# Use sample datasets

To quickly use and test Pinecone features without uploading sensitive data or spending time searching for sample data, load a sample dataset directly in the console:

1. [Create a project](/guides/admin-projects-create-a-project).
2. Navigate to the **Quickstart** tab in the left navigation.
3. Click **Load from dataset**.
4. Review the movies dataset you're about to load.
5. Click **Create index**.

Pinecone is eventually consistent, so there can be a delay before the dataset is available to query. Use the [`describe_index_stats`](/guides/index-data-check-data-freshness) operation to check if the current vector count matches the number of vectors in the dataset.

## Next steps

- [Check data freshness](/guides/index-data-check-data-freshness)
- [Query data](/guides/index-data-search-search-overview)
- [List record IDs](/guides/manage-data-list-record-ids)
- [Fetch data](/guides/manage-data-fetch-data)

## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Assistants](./assistants-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)

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