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 Sift's Normal Database (ND) feature allows you to generate a reference dataset using your library of CMZ workspaces. If you are looking to generate a ND and have yet to develop CMZ workspaces with your data, see [[Sift:Build_CMZ:Building_CMZs|Building CMZs in Sift]].
-The build ND feature in Sift offers flexible and customizable definitions, providing an array of summary statistics measures and summary levels for your data. To see a description of all summary statistics, see [[Sift:build_nds:ND_Summary_Statistics|here]]. Sift pulls data from the [[Sift:application:Load_Library_Dialog|loaded library]] and the [[Sift:application:Query_Builder_Dialog|Query Definitions]] to compute summary statistics and store summary results in a single reference CMZ workspace. This ND workspace can be loaded back in Sift, queried, and used throughout the entire application.
+The build ND feature in Sift offers flexible and customizable definitions, providing an array of summary statistics measures and summary levels for your data. To see a description of all summary statistics, see [[Sift:build_nds:ND_Summary_Statistics|here]]. Sift pulls data from the [[Sift:application:Load_Library_Dialog|loaded library]] and the [[Sift:application:Query_Builder_Dialog|Query Definitions]] to compute summary statistics and store summary results in a single reference workspace (.sift file). This ND workspace can be loaded back in Sift, queried, and used throughout the entire application.
+To see a more detailed tutorial of building a Normal Database, see [[sift:tutorials:build_normal_database|here]].\\
 **Here we will review the process of building a Normal Database in Sift.** \\
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 . To begin, load a reference database of CMZ workspaces into Sift. Instructions can be found [[Sift:application:Load_Page|here]].\\
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 . Define or load in query definitions for the signals and metrics you wish to summarize in your ND. Instructions can be found [[Sift:application:Query_Builder_Dialog|here]].\\
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+. Once your queries are loaded and appear on the groups widget, find the BuildND botton on the [[Sift:application:Explore_Page|Explore Page]].\\
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-. Once your queries are loaded and appear on the groups widget, find the BuildND botton on the [[Sift:application:Explore_Page|Explore Page]].\\
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 ==== Build ND Dialog ====
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-The Build ND Dialog has 3 main sections: **Query Groups**,**Meta Data & Summary Statistics**, and **Summary Level**.\\
+The Build ND Dialog has 3 main sections: **Query Groups**, **Meta Data & Summary Statistics**, and **Summary Level**.\\
-The file path of the ND directs Sift to save the resulting ND CMZ file to a path of the users choice.\\
+The file path of the ND directs Sift to save the resulting ND (.sift) file to a path of the users choice.\\
 The "Use Excluded Data" checkbox allows users to include any data that was previously excluded by Sift in the ND summary results.\\
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 ===== Loading NDs =====
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 Sift will automatically load the ND into your current workspace after you have just built it, but **here we will review how to load a ND file into Sift**.
 . On the [[Sift:application:Load_Page|Load Page]], select "Load ND" button on or find the icon on the toolbar.\\
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+. Navigate to where you saved the ND generated from Sift, and select the specific .sift file to open.\\
-. Navigate to where you saved the ND generated from Sift, and select the specific .cmz file to open.\\
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 Once a ND workspace is loaded into Sift, a summary of the ND will appear on the [[Sift:application:Explore_Page|Explore_Page]].\\
 This summary will provide detailed documentation of everything that is stored in the ND file. On the left hand side, a list of all workspaces (CMZ files) where the ND signals were pulled from, including individual trial C3D files for each workspace. \\
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 Sift will also display the summary stats that were calculated and stored for each summary signal.\\
 And finally, Sift will display the summary levels stored in the ND, which describe at what levels of the data were summary measures calculated.\\
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 ===== Using ND Signals =====
 **To query and view your ND signals in Sift**:\\
-. Navigate to the [[Sift:application:Explore_Page|Explore_Page]] and select the Query ND button or icon on the [[Sift:application:toolbar|Toolbar]].
+. Navigate to the [[Sift:application:Explore_Page|Explore_Page]] and select the Query ND button or icon on the [[Sift:application:toolbar|Toolbar]].\\
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 . The Query ND Dialog will appear, from here you can select specific ND signals to query into Sift that can be used just like regular queries throughout the application.
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 ==== Query ND Dialog ====
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 The Query ND Dialog works similarly to the [[Sift:application:Query_Builder_Dialog|Query Builder Dialog]], however has less required fields. Because the ND signals are summaries of signals from previously defined query groups, they are already normalized and refined.