“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas any more. “ One of the most requested features we’ve had over the past year or so is a table view of data, one that would allow you to filter and sort by any property of a type. This new view makes exploring the data in Freebase more fun and interesting, and enables searches you couldn’t do before. For example:

• Australian Film Actresses born in 1968, reverse sorted by birth date
• Companies with over $100B in revenue, sorted by revenue
• Italian Visual Artists born before 1500, sorted by name

New Features

• Tabular view of data – data is organized in a clearer, more structured way
• Sortable column headings – items can be sorted up or down by any column heading
• Add/remove columns – add or remove any property of a type (or related types) as a column to display
• Filter on any column – filter on any column, either with strict autocomplete or partial string matches
• Advanced find – ability to enter modifiers (<,>, …), as well as filter criteria without adding display columns
• Add topics- ability to add instances of the type, either via auto-complete or list import
• Use or export this view – ability to export data to various formats, apply types to a set of results, and view the MQL behind the filter

Future Features

• Back button support – retain the filter on navigation back to the filter page
• Save the view – ability to generate a permalink or save a view to Freebase
• Other visualizations – view the results in a map, chart, or timeline

We welcome comments, questions, and suggestions about this new feature. You can post to our discussions or send feedback.