Basket#

Your basket allows you to save items for future reference and for downloading. You can add variables, questions, and other types of items to your basket. You can refer to these items later, download documentation for the items, and download custom data extracts containing the variables in your basket.

You must be logged in to use baskets.

Note

Colectica Portal is highly configurable. The data extraction feature may not be available in your portal, and the administrator determines which types of items can be added to baskets.

Add to a Basket#

Items are added to your active basket. When an item is added, the latest version of the item is stored in the basket.

From Search Results#

On the search results page, check the Add to basket box next to a search result to include that item in your basket.

From an Item Detail Page#

On an item’s detail page, click the basket icon next to the item’s title to include that item in your basket.

From the Explore View#

In the concordance table, click the basket icon on a row to include all the row’s variables in your basket. In the variable and question lists, check the Add to basket box next to an item.

Remove from a Basket#

To remove an item from a basket, click the basket icon or uncheck the box next to the item you would like to remove. You can do this on the basket page, or anywhere you see a basket icon.

View a Basket#

To view your baskets, click the Baskets link on the top navigation bar. The badge next to the link shows the number of items in your active basket. The basket list shows each basket’s title, item count, and whether it is active. Click a basket to view its contents.

The basket page groups the items by type, and shows the basket’s details: title, subtitle, creator, description, citation, persistent identifier, creation and update dates, whether the basket is public, and whether email notifications are enabled.

Download a Basket#

Each group of items in the basket has download menus.

Download Metadata#

PDF Codebook

A PDF documenting the items in the group

CSV

A comma-separated value file listing the items in the group

Excel

An Excel workbook listing the items in the group

DDI 3.3 XML

Standardized DDI 3.3 XML metadata for the items in the group

Download Data#

For variables, when data extraction is enabled and the data file has been loaded for extraction, a custom data extract can be downloaded containing only the variables in your basket.

CSV

A comma-separated value file containing the data for the variables in your basket

SPSS

An SPSS (*.sav) data file containing the data for the variables in your basket

Note

The administrator may restrict data downloads from certain countries. See the Geolocation settings in appsettings.json.

Basket Downloads#

If the portal includes custom basket reports or basket buttons, they are shown in the Basket Downloads area.

Create a New Basket#

Whenever you use Colectica Portal you always have a default basket available to you. You can also create additional baskets in order to keep separate lists of items. To create a new basket:

  1. Click the Baskets link on the top navigation bar.

  2. Click the Create a Basket button.

  3. Enter a name for your basket in the popup window and click Create.

Set the Active Basket#

When adding items to a basket, the items are always added to your active basket. To change your active basket:

  1. Click the Baskets link on the top navigation bar.

  2. Click the name of the basket you would like to activate.

  3. Click the Activate button.

Edit a Basket#

Click the Edit button on the basket’s page to change its title, subtitle, creator, description, citation, and persistent identifier.

Make this basket public

If the administrator has enabled public basket sharing, checking this box allows anyone with the basket’s link to view the basket and download its contents.

Subscribe to email notifications for this basket

If basket notifications are enabled on the server, checking this box sends you an email when new versions of the items in the basket are published. Notifications are checked once per hour.

Update Items to the Latest Version#

If newer versions of some items in the basket have been published, an Update all items to latest version button appears on the basket’s page. Click it to replace the items in the basket with their latest versions.

Delete a Basket#

To remove a basket, click the Remove button on the basket’s page and confirm the deletion.