Connect Dataverse to a Project
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OSF connects with the Harvard Dataverse or any other instance of Dataverse 4.0. Enabling Dataverse for your project allows contributors to view, download files, and upload files to/from a Dataverse study/dataset. Contributors to your project will have access to both released and draft versions of your study, but only the most recent release will be made public alongside your OSF project.
The Dataverse add-on allows you to connect external content to OSF. This connection does not store or back up this content on OSF. To back up your content to OSF Storage, consider Registering Your Project.
Enable Dataverse in your project
First, open your project, then click the Add-ons tab in the navigation bar.
You will be taken to the "Add-ons" page for the project. Where you will select if you are looking for an “additional storage” add-on or a “citation manager” tool. In this case, you will select “additional storage” and then click “Connect” under Dataverse
The Dataverse terms will appear. Read the terms, then click the Confirm button.
Setting up a new Datverse Account & Authorization of Access to Add-on
Next, you will need to insert the host URL, and your personal access token and give this account a name. Finish by clicking “connect”
Configure Dataverse Connection
You will then be returned to your OSF project, Where you can select the datverse folder would like to connect to your OSF project. You can navigate inside each folder by clicking the title of the folder. Click the small circle next to the account name, and then click “Save”.
You have now connected your Add-on library to your OSF project and will be returned to the Add-on selection page. Your folder will be connected to your project on the project overview page.
