Results Viewer 
MDA Bioinformatics Section 2/29/02
Developers: Mike Ngugen, Cliff Norris and David Gold
Copyright 2002

SUMMARY:
Result Viewer is an application designed in the Bioinformatics Section
at M.D. Anderson, with the help of Biostatistics programmers, for investigators
to browse the data analysis results of their microarray experiments.  The
application works much like a standard data base query tool in a browser.
Records in the analysis results may be extracted by relatively 'high' level
gene function or cytoband classification.  Gene specific searching is also
available.  This is a self-extracting stand-alone application.  


INSTALLATION:
1. Click on the link Download the application and save the 
ResultViewerSetup.ZIP  file in the directory you choose.

2. Unzip ResultViewerSetup.ZIP  file, and extract the files to a directory.

3. Find the directory in which you extracted the file, double click on 
the Setup.exe, and follow the instructions in the installation wizard.       


If difficulty arises contact: David Gold, dgold@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu


LOADING NEW RECORDS:
1.  In order to view the records for an analysis, a Database (DB) 
file for the analysis must be saved to the directory in which you installed
Result Viewer.  Result Viewer is programmed to only recognize DB's of a
specific type.  You may view these DB's if you have Access 2000 installed,
but you do not need it to run the application.  

FINDING RECORDS WITH RESULTS VIEWER:
1. Choosing a Data Base (DB) file  
The first window prompts you to choose a DB. As projects expand you may
add more DB's to view by simply saving them to the folder in which you
installed Results Viewer.  To change DB's, click New Database.   

2. The Header Display
The header lists important information to each project that should correspond
with the name of the DB. 

3. Extracting Records
You have the option of searching for specific sequence information or to 
extract a list based on a gene class - function or chromosome.

4. Viewing All Records for a Gene Class 
For a list, 1st select the radio button for a filtered, sorted list search.
Choose a class from the drop down box.  You do not need to choose a statistic
or set criteria to sort on. 

5. Specifying Criteria for Statistics
To add criteria for a statistic or several statistics, select a statistic, 
an operator( >, >=, <, <=, =), and a cutoff.  You may also choose to sort 
the results in ascending or descending order of one of the statistics but
it is not required.  You may also select the absolute value of a statistic by
checking the Absolute Value box. If so, you should see abs('statistic') in 
the criteria text box. 

6. Once you have made your selection choose View.  The results are displayed.
You may export the table for easier viewing from this window clicking Export.
The table will be exported to an Excel Spreadsheet. A new search is performed
by clicking New Search.

7. Viewing Records for a Specific Sequence or Gene
Select the radio button for a Specific Sequence Search.  Choose a gene 
identifier from the drop down box.  Input the correct ID, avoiding spaces.
Click View.  All sequences with the ID for the identifier selected appear.

 
CONTACT INFORMATION:
This version of Results Viewer is the first generation demo.  We offer no
guarantees and accept no liability. If you have any comments or suggestions
about how to improve the Result Viewer contact: 
David Gold, Statistical Analyst, Dep. of Biostatistics 
dgold@odin.mdacc.tmc.edu