Exploring Results

Summary

After building a search query as explained in the Building Queries page, corresponding search result can be visualized in the same search page. Query results are organized in three main tabs: List, Coverage and Graphics.

Operations

List

The List tab displays the results of the search query inventoried in the documents catalogue and organized in four different tabs; Networks, Studies, Datasets and Variables. Each tab describes in details the corresponding search result and contains links that redirect either to a page (e.g variable page, study page, network page) or to a count-search page (e.g variable count, study count).

Coverage

The Coverage displays the results of the search query in a tabular format, giving an overview of which document covers at least one of the search criteria, where the documents are Study, Dataset (Collected Dataset and Harmonization Protocol) and Network. The table reports the total number of variables linked to each document and for each search criterion. Click on any number to obtain the corresponding list of variables. More advanced results can be obtains using the following functionalities.

• Full coverage: The study and Dataset list can be filtered by clicking on the “Full Coverage” button to keep only documents that collected information on all search criteria covered by the query. Select documents individually using the check-boxes to the left of the table and click on the button “Filter” the keep a document sub-set.
• Data Collection Event (DCE): Check “Data Collection Event (DCE)” box to obtain the breakdown of variable numbers by data collection events. Click on the button “Full Screen” to better visualize the results. For more information about the Data Collection Event, refer to Mic a documents page, section Study.

Graphics

The tab Graphics summarizes the characteristics of the studies meeting the search criteria in terms of geographical distribution, study design, number of participants and collected biological samples. Click on any count displays the corresponding search page.

Download Results

The search result of any tab can be downloaded and stored in a csv file by clicking on the button Download.