# Server filesystem[¶](https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/connecting/filesystem.html#server-filesystem "Permalink to this headline")

You can create datasets based on files located on the DSS server itself.

## Filesystem connection[¶](https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/connecting/filesystem.html#filesystem-connection "Permalink to this headline")

Filesystem datasets are based on a Filesystem connection, which includes a “root path” for this connection. All datasets created in this connection are located within this root path.

Filesystem connections can only be created and managed by DSS administrators.

## Create a filesystem dataset[¶](https://doc.dataiku.com/dss/latest/connecting/filesystem.html#create-a-filesystem-dataset "Permalink to this headline")

From either the Flow or the datasets list, click on New dataset > Server filesystem.

Select the connection in which your files are located, then click on “Browse” to locate your files.
