• Create a Study
• Manage a Study
• Define and Map Visits
• Create and Populate Datasets: Two Methods
• Direct Import Pathway
• Assays
• Manage Specimens
• Create Reports And Views

Create a Study

To create a new Study Project or Folder you have two choices:

• Directly Create a New Study
• Use Study Designer

Manage a Study

You will typically Manage Study Security and Set Up Specimen Request Tracking during Study setup. The "Manage Study" page allows you to:

• Manage Datasets. Create or Edit Datasets and their Schemas.
• Manage Visits. Create, Map and Edit Visits.
• Manage Labs and Sites. Create and Edit Locations.
• Manage Cohorts. Assign Study Participants to Cohorts.
• Manage Study Security. Manage access to your Study, Datasets, Assays and Specimens. Assign all users to groups with specific permissions. Grant Permissions (e.g., view or edit) to groups on a per-study or per-report level.
• Manage Views. Create and Edit Reports and Views.
• Set Up Specimen Request Tracking. Enable tracking of all specimens using information from LabWare and LDMS

Import/Export/Reload a Study

Import/Export/Reload features allow you to transfer a study from staging to production, populate a new study with the contents of an existing study or reload study data at a regular interval to sync your LabKey Server with a master database. Topics:

• Import/Export/Reload a Study
• Study Import/Export Formats

Define and Map Visits

Visits define the time points at which datasets are collected. Before data collection, you can specify which types of data will be collected at each Visit by mapping Visits to Datasets/Specimens. Post-collection, you can map new Datasets/Specimens to the Visits at which they were collected. You have four alternatives for defining Visits and associating them with Datasets:

• Manually Create and Map Visits.
• Import Visits and Visit Map.
• Use the Study Designer to create a Pre-Defined Study, including Visits.
• Incidentally Create and/or Map Visits. This happens while importing unmapped datasets or copying assay datasets to a Study.

Create and Populate Datasets: Two Methods

You need to create a dataset and define its schema before you can populate a dataset with data. A Schema identifies the types of measurements that comprise a dataset and defines the relationships between these measurements.

Method #1: Direct Import Pathway

1. Create and define a single schema manually or import multiple schemas simultaneously. Alternatively, if you are working within a Pre-Defined Study, use schemas pre-defined by the Use Study Designer.
2. Import Data Records. Import via Copy/Paste or Import From a Dataset Archive.

1. Set up a Study for Assays
2. Design a New Assay using the Assay Designer
3. Upload Assay Data Runs
4. Work With Assay Data
5. Copy Assay Data To Study Runs together as a Dataset to a Study.

Manage Specimens

• Upload Specimen Data. Two options:
• Import a Specimen Archive. You can upload Specimen data files that adhere to any one of five pre-defined schemas.
• Import Specimens Via Cut/Paste
• Set Up Specimen Request Tracking
• Approve Specimen Requests

Create Reports And Views

Once you have placed live datasets into your Study, you can analyze, share and display these datasets using a rich suite of tools. You can use R scripts, LabKey Query and other tools to produce live Grid Views, R Views, Chart Views and Crosstab Views.