To access the “Toolbox” for a particular dataset, expand the “Datasets” menu and click on the dataset you want to access.



Note: The features you see in the Raw Dataset Toolbox vary depending on how the dataset coding is structured.

• Move To Folder: This allows you to move a dataset to one of your existing folders

• Add or modify codes in the dataset (appears when Open Coding is disabled): This allows the owner of the dataset to add new codes or edit existing ones.

• Split dataset to create subsets: When you split a dataset, the system will create a number of unique datasets - one for every code that was used by a coder in the original dataset. For every new dataset created, you will have the opportunity to set up new codes for these sub-sets.

• Enable Verification for Coding/Disable Verification for Coding: This controls whether or not the coders will need to verify their code selections.

• Allow Multiple Codes/Allow Single Codes Only: This turns a multi-code dataset into a dataset with mutually exclusive codes, and vice versa.

• Merge User Defined Codes (replaces “Add or modify codes in the dataset” above): This allows the owner of the dataset to merge user-defined codes after they have been used during coding. Once the code to-be-merged is selected, a drop-down menu with the remaining codes will appear, from which the “parent” code may be selected. The merged set of codes will all take on the name of the “parent” code, and the counts of application will be combined. Please note that once codes have been merged, the merge CANNOT be undone.

• Allow coders to only see/edit individual user codes: When coding in user-defined mode, the owner of the dataset can determine whether individual coders can see the codes created by other coders.

• Display user codes for dataset: A variety of options for downloading the codes and the original documents.

• Display user codes for dataset (w/ bookmarks): A variety of options for downloading the codes, bookmarks and the original documents.
  

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