User Guide
User Guide Map
Orient different roles to the right TianGong LCA tutorials and best practices.
Use this page as your compass through the TianGong LCA documentation. Follow the suggested path— Learn the interface → Move data through the system → Review & collaborate → Understand permissions → Analyse—or jump directly to the section that matches your role.
Who should read this?
- Data authors: Build or maintain processes, models, and flows with consistent references.
- Quality reviewers: Define review standards and monitor submission progress.
- Team collaborators: Share datasets, manage permissions, and coordinate updates.
- Analysts & consumers: Discover, copy, and analyse existing datasets.
Recommended journey
- Learn the interface Start with the Key Functions Overview to understand the top bar, avatar menu, list controls, and collaboration tools.
- Understand global import/export flows Read TIDAS ZIP Import, Export, and Task Center before handling package exchange or background jobs.
- Understand data modules Read the Data Platform Overview to see how Open Data, My Data, Commercial Data, and Team Data fit together.
- Create & maintain data Follow Create My Data, Data Use, and Search to go from raw references to reusable datasets.
- Validate & publish Review Data Review for role-specific workspaces, workflows, and status tracking.
- Collaborate & understand permissions Consult Team Functions, Permissions & Data Spaces, and System Management Workspace.
- Analyse impacts Explore Process Analysis Workspace and LCIA Calculation & Results.
Quick shortcuts
- Need to know which top-bar entry handles import, export, or background progress? Jump to Key Functions Overview or TIDAS ZIP Import, Export, and Task Center.
- Creating a new dataset? Follow the “Prepare → Build datasets → Data validation” stages in Create My Data.
- Facing a review blocker? Check the role-specific guidance and FAQ in Data Review.
- Need a fast permission comparison? Go straight to Permissions & Data Spaces.
Terminology & more help
Refer to the Data Platform Overview for definitions of models, processes, flows, unit groups, and sources. If you are maintaining the docs site itself, switch to Docs / Product Sync Guide.