Storyboard: Edit Metadata and sample data of published phenotypes

It's important to edit metadata to adhere to a certain standard format. In addition to that, researchers constantly want to modify data from a given experiment without the constant nudging of the database administrator. For published phenotypes, currently gn2 supports editing metadata and sample-data, given that the user has the right access privileges.

Before going any further, make sure you are signed in.

Go to the traits and analysis page of your phenotype

In this page, if you have the right access privileges, you will see the Edit button.

To go to the edits page, click that "Edit" button

Edit the metadata

On the metadata page, you will presented with a form with which you can use to edit the metadata. Updating any of the field will update the data.

To view the updated history, click the "Update History" text. You will see your recent history:

Editing sample data

To download sample data, first download it, by clicking the "Sample Data(CSV Download)" link:

Edit this file in excel and make sure to save it in csv format. Thereafter, you will be presented with a flash message that indicates a successful upload:

View your diffs

Go to the diffs page where you will see your previous uploaded data:

If you the right curator access for a resource, you will see a "reject" and "approve" button:

Clicking one of the diffs will display the diff:

Approve and Reject the changes

If you have curator privileges over the resource, click the approve or reject button depending on how satisfactory the changes are.

Check the traits page

Finally, the data has been updated, and you can always go back to the traits page to view the data.