Atlanta’s official portal for open data and performance dashboards turns municipal records into interactive charts, maps and APIs that residents, reporters and researchers can use to follow city services and programs.
If you want to see how Atlanta runs a city service, measure a program’s progress or pull official records for a neighborhood study, DataAtlanta is where those municipal pieces are gathered. The portal collects datasets, publishes interactive dashboards and exposes APIs so people outside City Hall can explore operations and performance in formats that are easier to read and reuse.
Fast facts
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- DataAtlanta centralizes open datasets and performance dashboards under the Mayor’s Office of Innovation, Delivery & Performance. The portal is maintained through the Mayor’s Office of Innovation, Delivery & Performance and serves as the city’s hub for publishing datasets, metrics and dashboard views that reflect municipal operations across departments.
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- Interactive dashboards translate city activities—like 311 service requests, permitting and public-safety indicators—into visual charts and maps. Rather than only releasing spreadsheets, the site presents dashboards that let users filter, map and share visual summaries of operational areas such as service-request workflows, permit volumes and select safety measures.
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- Many datasets are downloadable and available through APIs so outside users can build tools or run analyses. Researchers, developers and community groups can access raw records from the portal—downloading files or connecting programmatically to datasets exposed via application programming interfaces for reuse in apps or studies.
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- DataAtlanta pairs raw city records with contextual performance measures and explanatory dashboards instead of only publishing isolated spreadsheets. The portal links datasets to performance-oriented pages that provide context—such as goals, trend charts and narrative explanations—so users can see how raw numbers relate to departmental targets and initiatives.
- The site functions as a civic resource for contacting the city about data requests and tracking progress on priority projects. Beyond visuals and downloads, DataAtlanta points visitors to contacts for additional data requests and publishes materials intended to let residents, journalists and planners monitor city initiatives and project updates.
The story behind it
DataAtlanta sits inside the Mayor’s Office of Innovation, Delivery & Performance and is built to make municipal information more accessible. Instead of releasing only static spreadsheets, the portal curates dashboards that convert city operations into mapped views, time-series charts and shareable visuals. These pages let users filter by geography or date, spotlight trends and provide explanatory notes that place numbers in context—helpful for someone parsing 311 case trends in a single neighborhood or following permitting activity across the city.
A practical advantage for civic technologists and researchers is that many of the portal’s datasets are downloadable and exposed through APIs. That means community groups, journalists and developers can programmatically pull city records to build custom tools, run analyses or stitch municipal data together with other sources. The portal also serves as a formal touchpoint: it lists how to request more information or additional data, and it surfaces performance measures tied to city goals so citizens can track progress without needing to file records requests for basic operational metrics.
Beyond raw access, DataAtlanta aims to frame data so it’s usable. Dashboards pair numbers with simple narrative and performance indicators to reduce the guesswork about what metrics mean—helpful when assessing whether a program is meeting its targets or when comparing service delivery across time. For Atlantans interested in neighborhood-level patterns, policy advocates trying to document service gaps, or reporters verifying city statements, the portal offers a single municipal source to consult for up-to-date dashboards, downloadable datasets and guidance on pursuing deeper data requests.
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