1. 4CeeD Demonstration
Step-by-step demonstration showing creation, uploading, and sharing of research data
Timothy Spila, Ph.D.
June 4, 2018

2. Open web browser
URL:

3. Start Registration
Provide address that will be your login

4. confirmation
Check the you entered for a link to complete the registration process.

5. Sign up
Enter your name and initial password to complete the setup process

6. First login
You can now use your and password for your first login to the system

7. First view

8. Create first collection
Select My Collections under the You menu.

9. Create new collection
Press Create button

10. Enter information on new collection
Give new collection a name
Give a description
Click Create

11. Collection view Can add dataset to collection
Can also add child-collection to parent- collection

12. Create Dataset Give dataset a name Give dataset a description
Click Create

13. Add files to dataset Files can be added to the dataset by:
drag-and-drop into the browser window
Selecting via Select Files button

14. Select files

15. Upload files
Once files have been selected, press the Upload button to have them placed into the dataset

16. Upload files
After the upload is completed, you should see the files listed.
At this point, you can click directly on the file to go to it or click View Dataset to see all of the files in the dataset.

17. Dataset with files
The dataset now contains the two files that were uploaded.
Clicking on the file will now take you to that file.

18. File view
Since the .SPE file type is recognized by 4CeeD, a thumbnail image will be displayed of the file.

19. TEM extractor
Works with DM3 files

20. SEM extractor

21. AFM extractor
Uses Gwydin to pull multiple channels from data file.

22. Comments/Tags
Comments and tags can be added to describe important information about the uploaded data.

23. Metadata
4CeeD extracts Metadata from data files of known types and presents that information with the thumbnails of the data.

24. Tree view The new collection is now visible in the tree view.
Clicking on the arrow will open the collection to show what it contains.
Clicking on the name of the collection will open the collection.
Right clicking on the name of the collection will give you the option to Rename or Trash the collection.

25. Spaces
Spaces are used to group collections, datasets, and files for sharing with other researchers.
New spaces can be created using the Create menu.

26. Create new space Give your space a name and description.
Select initial privacy level for the space.
Selecting Public will make the space available to all researchers.

27. Space view
Once the space is created, you can click Manage Users to add or remove researchers who have access to the space and everything contained in it.

28. Manage users
Users of a space can be Admin, Editor, Uploader, and Viewer.
Admin: has full permissions on a space
Editor: can make changes to the space including adding researchers, collections, files, etc. Cannot delete the space or add other collaborators.
Uploader: has the ability to look at data in the space, can upload new data.
Viewer: can look at data in the space

29. External users
If you would like to invite a researcher to a shared space who does not currently have a login to 4CeeD, you can invite them using the Invites tab.

30. Adding a collection to a space
A collection can be added to a space in the collection view by selecting the space in “Space containing the Collection” drop-down box and clicking Add.

31. Collection in a space
Once the collection has been added to the space, it will appear in the Collections view.

32. My spaces
Spaces can be viewed by selecting My Spaces in the You menu item.
Two viewing choices are available:
Grid view
Detail view

33. My spaces
Spaces can be viewed by selecting My Spaces in the You menu item.
Two viewing choices are available:
Grid view
Detail view

34. Space view
Space view now shows all collections and datasets that exist in the space.

35. Activity tab
The Activity tab contains a list of all actions that have been taken by your account. It also lists spaces that have been shared with you.

36. Adding more data
Additional data files can be added to existing data sets.

37. Adding more data
Addition files are selected using the same method as before (drag-and-drop or selected through browser upload).

38. Added to a space
If you are added to someone else’s space, addition items will show up in your tree view.

39. Uploaders
Two types of Uploaders exist in 4CeeD to make it easier to import data.
Standard Upload allows for templates to be used
Zip Upload allows for amounts of data to be uploaded with file structure kept intact.

40. Standard uploader
The standard uploader walks you through multiple steps to fully identify the location (space, collection, dataset) to put the data.

41. Standard uploader
You can select a existing space or create a new one.

42. Standard uploader
You can choose an existing collection or create a new one.

43. Standard uploader
You can choose an existing dataset or create a new one.
New datasets need to have a name and user defined metadata

44. Standard uploader
Templates can be created to define optional or required data that must be entered when new data is uploaded with the template.
If the same value is often used, it can be defined with the template as a suggested value.

45. Standard uploader
Upload example using the newly created template

46. Standard uploader
Add files to the upload.

47. Standard Uploader
Click Submit.

48. Standard Uploader
Data now appears in the tree view.

49. Zip uploader
Create a zipped collection of directories and files on the uploading computer.
Browse to or drag-and-drop files into the 4CeeD Zip Uploader page.
Note: If there is a significant amount of data to be uploaded, it may take a while for the data to populate in your account.

50. Support
Problems with login
Extractor problems
Feature requests