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--- sift:build_nds:building_normal_databases [2024/11/22 18:05] – wikisysop
+++ sift:build_nds:building_normal_databases [2025/02/27 20:45] (current) – wikisysop
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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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 ==== 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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-. Navigate to where you saved the ND generated from Sift, and select the specific .cmz file to open.\\
+. Navigate to where you saved the ND generated from Sift, and select the specific .sift 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]].\\
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 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.