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You can search all investigations, studies, and assays in the CSSI DCC Portal by keyword or phrase. Search terms fewer than 4 characters are treated as full words. Search terms of 4 or more characters are treated as both full words and partial words, if applicable.

To search investigation data by keyword or phrase

  1. Perform a basic search, as described in Performing a Basic Search. Search results appear below the search criteria area.

    In the following example of search results, the keyword for the search is cell and the context is Investigations. All investigations that include the word cell anywhere in the investigation metadata appear in these search results.

    Search Investigations page, search results


    The results include information specific to the context, as follows:

    ContextDisplayed Information
    InvestigationsThe investigation name, number of studies, number of assays, number of files, description, and public release date.
    StudiesThe study name, name of the investigation the study is associated with, number of assays, number of files, and description.
    AssaysThe assay filename, name of the study that the assay is associated with, name of the investigation the assay is associated with, number of files (such as image files), and description.
  2. To view where in the metadata your search term occurs, click view next to the search term. For details, refer to Viewing Detailed Search Results.


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