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- **Search the contents of native queries**: search through the SQL/native code in questions.
- **Search items in trash**: include the depths of oblivion in your search.
## Browse your data
## Browse your databases
> Whether a group has access to the database browser depends on the group's [Create queries permission](../permissions/data.md#create-queries-permissions).
![Browse databases](./images/browse-data.png)
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[Pro](https://www.metabase.com/product/pro) and [Enterprise](https://www.metabase.com/product/enterprise) plans include the ability to filter for [verified models and metrics](#verified-items).
The data browser will list all the databases connected to your Metabase. Hover over a table and click on the **bolt** icon to [X-ray](x-rays.md) the table, or click on the **book** icon to view more info about the table: its fields and their descriptions (if any), what questions are based on that table, and more.
The database browser will list all the databases connected to your Metabase. Hover over a table and click on the **bolt** icon to [X-ray](x-rays.md) the table, or click on the **book** icon to view more info about the table: its fields and their descriptions (if any), what questions are based on that table, and more.
To learn more, see [Exploring data with Metabase's data browser](https://www.metabase.com/learn/basics/questions/data-browser.html).
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{% include plans-blockquote.html feature="View data permissions" %}
The **View data** permission determines what data people can see.
The **View data** permission determines what data people can see when viewing questions, dashboards, models, and metrics. View data permissions also determine whether a group can view the models and metrics browsers in the sidebar. To [browse databases](../exploration-and-organization/exploration.md#browse-your-databases), a group will also need [Create queries](#create-queries-permissions) permissions for the relevant data.
Permission levels include:
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In the free, open-source version of Metabase, the **View data** setting defaults to "Can view". Since the setting's options aren't available in the OSS version, Metabase will only display this **View data** setting in the Pro/Enterprise version.
For which questions, models, and dashboards a group can view, instead see [collection permissions](collections.md).
For _which_ questions, models, and dashboards a group can view, instead see [collection permissions](collections.md).
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### Can view data permission
{% include plans-blockquote.html feature="Can view data permission" %}
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## Create queries permissions
Specifies whether people can create new questions based on the data source. Creating queries includes the ability to drill-through and filter questions, or anything that involves changing the results.
Specifies whether a group can create new questions based on the data source. Creating queries includes the ability to drill-through and filter questions, or anything that involves changing the results. This permission also determines whether a group will get access to the [database browser](../exploration-and-organization/exploration.md#browse-your-databases) to explore that data source.
To enable Create queries permissions for a group, that group must be able to view the data source ("Can view" permission.)
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