Whether you’re a scientist, a bioinformatician, a data scientist, or a member of the general public looking for data, data on the NF Portal can be explored and accessed in multiple ways. The portal offers helpful filtering tools to help you find data of interest. All of the data and resources uploaded into the portal are labelled with metadata and annotations, so they can be easily used to help query the list of resources in each page. You can find a detailed breakdown of metadata definitions and explanations in our metadata dictionary.
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Use the image below as a reference as you move through the rest of this page and encounter the different action buttons available. For example, when the search icon (magnifying glass) is mentioned, it will be followed by (1️⃣) to indicate where it is located on the page. Note that buttons found in various places on the page (such as the search icon) will produce the same action, specific to its location on the page. |
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Notice that the page is made up of three sections: visualization graphs on top, the data table below, and the filtering tools on the left. There are also a few settings you can use at the top right. Let’s break down each tool on this page, starting with the filtering tools.
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To help explain how to use these sections, refer to the following bullet points and the corresponding image below:
red arrows → When exploring the Files subtab, the Filter Data By sections that appear by default are: Assay, Data Type, and Tumor Type
red rectangle → There are various other categories that you can expand and filter by as well—click the plus sign next to any of these (File Format, Funding Agency, Individual ID, NF1 Genotype, NF2 Genotype, etc.) to reveal its filtering options
red circles → At the end of each category, click on Show more to reveal all filters for that category
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