# Data science with JupyterLab — Save a notebook to the volume

> For this example, you'll use the Iris Dataset example from scikit-learn.

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For this example, you'll use the Iris Dataset example from scikit-learn.

Open a web browser and access your JupyterLab container at localhost:8889/lab?token=my-token.

In the Launcher, under Notebook, select Python 3.

In the notebook, specify the following to install the necessary packages.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   !pip install matplotlib scikit-learn
```

Select the play button to run the code.

In the notebook, specify the following code.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```python
   from sklearn import datasets

   iris = datasets.load_iris()
   import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

   _, ax = plt.subplots()
   scatter = ax.scatter(iris.data[:, 0], iris.data[:, 1], c=iris.target)
   ax.set(xlabel=iris.feature_names[0], ylabel=iris.feature_names[1])
   _ = ax.legend(
      scatter.legend_elements()[0], iris.target_names, loc="lower right", title="Classes"
   )
```

Select the play button to run the code. You should see a scatter plot of the Iris dataset.

In the top menu, select File and then Save Notebook.

Specify a name in the work directory to save the notebook to the volume. For example, work/mynotebook.ipynb.

Select Rename to save the notebook.

The notebook is now saved in the volume.

In the terminal, press ctrl+ c to stop the container.

Now, any time you run a Jupyter container with the volume, you'll have access to the saved notebook.

When you do run a new container, and then run the data plot code again, it'll need to run !pip install matplotlib scikit-learn and download the packages. You can avoid reinstalling packages every time you run a new container by creating your own image with the packages already installed.

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