Authenticated Data Discovery
Search and discover data via the Discovery Portal.
Data Discovery with an Authenticated Account
Navigate to the AD Discovery Portal Website.
Log into the AD Discovery Portal; create a User Account for the AD Discovery Portal if you haven't already.
Open the Catalog.
Browse or search the AD Discovery Portal catalog to find data that could be helpful for your research. Datasets can be filtered by disease type, modality, type of study, and access level.
Click on a dataset card to navigate to the detail page with more information about that dataset.
Each dataset has a different access level, determined by the data contributor, which determines how a request will be reviewed and what will be provided upon approval.
Access Level | What It Means | DAR Review Path | What is delivered upon approval |
|---|---|---|---|
Level 0
Approximately 90% of requestable datasets fall into this category
| Full access upon approval | Auto-approval based on compliance with Data Access Terms (filter by “automated approval process” in the Discovery Portal).
OR
Manual review by data contributor | Raw CSV to be accessed directly from a workspace |
Level 1 | Distributed – record-level access | Auto-approval OR Manual review by data contributor.
Data contributor may review your analysis code before running on dataset
| Full or subset of record-level data can be queried then subsequently accessed from a workspace |
Level 2 (Federated)
| Federated dataset; data never leaves the contributor's environment | If approved, dataset access is contingent on contributor review of analysis code. | Summary-level results can be queried and accessed from a workspace (no record level data to be directly accessed) |