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• From the CSSI Data Portal home page, click the Browse button.
  
  The Browse Investigations page appears. A subset of it appears in the following screenshot.
  
  

The Browse Investigation page has two

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interactive components:

• • Pie charts that show fields from the investigations.
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• • While you can customize which fields appear in the pie charts, the three default pie charts show combined statistics from the following 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 appear in the pie charts and
• • click pie slices to filter the data and drill down to
detailed data
• • additional study details. You can return to the default pie charts anytime by clicking either Reset All or selecting Investigations > Browse.
    
    
  • A list of investigation details below the pie charts. These investigation details match the fields you have selected in the pie charts; for example, in the screenshot above, each investigation includes the same investigation fields as the pie chart--Study Protocol Name, Study Assay Measurement Type, and Study Assay Technology Type–plus Study Title and Description. The default list shows every investigation available in the portal, but when you add or remove fields from the pie charts, the number of investigations may change. You can return to the default (full) list at anytime by selecting Investigations > Browse.

The pie charts and the investigation list are interactive. As you add or remove fields from the pie charts or clickon one or more pie slices, filtering the data, the investigation list change to match the pie charts. The same studies and fields appear in both visualization types.

Exploring Investigation Data

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Filter the list to see fewer results that match your interests. To filter the list, click the checkbox next to one or more categories in the Current Investigations list. For example, click the Biomedical Investigations 9909 category to see the current investigations that match that category.
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View the buttons under the study title, which show the number of studies, assays, and files associated with this investigation.
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Viewing Study Details

While the Search Result page includes summaries of all of the studies meeting your filters or search criteria, additional details are available about each study. Click the study title to view the study's measurement types, experimental factors, study description, protocols, and files.

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While they are also included in the archive if you choose to download that, you can also download selected study files. These study files might be image files, spreadsheets, or any other data associated with the selected study that is not the metadata.

To view study details

1. Browse experiments.
   The Search Result page appears.
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2. Click a study title, for example, "Muscle Satellite Cells: MyoD and p53 genes".
   The study details page appears.
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3. Click Expand All to view the investigation's associated protocols and files.
   The Protocols section is a table showing Protocol Name, Protocol Type, and Description.
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   The Files section lists File Name, Size, Type, and Submission Date. Enter any keyword from these column names into the search box to search this list. You can also download selected files.
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   Clicking Modify Search returns you to the Search Result page where you can change how you filter the current investigations.

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1. Browse experiments.
   The Search Result page appears.
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2. Locate the search box at the top of the page.
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3. In the search box, enter any keyword that may appear in the investigation metadata. This can include any keyword or part of a word. The number of results updates as you enter your keyword. In the following example, only the first two characters belonging to the word "cell" were entered, narrowing the number of search results from 18 to 15.
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Searching Investigations

You can search investigations by keywords and filter the results. You do not need to log in to CSSI DCC Portal to search investigations.

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1. Navigate to the CSSI Data Portal.
2. Click the Search button.
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   The Search Result page appears, displaying only a search box.
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3. In the search box, enter a keyword. Keywords are any word that appears in the investigation's metadata. This includes all file columns, field definitions, and placeholders that describe the structure of the data collected in this study.
   
   As you enter the characters in the keyword, the Search Result page immediately refreshes with the search results.
   

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Downloading Study Files

You 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.

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