Login to caDSR II: http://cadsr-stage.cancer.gov. The home page appears.

Select Manage > Manage Data. The Manage Data page appears. 

Select Download Collection. The Download Collection page appears. 

Click on the “Star” icon, then “Save” in the pop-up window to add to “Download Collection” to your Favorites

Click on “Download Collection” to open it

Click on “Download Collection Commands” and select “Create RAVE ALS Collection” or “Create ALS Collection”

Fill in the required fields listed in red preceded with an asterisk “*”:

• Collection Name
  • This name will be used by the system to create your ALS File Name with the Collection ID and system timestamp. You may want to keep this name brief. Avoid the use of special symbols “[“, “]”, “\”, “/”, “;”, “:”, “%”, “#”, “@”, “$”, “{“, “}”, “|”.
  • Collection Names cannot begin with the characters 0 through 9.
  • To avoid redundancy, do not include the string “ALS” in the Collection Name (it is automatically prepended to the filename upon generation).
  • Also, in Sprint 19 the choice of PV or PVM will be appended to the name.
  • You can create more than one collection so you may want to use the project name or protocol
• Component Type – choose “Form”
  • Downloading CDE collections is not ready for testing
• Download Format – Set as “RAVE ALS”
• RAVE Project Name
  • This is the project name that will be imported into RAVE
• Select User Data String Source
  • Choose PV or PVM

Fill in any desired optional fields in black:

• Recipient Email(s) – enter one or more email addresses separated by spaces for receipt of the ALS file
• Collection Description
• Audit Comments
• Draft Form Name if Downloading CDEs – will default to user name and time stamp if not entered – Collections of CDEs are NOT READY FOR TESTING

Click “Create”, see message displayed in red at top of screen “Collection Successfully Created with ID xxxx”