# What is this space?

**URL:** <https://datashield.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-space/236>\
**Category:** Beginner Support\
**Created:** [10 June 2020 15:24 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-space/236 "2020-06-10T15:24:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Datashield-admin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Datashield-admin](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/Datashield-admin)\
**Post date:** [10 June 2020 15:24 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-space/236/1 "2020-06-10T15:24:23Z")

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Hi all!

Up til now we have simply had the “User support” and “Developer Support” categories, but we would like to give renewed focus to all-new users of DataSHIELD.

Any questions about what DataSHIELD can be used for, installation and training are welcome here.

Remember we have multiple resources available:

- [About DataSHIELD](https://www.datashield.ac.uk/about/)
- [DataSHIELD Installation & Training hub](https://data2knowledge.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DSDEV/pages/931069953/Version+6+--+Installation+Training)
- [Wiki Homepage](https://data2knowledge.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/DSDEV/overview?homepageId=12943453)

Once users feel established and confident with the DataSHIELD software environment, further questions may be more suited to “Analyst support”.

Welcome to DataSHIELD, post away, hope to be of help!

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Mark](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2021 12:30 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-space/236/2 "2021-04-13T12:30:18Z")

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Hi, just wondering if there is a place online to query information about DS commands. Watched the Dec 20 intro workshop and was curious if Histogram had a pooled option but could not find the dictionary online. Probably right in front of my nose 🙂

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**Author:** ![demetris.avraam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@demetris.avraam](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/demetris.avraam)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2021 16:39 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-space/236/3 "2021-04-13T16:39:49Z")

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Hi Mark,

Yes, the ds.histogram function has the “type” argyment which if it is set to type=“combine”, the function returns the pooled histogram from all the studies.

You can get the help file of any function by running either **?ds.histogram** or **help(ds.histogram)** in R. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Mark](https://datashield.discourse.group/u/Mark)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2021 20:02 UTC](https://datashield.discourse.group/t/what-is-this-space/236/4 "2021-04-13T20:02:39Z")

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Thanks. I’ll download the December 2020 workshops and give it a go.