The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for querying data in a data repository. According to a first aspect, this disclosure describes a method of querying a
database, comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a plurality of keywords; determining, by the
computer device, a plurality of datasets relating to the keywords; identifying, by the
computer device,
metadata for the plurality of datasets indicating a relationship between the datasets by examining an ontology associated with the datasets; providing, by the
computer device, one or more suggested
database queries in
natural language form, the one or more suggested
database queries constructed based on the plurality of keywords and the
metadata; receiving, by the computing device, a selection of the one or more suggested database queries; and constructing, by the computer device, an
object view for the plurality of datasets based on the selected query and the
metadata.