How to approve or reject a submission

Log In:

1. Go to https://app.nih-cfde.org/ and click "Log In" (top right corner).
2. Click on “For Submitters” tab at top of page and choose “List All Submissions".
3. You should see a table with 3 columns: Actions, Submission, and Status Summary.
   • The status of your data package is in the "Status Summary" column by "Ingest Status".

Just Approve:

1. To change the DCC Approval Status click on the pencil in the Action column to edit. Scroll down to "DCC Approval Status" on the "Edit Submitted Datapackage" page.
2. Click the blue dropdown button and in the pop-up window, select the status option "content approved".
3. Back on the "Edited Submitted Datapackage" page, click "Save" (top right) to save the new status.

Just Reject:

1. To change the DCC Approval Status click on the pencil in the Action column to edit. Scroll down to "DCC Approval Status" on the "Edit Submitted Datapackage" page.
2. Click the blue dropdown button and in the pop-up window, select the status option "content rejected".
3. Back on the "Edited Submitted Datapackage" page, click "Save" (top right) to save the new status.

Review before changing status:

• To view a table with the number of items submitted during data ingestion (number of files, biosamples, subjects, etc.), click on the document icon in the "Actions" column to "View Details". From this page you can access the approve/reject menu by clicking the Edit button near the top right of the page.

• To view how users will see your metadata in the portal, in the "Submission" column, click "Browse Datapackage".

  • Use the search bar and Refine search side panel to review how search results will look. From this page you can access the approve/reject menu approve/reject by clicking "Review Options" then "For this Submission", then "Approve Datapackage Content"

• To view a graphical summary of your metadata in the portal, in the "Submission" column, click "View Summary Page". This will take you to a page with a dynamic bar plot and summary statistics. From this page you can access the approve/reject menu approve/reject by clicking "Review Options" then "For this Submission", then "Approve Datapackage Content"

Troubleshooting

Only one Approver is allowed per DCC, and only the Approver can edit DCC Approval Status. To check your status:

Click your name and "My Profile" (top right corner).

• Check that under "Groups" it says you're an Approver for your DCC.

For help using the browser, click on "User Guide" at the top of the page. This will take you to portal guide documentation pages.