12-16T10:06:51Z")
The Arctos cms is currently publishing organism ID values to GBIF as urls, but these are not live links. Can we get the organism ID url to link back to the related database page? This would allow a link to our landing pa… --- ## [Retrieve randomly sampled occurrence records](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/retrieve-randomly-sampled-occurrence-records/5523)
**Author:** [@usersarah](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/usersarah)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/retrieve-randomly-sampled-occurrence-records/5523 "2024-12-11T17:47:47Z")
Hello everyone! I am working with the rgbif package in R and was wondering if anyone is familar with a good way to create randomly sampled occurrence record sets. Assuming i already know what dataset i want to look at,… --- ## [Optimise query to bigquery and usage of GADM id](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/optimise-query-to-bigquery-and-usage-of-gadm-id/5558)
**Author:** [@gretacv](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/gretacv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/optimise-query-to-bigquery-and-usage-of-gadm-id/5558 "2024-12-11T15:10:29Z")
Hello, After the webinar that took place in september about using cloud services and the GBIF snapshot, I was wondering if it would be possible to get some support on how to optimise the call to bigquery so the amount o… --- ## [Fetching datasets(Keys) instead of occurrence records with rgbif functions](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/fetching-datasets-keys-instead-of-occurrence-records-with-rgbif-functions/5522)
**Author:** [@usersarah](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/usersarah)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/fetching-datasets-keys-instead-of-occurrence-records-with-rgbif-functions/5522 "2024-12-09T09:57:45Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: Within the rgbif-package i am trying to collect datatsets that match some contraints like having media (StillImage) and being preserved specimen.I also want to filter them by their TaxonKeys. So as … --- ## [What to do with this? A synonym of Gadus merlangus Linnaeus, 1758 is a dish (apparently) and not a fish](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/what-to-do-with-this-a-synonym-of-gadus-merlangus-linnaeus-1758-is-a-dish-apparently-and-not-a-fish/4673)
**Author:** [@dimi](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/dimi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/what-to-do-with-this-a-synonym-of-gadus-merlangus-linnaeus-1758-is-a-dish-apparently-and-not-a-fish/4673 "2024-11-01T09:04:44Z")
Apparently fishbase is sharing ways to cook fish as synonyms? Or do I miss something here. “Koudgerookte vlinders” “Koudgerookte vlinders” refers to a cold-smoked fillet, typically made from small haddock or whiting,… --- ## [Getting ALA data to the usable stage](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/getting-ala-data-to-the-usable-stage/5413)
**Author:** [@datafixer](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/datafixer)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/getting-ala-data-to-the-usable-stage/5413 "2024-10-13T06:26:18Z")
Working with biodiversity data often involves a fair amount of filtering and cleaning (these are different things). We don’t often have to reformat a Darwin Core dataset, though, thanks to GBIF’s Integrated Publishing To… --- ## [Parahomonyms or synonyms?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/parahomonyms-or-synonyms/4636)
**Author:** [@Treechecker](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Treechecker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/parahomonyms-or-synonyms/4636 "2024-08-25T03:48:54Z")
Hi, I was thinking that: Quercus margaretiae (Quercus margaretiae (Ashe) Small), Quercus margarettae (Quercus margarettae (Ashe) Small) and Quercus margaretta (Quercus margaretta (Ashe) Small) were synonyms but now … --- ## [Citing data that is not being downloaded](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/citing-data-that-is-not-being-downloaded/4597)
**Author:** [@muizzz](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/muizzz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/citing-data-that-is-not-being-downloaded/4597 "2024-07-23T07:16:31Z")
Hello Everyone! I am working on a project initiative that is making use of PyGBIF to access the occurrences API. With that being said, I am not downloading the actual data and just using it temporarily. Concisely: I … --- ## [API SQL downloads (GBIF technical support hour for nodes)](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-sql-downloads-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4459)
**Author:** [@cecsve](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/cecsve)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/api-sql-downloads-gbif-technical-support-hour-for-nodes/4459 "2024-07-11T13:21:02Z")
Join us for the next session of the technical support hour for GBIF nodes on July 3rd, 2024, at 4pm CEST (UTC+2), where the topic is API SQL downloads. Would you like to be able to generate custom summary views of GBIF … --- ## [Retrieving iNaturalist Observations for a region / observers with PyGbif](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/retrieving-inaturalist-observations-for-a-region-observers-with-pygbif/4565)
**Author:** [@Sylvain\_M](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Sylvain_M)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/retrieving-inaturalist-observations-for-a-region-observers-with-pygbif/4565 "2024-07-02T17:40:15Z")
Good evening everyone :smiley: Following this first message, I’ve made a little progress in my discovery of PyGBIF and the GBIF API. With the help of ChatGPT, I’ve written a functional script for my needs: retrieving i… --- ## [My first PyGbif script](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/my-first-pygbif-script/4234)
**Author:** [@Sylvain\_M](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/Sylvain_M)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/my-first-pygbif-script/4234 "2024-07-01T19:58:11Z")
Hello everyone :smiley: I’ve been a naturalist for several decades, I’m also a geomatician, and I’m new to Python scripting. I feel that PyGbif would have great potential for my practice. To get started, I’d like to w… --- ## [Discerning species as native, introduced, or invasive](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/discerning-species-as-native-introduced-or-invasive/4447)
**Author:** [@bugz000](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/bugz000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/discerning-species-as-native-introduced-or-invasive/4447 "2024-05-23T15:00:35Z")
i am using api; Species API :: Technical Documentation however for a specific species it may or may not show a variety of distributions, which may or may not include outright duplicates, or not, and there does not appea… --- ## [Data Use Club Practical Session: accessing and downloading species information](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-accessing-and-downloading-species-information/4448)
**Author:** [@mgrosjean](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/mgrosjean)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/data-use-club-practical-session-accessing-and-downloading-species-information/4448 "2024-05-22T13:27:21Z")
This is a space to ask questions and discuss the content of Data Use Club Practical Session on accessing and downloading species information: Data Use Club practical sessions: accessing and downloading species informatio… --- ## [Calculating collection date --\> GBIF upload date lag times](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/calculating-collection-date-gbif-upload-date-lag-times/4425)
**Author:** [@of2](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/of2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/calculating-collection-date-gbif-upload-date-lag-times/4425 "2024-05-02T09:05:15Z")
Hi everyone, I am trying to generate estimates for specimen-based data of the lag time between collection of a specimen (eventDate) and its date of first upload to GBIF. The goal is to generate upload time curves based… --- ## [Download checklist with mapping to GBIF Backbone](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/download-checklist-with-mapping-to-gbif-backbone/4415)
**Author:** [@larsgw](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/larsgw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/download-checklist-with-mapping-to-gbif-backbone/4415 "2024-04-25T23:18:42Z")
Is it possible to get all taxa in e.g. the Checklist Dutch Species Register - Nederlands Soortenregister checklist, with mappings to the GBIF Backbone? I have aligned some checklists with the backbone taxonomy and would… --- ## [Adding GBIF identifiers to NCBI BioSample data during NCBI data upload](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/adding-gbif-identifiers-to-ncbi-biosample-data-during-ncbi-data-upload/4346)
**Author:** [@heidimeudt](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/heidimeudt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/adding-gbif-identifiers-to-ncbi-biosample-data-during-ncbi-data-upload/4346 "2024-04-23T22:53:42Z")
Hello, I have a question about linking sequence data between NCBI and GBIF. We will be in the next few weeks uploading a lot of sequence data to NCBI in the category BioSample using the following template: Plant; version… --- ## [Download occurrences by IDs with rgbif](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/download-occurrences-by-ids-with-rgbif/4051)
**Author:** [@oleh.prylutskyi](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/oleh.prylutskyi)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/download-occurrences-by-ids-with-rgbif/4051 "2024-04-18T06:32:09Z")
Hi there, I have a long vector of occurrence IDs (means global unique GBIF’s identifiers as used in occurrences\` URLs, e.g. “2992081821” for the occurrence). I would like to download GBIF data for those occurrences, but… --- ## [Dataset keys not documented?](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dataset-keys-not-documented/4380)
**Author:** [@plantarum](https://discourse.gbif.org/u/plantarum)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.gbif.org/t/dataset-keys-not-documented/4380 "2024-04-15T09:04:34Z")
In response to a previous question, I learned that the canonical iNaturalist dataset should be referenced by the datasetKey “50c9509d-22c7-4a22-a47d-8c48425ef4a7”: I think this corresponds to this dataset: But the d… [Previous page](https://discourse.gbif.org/c/data-use/7.md) [Next page](https://discourse.gbif.org/c/data-use/7.md?page=2)