Browse Data
Overview
The "Browse" menu provides access to all of a project's content. Most content is driven by the GDC Data Dictionary and the interface is dynamically generated to accommodate the content.
Please refer to the GDC Data Dictionary Viewer for specific details about dictionary-generated fields, columns, and filters.
Main Interface Elements
Filters
A wide set of filters are available for the user to select the type of entity to be displayed. These filters are dynamically created based on the GDC Data Dictionary.
Current filters are:
| Filter | Description |
|---|---|
| Cases | Display all cases associated with the project. |
| Clinical Entities | Display all Clinical data uploaded to the project workspace. This is divided into subgroups including demographics, diagnoses, exposures, family histories, and treatments. |
| Biospecimen Data | Display all Biospecimen data uploaded to the project workspace. This is divided into subgroups including samples, portions, analytes, aliquots, and read groups. |
| Submittable Data Files | Displays all data files that have been registered with the project. This includes files that have been uploaded and those that have been registered but not uploaded yet. This category is divided into groups by file type. |
| Annotations | Lists all annotations associated with the project. An annotation provides an explanatory comment associated with data in the project. |
List View
The list view is a paginated list of all entities corresponding to the selected filter.
On the top-right section of the screen, the user can download data about all entities associated with the selected filter.
- For the case filter, it will download all Clinical data or all Metadata
- For all other filters, it will download the corresponding metadata (e.g., for the
demographicfilter, it will download alldemographicdata).
Details Panel
Clicking on an entity will open the details panel. Data in this panel is broken down into multiple sections depending on the entity type. The main sections are:
- Actions: Actions that can be performed relating the entity. This includes downloading the metadata (JSON or TSV) or submittable data file pertaining to the entity and deleting the entity. See the Deleting Entities guide for more information.
- Summary: A list of IDs and system properties associated with the entity.
- Details: Properties of the entity (not associated with cases).
- Hierarchy or Related Entities: A list of associated entities.
- Annotations: A list of annotations associated with the entity.
- Transactions: A list of previous transactions that affect the entity.
The sections listed above can be navigated either by scrolling down or by clicking on the section icon on the left side of the details panel.
Related Entities
The Related Entities table lists all entities, grouped by type, related to the selected case. This section is only available at the case level.
This table contains the following columns:
- Category: category of the entity (Clinical, Biospecimen, submittable data file).
- Type: type of entity (based on Data Dictionary).
- Count: number of occurrences of an entity associated with the
case. Clicking on the count will open a window listing those entities within the Browse page.
Hierarchy
The hierarchy section is available for entities at any level (e.g., Clinical, Biospecimen, etc.), except for case. The user can use the hierarchy section to navigate through entities.
The hierarchy shows:
- The
caseassociated with the entity. - The direct parents of the entity.
- The direct children of the entity.
