3 - Finding Information in the Search Tree| CDE Browser User Guide | 5 - Viewing Data Element Information
This chapter provides instructions on managing the data elements that match your search criteria and display in the Results.
The chapter includes the following topics.
Data Element Search Results
The Search Results panel displays a list of CDEs in a table that you can sort and navigate. Additional tabs display information about an individual data element when you click the Long Name. The breadcrumb at the top indicates the organization, context, and selected classification or protocol form is listed, and also the form containing the CDEs in the Results table. For example: NCIP (NCI cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid) >> ProtocolForms >>C3D Adopter Template Forms.
Sorting and downloading search results are discussed in this chapter.
The following components are discussed in the additional chapters:
- Data Element tabs display detailed data element information when you click the Long Name in the search results.
- Add CDE Cart button adds selected data elements to the CDE Cart for saving CDEs across sessions and sharing CDEs with Form Builder.
- Add to CDE Compare List and Compare CDEs buttons compare selected data elements side-by-side.
Sorting the Search Results
By default, the data elements are sorted first by Registration Status, then by Workflow Status, and lastly by Long Name. The CDEs are initially sorted in this way to ensure that the CDEs with the highest Registration and Workflow status appear at the top of the list.
The following table lists how the Registration and Workflow statuses are sorted.
| Default Registration Status Order | Default Work Status Order |
|---|---|
See Registration Status for more information. |
See Workflow Status for more information. |
Modifying and Resetting the Default Sort
The current sort order is identified above the search results table, indicating the selected column and whether it is ascending or descending order. Click the column to sort the results in ascending order (arrow up) and click again for descending order (arrow down).
To reset to the default sort order, click Reset Sort Order, and then both the arrow up and down display next to each column name.
Downloading the Search Results
Above the search results table are buttons to download all or the selected data elements in the search results to a pre-configured Excel or XML. From a downloaded file, you can review and manipulate the data outside of the caDSR toolset. Data element derivation details are included in CDE downloads.
Download DTDs Note
To download CDE Browser DTDs, see Downloading DTDs below.
The following table provides instructions to download to an Excel and XML file. Advisory for Network Resources To eliminate stress on your local and network resources, the caDSR team packages the most commonly requested sets of CDEs for download. We strongly recommend reviewing the pre-configured CDE downloads by clicking Available Downloads at the top of the CDE Browser page. To download CDE data and the following additional columns provided by a CDE Browser version 5.3 Excel download, select Download to Excel: To download data elements to an Excel file Select the CDEs that you want to download or download all. Click Download Excel. All the data elements (not filtered) in the search results table are exported to a comma-separated-value Excel file. The File Download window appears. Click Save, and the Save As dialog box appears. To download the same CDE data as a CDE Browser version 5.2 Excel download, select Download to Prior Excel. Select the CDEs that you want to download or download all. Click Download Prior Excel. The File Download window appears. Click Save, and the Save As dialog box appears. When the download process is finished, close the notification window. Warning Downloading data elements to an XML file is considerably slower than downloading to an Excel file. To download data elements as an XML file Permissible Values Permissible Values are now included when exporting the CDE Cart to XML. Select the CDEs that you want to download or download all. Click Download Data Elements as XML. An Exporting Data status bar indicates the download progress. All the data elements (not filtered) in the search results table are exported to an XML File. The File Download window appears. Click Save, and the Save As dialog box appears. When the download process is finished, close the notification window.Download... Instructions... Download to Excel
An Exporting Data status bar indicates the download progress.Download to Prior Excel
An Exporting Data status bar indicates the download progress. All the data elements (not filtered) in the search results table are exported to a comma-separated-value Excel file.Download Data Elements to an XML File
Downloading DTDs
To download CDE Browser DTDs
- Click Available Downloads at the top of the main CDE Browser page.
Go to section Community Released CDEs.
...and the Download CDE Browser DTDs.
The Download CDE Browser DTDs link opens Github and displays a list of DTD files by CDE Browser version. For the most current version, use 5.3.4. Previous versions, 3.0, 3.0.1, 4.0, 5.0 are also available.
