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Sensitive Data (SD) services user guide - Table of contents

Note

To select the correct user guide, begin by identifying the type of data you are processing:

  1. Research data (e.g. consented data collected for research purposes): follow the relevant guides for storing and analysing or publishing and reusing research data.

  2. Secondary use of health and social data, register data provided by the Findata authority or a public register: follow the guide designed for analyzing register data and comply with the Finnish legal requirements.

Not sure which guide fits your case? Email us at servicedesk@csc.fi with the subject line "SD Services"

1. Research data

1.1 Store and analyse research data

1.1.1 Store and share with SD Connect

1.1.2 Analyze and compute with SD Desktop

1.2 Publish and reuse research data

1.2.1 Publish with Fedarated EGA

1.2.2 Reuse with SD Apply

2 Secondary use of health and social data (register data)

2.1 Start here: Accessing secondary use health or social data via Sensitive Data services and a CSC project Findata type

2.2 Analyze with SD Desktop for secondary use

3. Tutorials

Please note: some of this tutorials require prior knowledge of SD services or advanced coding skills.

4. Misc