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section: help
lead: true
title: The OpenSpending Guide
authors:
- Neil Ashton
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The OpenSpending Guide is the manual for OpenSpending, covering the entire process of finding, adding, and using data with OpenSpending in detail.

* Introduction
    * [What is OpenSpending?](en/what-is-openspending)
    * [What types of financial data can go into OpenSpending?](en/financial-data-types)
    * [How does OpenSpending represent data?](en/data-model)
* Adding Data to OpenSpending
    * [Overview](en/adding-data-overview)
    * [Gathering data](en/gathering-data)
    * [Formatting data](en/formatting-data)
    * [Publishing data on the web](en/publishing-data)
    * [Creating a dataset on OpenSpending](en/creating-dataset)
    * [Modelling your data in OpenSpending](en/modelling-data)
* Visualizations
    * [Create a visualization](en/create-viz)
    * [Embed a visualization on your website](en/embed-viz)

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