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    • Basics: Finding Variables
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    • Basics: Editing a Variable Filter
    • PIC-SURE Open Access: Interpreting the Results
    • PIC-SURE Authorized Access: Add Variables to Export
    • PIC-SURE Authorized Access: Applying a Genomic Filter
    • PIC-SURE Authorized Access: Variable Distributions Tool
    • PIC-SURE Open Application Programming Interface (API)
  • Appendix
    • Glossary
    • Appendix 1: BDC Identifiers - dbGaP, TOPMed, and PIC-SURE
    • Appendix 2: Table of TOPMed DCC Harmonized Variables in PIC-SURE
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PFB Handoff to BioData Catalyst Powered by Seven Bridges

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The selected participant-level data from PIC-SURE can be handed off to Seven Bridges for analysis in the Portable Format for Bioinformatics, or PFB.

To learn more about the PFB format, please refer to the PFB documentation:


Prepare Data for Analysis from PIC-SURE

Once you have , the data should be prepared for analysis. During this process, be sure to select the "Export as PFB" option. For more information on how to prepare the data for analysis, please refer to .

After going through the process, select the "Export to Seven Bridges" option. This will direct you to the Seven Bridges platform.

Exporting to Seven Bridges

Selecting "Export to Seven Bridges" will direct you to BioData Catalyst Powered by Seven Bridges in a new tab. You may be required to sign in to Seven Bridges.

Select the preferred destination of the data in Seven Bridges. This can be an existing project created previously or a new one. Follow the steps to choose the location.

Once the selection has been made, follow the prompts to go to the destination project, where the file will be loaded.

Data Format in Seven Bridges Project

The data will be stored as an Avro file in your project. You can find this file by navigating to the "Files" tab of your destination project.

Note: You can disregard error messages related to DRS URIs and importing from Gen3. To check if your data was handed off, go to the project and unpack the Avro file.

Once unpacked, there will be two main data tables: the data and the data dictionary tables.

The data dictionary will be labeled as "pic_sure_data_dicitonary_[dataset ID]" and will contain information about the variables that have been exported. This includes information about each variable, such as the concept path, description, and display name. The data dictionary also includes DRS URIs, or links to the original data file, which can be used to access the files for further analysis in Seven Bridges.

You can unpack the Avro file using the .

The data will be labeled as "pic_sure_patients_[dataset ID]" and show the participant-level data from PIC-SURE. The columns of this table are the variables, which are labeled as the PIC-SURE concept paths. For more information about concept paths, see . The rows of this table represent individual participants.

PFB Unwrapper App in the "Public Apps" section
Data Organization in PIC-SURE
https://uc-cdis.github.io/pypfb/
Prepare for Analysis
After preparing the data for analysis in PFB format, "Export to Seven Bridges" can be used to handoff the data to BioData Catalyst Powered by Seven Bridges for analysis.
Before handing off the data, select the preferred destination of the data in Seven Bridges.
BioData Catalyst Powered by Seven Bridges has a publicly available PFB Unwrapper app.