> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.helix-db.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Records and entities

> Read a Helix Foundry load as tables by type, open a record's links and sources, and see everything about one entity

Guide

**Records** is the Explorer's table view: one type at a time, searchable and sortable,
with every record's links and where it came from. An entity's page gathers everything
the load knows about one record.

## Read a type as a table

In the Explorer, select **Records**. Choose a type at the top; the count beside it is
how many records the load holds.

![Records showing the Customer type as a table with currency and email columns](https://assets.helix-db.com/docs/foundry/explore/records.png)

* **Search** finds records by name or key.
* **Filter by field** keeps the records whose field matches a value.
* Select a column's header to sort by it, and **Columns** to choose which show.
* Pages hold 50 records. Searches and filters count up to 1,000 matches, and paging
  reaches the first 10,000 records of a type.

## Open a record

Select a row to open the record beside the table: its properties, its links to other
records, and **Where it comes from**. A link or record that came from a table names the
source and row; one that came from a document shows the quote, with a link to it in the
document.

![The Globex Corporation record with its properties, billed\_to and signed\_with links, and its Stripe row and contract quote](https://assets.helix-db.com/docs/foundry/explore/record.png)

Select **Open in graph** to find it in the Explorer, or **Open its page** for the
entity's page.

## An entity's page

An entity's page names the record's type, key and sources, with tabs for its
**Overview** (properties), **Facts** (its links, with their evidence), **Mentions** (where
documents name it) and **Needs review**.

![Globex Corporation's page with its key, sources and properties](https://assets.helix-db.com/docs/foundry/explore/entity.png)

Every page here reads one load. Use the **Load** picker to read another; links between
pages keep it.

## Next steps

> **[Explore the graph](/foundry/explore/explorer.md)**
>
> Search, expand and compare loads.

> **[Upload documents](/foundry/ontologies/documents.md)**
>
> Add the documents facts and mentions come from.


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