Using Studies

Using Studies#

MaterialsCommons organizes data in a hierarchical structure. Projects are at the top and hold related research. Studies are subdivisions within a project that represent specific experiments, simulations or research phases. You can have an unlimited number of studies in a project.

Studies and Spreadsheets#

Studies are a way to further organize your research data in a project. A study can have a spreadsheet associated with it. Using Spreadsheets For Data let you capture processing/workflow steps, the samples/computations associated with them, and relevant metadata.

Loading a spreadsheet into a study is currently the only way to load this data into your project. You can load a spreadsheet at the time you create the study, or after you’ve created the study.

Note

As mentioned you can always associate a spreadsheet with your study at a later time.

Note

You can reload the spreadsheet after you’ve made changes. This can be done as often as needed. You don’t need to have all the metadata and processing steps completed at the time you load the spreadsheet.

Creating a Study#

To create a study:

  • Click on “Studies” in the navbar

  • Click on “Create Study”

  • Give your study a name

    • If appropriate associate a googlesheet or a Excel Spreadsheet with your study

Reloading a Study#

  • Click on “Studies” in the navbar

  • Click on the study you want to reload from the list of studies

  • Click “Reload Study”

    • By default the same Excel spreadsheet or Googlesheet will be used. You can choose a different one here if needed.

Associating a spreadsheet with an existing Study#

If you created a study but didn’t associate a Googlesheet or Excel spreadsheet with you it’s easy to associate one later.

  • Click on “Studies” in the navbar

  • Click on the study you want to modify

  • Click “Reload Study”

  • Select an existing spreadsheet, Googlesheet, or input a new Googlesheet URL

  • Click “Reload”

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