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--- sift:build_nds:building_normal_databases [2024/12/18 14:41] – [Build ND Dialog] 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]].\\
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 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.\\
 {{:sift:build_nds:sift_loadnddlg.png?500}}\\
 Once a ND workspace is loaded into Sift, a summary of the ND will appear on the [[Sift:application:Explore_Page|Explore_Page]].\\