Abstract
Open data (OD) is the term used to describe the concept that data is available freely for people, entrepreneurs, and researchers for analysis and research. Globally, Governments have taken initiatives to publish public data. Researchers and entrepreneurs wanting to do data analysis need to be trained in data management as the quality and accessibility of open data datasets make the activity a bit challenging. OD initiatives require considerable resources that include financial, technical, and human resources. Using concepts of structuredness of data, a dataset usability measurement is created. Utilizing a randomly chosen set of datasets from a well-known open data portal, an instrument is developed, validated, and applied. The chapter ends with explaining future research directions and giving recommendations for distributors of open data datasets.