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 Services
Detailed documentation for each data service
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Query Service liz.mannering Feb. 1, 2018 Dec. 21, 2020, 5:19 a.m.
Cutout Service liz.mannering Feb. 1, 2018 Dec. 21, 2020, 5:22 a.m.
Cone Search Service liz.mannering Feb. 1, 2018 May 20, 2020, 2:43 a.m.
TAP Service simon.otoole Feb. 21, 2018 March 7, 2023, 3:48 a.m.
Spectral Service liz.mannering Feb. 1, 2018 Feb. 1, 2018, 1:26 a.m.
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 Schema
How to navigate the structure of Data Central's database system.
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Schema Browser liz.mannering Feb. 6, 2018 Feb. 7, 2018, 3:41 a.m.
 Policies
Our policies around survey team support, maintenance and services.
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Meeting Code of Conduct simon.otoole June 10, 2022 June 13, 2022, 11:27 p.m.
 Acknowledgements
Any work published using data from AAO Data Central should review this section and include the appropriate acknowledgements.
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Acknowledging Data Central liz.mannering July 10, 2018 March 23, 2021, 5:02 a.m.
Acknowledging GAMA liz.mannering July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018, 12:59 a.m.
Acknowledging SAMI liz.mannering July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018, 12:59 a.m.
Acknowledging GALAH liz.mannering July 10, 2018 July 10, 2018, 12:59 a.m.
Acknowledging AAT observations liz.mannering July 10, 2018 July 20, 2018, 3:44 a.m.
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 Search
Articles describing how to search and package data products for download
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Cone Search liz.mannering July 13, 2018 July 13, 2018, 8:03 a.m.
AstroObject Search liz.mannering July 26, 2018 Oct. 8, 2018, 2:16 a.m.
 Data Transfers
Articles describing the transfer of data to Data Central via the Cloud service
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Uploading and accessing data on Data Central Cloud jtocknell April 3, 2020 Oct. 6, 2022, 12:56 a.m.
 Use Cases
Example use cases for Data Central
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Finding Potential Binary Systems Liam_OShea May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020, 5:30 a.m.
Download GAMA spectra for specific ranges of luminosity and colour Liam_OShea May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020, 5:37 a.m.
Focusing on one galaxy in a pair Jocelyn_Ware May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020, 5:37 a.m.
Download all data from a desired source Liam_OShea May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020, 5:37 a.m.
Download images and spectra of galaxies that are not in a group and in an overdensity using GAMA Jocelyn_Ware May 20, 2020 May 20, 2020, 5:37 a.m.
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 Team Management
How to manage your team within Data Central
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Teams inside Data Central jtocknell March 30, 2020 April 20, 2020, 2:48 a.m.
What do the different groups do? jtocknell March 30, 2020 April 20, 2020, 1:19 a.m.
Adding users and groups to teams jtocknell April 20, 2020 April 20, 2020, 2:47 a.m.
 Team Wikis
Some basics to get you started using Data Central Wikis
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Getting Started simon.otoole April 22, 2020 April 22, 2020, 1:48 a.m.
 Data Central Reports
Reporting tools for researchers
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Fruitflies reporting tool jtocknell May 3, 2021 May 4, 2021, 3:32 a.m.
Lens: Exporting data simon.otoole July 9, 2021 July 9, 2021, 1:34 a.m.
 Editing content with Document Central
How to add, update and manage articles on Data Central's Documentation system.
 Ingestion Requirements
Understand the formats and meta-data requirements to ingest data into the Data Central system.