Search in a data marketplace

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device operatively coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• generate a data dictionary for each of a set of data listings in a data exchange of a cloud computing platform, the data dictionary for each of the set of data listings comprising:
• first metadata describing data shared by a data listing;
• and
• second metadata describing individual objects included in the data shared by the data listing including tables, schemas, views, and functions;
• receive a query comprising a set of search terms;
• retrieve the set of data listings in the data exchange of the cloud computing platform based on the set of search terms of the query, wherein the data exchange enables data providers to publish and control access to the set of data listings via share objects;
• generate, for each of the set of data listings, a set of listing-specific signals and a set of external signals, wherein each external signal of the set of external signals corresponds to a measure of activity of each data listing of the set of data listings in the data exchange of the cloud computing platform;
• rank the set of data listings based on:
• the data dictionary;
• a lexical diversity of the set of listing-specific signals, wherein the lexical diversity indicates a number of unique words in fields of the set of data listings divided by a total number of words in the fields, wherein the set of data listings are weighted according to the total number of words in the fields, a range of values, and a number of distinct values;
• the set of external signals for each data listing of the set of data listings, comprising a number of views of the data listing;
• a professional role of a user issuing the query;
• and
• industry attributes of a company associated with the user;
• and
• present, based on the ranking, the set of data listings to a data consumer along with a description of each listing of the set of data listings.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• generate a data dictionary for each of a set of data listings in a data exchange of a cloud computing platform, the data dictionary for each of the set of data listings comprising:
• first metadata describing data shared by a data listing;
• and
• second metadata describing individual objects included in the data shared by the data listing including tables, schemas, views, and functions;
• receive a query comprising a set of search terms;
• retrieve the set of data listings in the data exchange of the cloud computing platform based on the set of search terms of the query, wherein the data exchange enables data providers to publish and control access to the set of data listings via share objects;
• generate, by the processing device and for each of the set of data listings, a set of listing-specific signals and a set of external signals, wherein each external signal of the set of external signals corresponds to a measure of activity of each data listing of the set of data listings in the data exchange of the cloud computing platform;
• rank, by the processing device, the set of data listings based on:
• the data dictionary;
• a lexical diversity of the set of listing-specific signals, wherein the lexical diversity indicates a number of unique words in fields of the set of data listings divided by a total number of words in the fields, wherein the set of data listings are weighted according to the total number of words in the fields, a range of values, and a number of distinct values;
• the set of external signals for each data listing of the set of data listings, comprising a number of views of the data listing;
• a professional role of a user issuing the query;
• and
• industry attributes of a company associated with the user;
• and
• present, based on the ranking, the set of data listings to a data consumer along with a description of each listing of the set of data listings.