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You can also search investigations, studies, and assays using any keyword. This chapter provides detailed instructions on how to browse, search, and download data.

Browsing Investigations

When you select Browse from the CSSI DCC home page, you You can browse and explore investigations by organism, disease, cell type, or assays performed. You do not need to log in to the CSSI DCC Portal to browse investigations. You can also download selected files, the entire data archive, or only the metadata without logging in. All of the data currently in the Portal is public.

To browse investigations

1. Navigate to From the CSSI Data Portal .Click home page, click the Browse button.
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   The Browse Investigations page appears. It has two sections:

• • Pie charts that show a visualization of fields from the investigations. The default pie charts show three investigation fields for all eight PSON data sets: Study Protocol Name, Study Assay Measurement Type, and Study Assay Technology Type. You can customize which fields show up appear in the pie charts and click pie slices to drill down to detailed data.
    
    
  • Below the pie charts is a list of investigation details. These investigation details match the fields selected in the pie charts. The default list shows every investigation available in the Portalportal, but you can filter these so that you only see those matching your criteria.
    
    The following screenshot shows a subset of these investigations.
    

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Downloading Study Files

You do not need to log in to CSSI DCC Portal to download files can download selected files, the entire data archive, or only the metadata associated with a study. All of the data currently in the Portal is public.

To download study files

1. Select an investigation and view its details.
   The study details page appears.
   
2. In the Files area, click the down arrow to expand it.
   

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