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title: load
description: OpenBB Terminal Function
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# load

Load custom dataset (from previous export, custom imports).

### Usage

```python
usage: load [-f FILE] [-a ALIAS]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| file | File to load data in (can be custom import, may have been exported before.) | None | True | None |
| alias | Alias name to give to the dataset | None | True | None |
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