Dataverse Tips

Use the following guidelines to create your dataverse:

• For a Basic dataverse:
  • Create a Basic dataverse if you plan to use your dataverse to collect and host studies for different uses, not to host only your own studies and data.
  • The name of your dataverse, which appears on the Network homepage, has no restrictions.
  • You assign your dataverse to a group. The default group is Other.
• For a Scholar dataverse:
  • Create a Scholar dataverse if you plan to use your dataverse to host your own studies, research, and data.
  • The name of your dataverse, which appears on the Network homepage, is First Name and Last Name.
  • Your dataverse is assigned to the Scholar Dataverses group.
  • The title of your dataverse, which appears on your dataverse homepage, has no naming restrictions.
• For any dataverse:
  • Choose an alias to define your dataverse's URL. For example, if you choose smith, the IQSS DVN URL for your dataverse is http://dataverse.iq.harvard.edu/dvn/dv/smith.
    Note: Special characters (~,`, !, @, #, $, %, ^, &, and *) and spaces are not allowed.
  • When you successfully create your dataverse, you see a message that provides the URL that you use to access your dataverse directly. This message also reminds you that your dataverse is not available to the public until you change the release settings to Released.