Use data

To extend your existing application, please submit an additional application within your existing application in the service portal:

Please save and close the files you want to export and delete all old files in your export folder. Then copy the files to be exported into your export folder.

The following software is available in the remote desktop environment and on the on-site workstation:

To import files to the remote desktop or on-site system, please send an email to userservice@dzhw.eu with your contract or application number and the files that you would like to import. After passing the data protection audit, we will provide you with the files in the import folder within your directory (see under the read more)

Please send an email with your folder name and the desired ados or packages to service@dzhw.eu

In case of technical problems, please contact service@dzhw.eu

As the data usage agreements are tied to your specified research project/ purpose of use, please submit a new application for each new project/ purpose. When doing so, please make sure that you specify all the data packages you require and all current secondary users.

To add further users to your project, please submit an additional application within your existing data usage application in the service portal.

In principle, the search portal only lists the data products available in the FDZ-DZHW. If you do not find what you are looking for, you may find further DZHW inventory data or data from other research data centres in Germany helpful.

Yes, it is possible to access a data product via remote desktop (and on-site) with multiple researchers and collaborate in a shared project directory.