Help on the US National Data Center Data Request Server

The user fills out the form and clicks the Submit Request button. The NDC system checks the input and informs the user if there is an error in the input. When the input is correct, an email message will be generated for the request.

There is a toggle on each page above the Submit Request button which, if set, will cause the system to display the message instead of submitting it. If the toggle is not set, the message is sent to the NDC AutoDRM system. The AutoDRM system will handle all of the data retrieval and responses to the user.

To return the fields on a form to all default values click on the Reset Form button.

• The submit button will generate the email message and cause it to either be displayed or submitted to the NDC AutoDRM server.

• The reset button will reset all the fields in the form to their default values.

• Toggle buttons allow the user to select several options. When a toggle button is dark, the option next to it is set. When a toggle button is light, the option next to it is not set. Note that toggle buttons are squares.

• Radio buttons allow the user to select one of several options. Selecting one option will clear the option that is currently set. When a radio button is dark, the option next to it is set. When a radio button is light, the option next to it is not set. Note that radio buttons are diamonds.

• Pulldown menus also allow the user to select one of several options. When you click on the button corresponding to a pulldown menu a menu will appear. Clicking on the desired value in the menu will change the label on the button for the pulldown menu.

• Text fields allow the user to enter a text string. If a particular format is required for a field (i.e. date must be MM/DD/YY, time must be HH:MM:SS), the format is noted in the field label.
• Text may be entered by clicking then typing in the field at the location where the text should be inserted. The currently selected text field has a solid cursor while other text fields have grayed-out cursors. The backspace key will delete characters.