The Central Bank of Brazil has published four detailed tutorials for its Open Data Portal, setting out how users can access, navigate and extract public datasets. The materials cover portal search and navigation, use of the Olinda data browser, and direct access to open data in OData and CSV formats through Excel, in response to user questions on accessing and handling the portal’s data. The tutorials show how to find and filter datasets, use thematic tags and metadata, query Pix statistics in Olinda, sort and export results in CSV, connect Excel to OData feeds using commercial USD exchange rate data, and import CSV time series directly by URL without manual downloads. The Central Bank said the portal recorded about 5.6 million views in 2025, up from 1.4 million in 2024, and includes datasets on interest rates by financial institution, financial service fees, exchange rates, trade and balance of payments, price levels, complaints against financial institutions, Pix transactions, environmental sustainability and financial inclusion.
Central Bank of Brazil 2026-05-08
Central Bank of Brazil launches four tutorials to improve access to its Open Data Portal
The Central Bank of Brazil has published four tutorials for its Open Data Portal explaining how to access, navigate and extract public datasets, including via the Olinda data browser and direct OData and CSV connections in Excel. The materials respond to user queries on handling portal data and illustrate use cases such as querying Pix statistics and exchange rate series, as portal views rose to about 5.6 million in 2025 from 1.4 million in 2024.