The Data Sources tab allows users to upload data files from multiple sources and/or add data services links.

If you have a large dataset or a lot of files, please refer to How do I upload very large datasets or a large numer of files?

File formats

Drop, browse or upload files

You can upload files directly in the following ways:

Files that are on your computer:
- Drag and drop them from your computer into the box
- or you can click on My Device and browse your computer to find the files
Links: Click on the Link and enter the URL of where the data is located.

Once your files have finished uploading, they will be listed, all uploaded files need title.

Click on ‘A title is required’ and enter the title in the pop-up window, and click the [Save] button.

The entered title will appear on the file list table.

The title will appear on the metadata record. Hence, the title should be relevant and self-explanatory to the data it represents.

User can change their mind and delete a file from the list by clicking the [x] on the right-hand side.

The thumbnail allows you to upload a small image that represents the dataset. This is more relevant to the raster datasets:

Data services include files hosted on a website, web services and data servers like THREDDS. This option can be used if:

Users are hosting data on standard web services and data servers, including WMS, WFS, WCS, THREDDS and even restful web service
The record refers to an ongoing dataset already hosted by a Data Service.

To add a Data Service, click the [Add] button and complete the following fields in the pop-up window:

Field Label	Steps	Notes

Field Label	Steps	Notes
Title	Input a title for the dataset
Protocol	Select the protocol from the list
URL Address	Type or copy the URL where data is hosted.
Layer Name	If the data is provided via a web coverage service (WCS) or web map service (WMS) specify the layer.
Distributor’s Organisation	By default, it is set to TERN. If TERN does not host the data, please enter organisation where data is hosted from the selected list.
Data file format	This field allow users to specify the file format for the data, e.g. CSV, NetCDF etc.
Data file format date/version	This field allow users to specify the date or version of the file format.

Click [Save] to store the input or [Cancel] to ignore the input. The Add Data services window closes.

Click the [Save] button to store the changes to the record (top right above the tabs).