# Green data users

### What is <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">green data</mark>?

In FinnGen, [<mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark>](#what-is-green-data) refers to aggregated, anonymous summary-level data from which no individual can be identified. By <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> we most commonly mean aggregate level result data, but also other data that are not individual-level participant data (that is <mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">**red data**</mark>) can be considered <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark>.&#x20;

**Examples of&#x20;**<mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark>**&#x20;include:**&#x20;

* Summary-level results from FinnGen’s core analysis team, shared with Consortium Partner researchers.
* Summary-level results/data generated within the FinnGen Sandbox.
* Publicly available summary-level results/data from FinnGen.
* Any other data or results without personal-level FinnGen participant information.

### How to access <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">green data</mark>?

To get access to the <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green**</mark> FinnGen data, see the [FinnGen access and accounts](https://docs.finngen.fi/faq/about-finngen-access-and-accounts). Only FinnGen partner [organization](https://www.finngen.fi/en/partners) affiliates can get access to the <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark>.  Approval to access takes up to 7 working days. <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**Green data**</mark>  is accessible by anyone with a @finngen.fi account and the data be downloaded directly to the user's local machine.&#x20;

Green data that are publicly accessible (not anymore in [embargo](https://docs.finngen.fi/publishing-finngen-results/genemal-policy-of-1-yr-exclusivity-period)) can be accessed without credentials. More information on how to access public FinnGen results is found [here](https://www.finngen.fi/en/access_results).

### Using green data

Users with credentials (<my.name@finngen.fi>) can download FinnGen core analysis team produced <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> from FinnGen so called "green library" [here](https://console.cloud.google.com/storage/browser/finngen-production-library-green). Data usage must comply with [FinnGen’s 1-year exclusivity policy](https://docs.finngen.fi/publishing-finngen-results/genemal-policy-of-1-yr-exclusivity-period). Publishing [embargoed data ](https://docs.finngen.fi/publishing-finngen-results/genemal-policy-of-1-yr-exclusivity-period)requires approval from the FinnGen Scientific Committee (that is an [approved analysis proposa](https://docs.finngen.fi/finngen-data-specifics/about-analysis-proposals)[l](https://docs.finngen.fi/finngen-data-specifics/about-analysis-proposals)). If the user works with <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> which has passed the embargo and is publicly available, they don’t need to have an analysis proposal.&#x20;

### <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">Green data</mark> tools

There are various ways to explore and browse <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark>. The full [catalog of FinnGen tools](https://docs.finngen.fi/tool-catalog), including the <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> tools, is available [here](https://finngen.gitbook.io/finngen-handbook/tool-catalog). For example, the user might be interested in comparing their GWAS result to FinnGen core analysis results, or explore disease codes or lab measurements enriched in a certain endpoint.

### How to download green data?

The <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> generated by the FinnGen core analysis teams are stored in the “[green library](https://docs.finngen.fi/working-outside-the-sandbox/green-library-data)” which exists as a Google Cloud storage bucket named “[finngen-production-library-green](https://docs.finngen.fi/working-outside-the-sandbox/green-library-data)”. [To download this data](#how-to-download-green-data), the user needs to have FinnGen credentials and <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> access. The detailed instructions on how to download <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> is available [here](https://finngen.gitbook.io/finngen-handbook/finngen-data-specifics/green-library-data-aggregate-data/how-can-you-download-green-data). Users without FinnGen credentials can download publicly available green library data using an online [form](https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/124935/lomake.html).&#x20;

Sandbox users can also generate “<mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark>” as a result of analysis they have conducted on the individual level data (<mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">**red data**</mark>) in the Sandbox. Only <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">**green data**</mark> can be downloaded out from the Sandbox. The detailed instructions on how to download results from the user’s Sandbox IVM are [here](https://docs.finngen.fi/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/how-to-download-results-from-your-ivm).

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