# Tablion - Data request portal Tablion is a data request portal that provides users with a streamlined and secure way to request data from data owners. By transforming the data catalogue into a click-and-collect data shopping cart, users can easily browse the available data and instantly connect with data owners to request the required data. **The fast click-and-collect data shopping basket:** Tablion makes submitting a data request as easy as click-and-collect shopping, so users can build a basket of variables ready for review, all with a few simple clicks. * **Build a shopping basket of data variables:** Build a basket of data variables, complete request questions and send applications to data stewards ready for review - all with a few simple clicks. * **Improve confidence in data:** Reduce questions by giving users metadata that makes it easy for them to understand data before accessing it. * **Define identity controls to reduce identity burden:** Issue users with a reusable proof of identity and data skills, so they only need to provide their credentials once - and future requests are authorised faster. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.aristotlemetadata.com/tablion-data-request-portal.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.