WP4 Data Managers Workshop Tutorial

Welcome to the WP4 workshop for Data Managers!

You will be provided an address of a node along with user credentials that you can use throughout this workshop. Use a browser to navigate to the address of the node that has been assigned to you.

In the home page of your node, there are links to the Data Repository, the Study Manager and the Authentication Server. Please use your credentials whenever you need to log into any one of these.

Day 1 - Tuesday, 18th

• Part 1: Setting Up Data in the Data Repository (Opal)

  • Create a project
  • Import the Data

• Part 2: Adding Metadata in the Study Manager (Mica)

  • Create a Study
  • Add a Population to the Study
  • Add a Data Collection Event to the Population
  • Link the Data Collection Event to the Table in the Data Repository
  • Publish the Study
  • Browse the Catalogue

• Part 3: Managing Access to Data

  • Create a User
  • Grant a Specific Level of Access to a Table
  • Grant DataSHIELD Access

• Part 4: Harmonising Across Different Studies

  • Using Views in the Data Repository
  • Upload the Harmonisation Dictionary
  • Create a View over the Original Table
  • Harmonise Each Variable

Day 2 - Wednesday, 19th

Distributed Statistical Analysis Using DataSHIELD

Welcome to the second session of the WP4 Workshop. The aim of this section is to learn how to use DataSHIELD with the RECAP data platform and the R package developed by the INESC TEC statistical team. The section is split into the following parts:

• Part 1: Brief Introduction to R
• Part 2: DataSHIELD User Tutorial
• Part 3: distStats R package in Practice