Input Options Help

Follow the steps below to complete this screen.

  1. Select the format in which the Metathesaurus subset was saved.  If this is the first installation of UMLS, NLM Data File Format is already selected.
    1. Click to display data file format options: 


    2. Highlight the preferred format by clicking or using the arrow keys. The selected format will be highlighted in blue.
    3. Click




  2. Use to select and open the Source Folder that contains the existing subset configuration. If this is the first installation of UMLS, the Source Folder is displayed.

This completes the options for this tab. Users may proceed to the other Options tabs in any order by clicking on the tabs across the top of the screen or by clicking on the File bar and selecting .

For more information, see the UMLS Release Documentation, Chapter 6, MetamorphoSys, at:

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/umls/meta6.html