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Procedures for Duplications

  • Some projects are known to be re-submissions of Cycle 1 or 2 projects. I have annotated the status of some of these in column G of the spreadsheet here, but please check I got it correct. Do not rely on column C; it is autofilled and has incorrect information in some cases.
  • Procedure:
    • Review the 2015 proposal (available from the Project Tracker or OT) and check what it states about being a re-submission. You may also have to dig into the text a bit and do your own comparison to the earlier proposal (Cycle 1 or 2) to verify which SBs are duplicates.
    • Check on the observation, delivery and QA2-pass status of any potential true duplicate SBs:
      • Check the observation / delivery status in the Project Tracker
      • Visit the Cycle 1 or 2 data processing sheet here for Cycle 1; here for Cycle 2 and review the processing/delivery status on the "SB view" tab. Review the DR SCOPS ticket linked via the "EB View" tab.
    • If there are any observed SBs that are still being processed but it is already known that the SB will not pass QA2 then the Cycle 3 SB should be scheduled. If in doubt, or unsure when QA2 status will be known, ask one of the DRMs (Arielle, Mark, Jen) for assistance.
    • Post a comment to the SCOPS-Phase II prep ticket stating the results of your investigation for each potentially duplicate SB.
    • If there are any SBs that in your opinion may need to be deleted from the Cycle 3 program on account of being successfully observed already, then you will need to contact the PI and explain this to them. You do not have to wait for the SCOPS-Phase II ticket to be fully prepared; indeed you’ll save P2G time if you do it before they prepare the SBs. Use the usual Phase II department and the macro: "Cycle 3 goals that are duplications of QA2-pass C1/2 data" from the Helpdesk (copied below).
    • If there are SBs in doubt, eg. because they’ve been observed but not QA2 assessed yet, then use the macro "C3 goals that are duplications of undelivered C1/2 SBs". I will review such cases and discuss with you what we should do wrt scheduling the Cycle 3 SBs.
    • If there is both QA2-pass delivered and undelivered data with unknown QA2 status, then craft a composite message.
    • Await the PI’s reply. They may disagree that the Cycle 3 data are duplications. Or they may decide to submit a QA3 request if they believe the earlier data do not meet requirements (do not suggest this please).
    • The next steps obviously depend on what the PI says. Consult me if you have questions.

  • HD macro "Cycle 3 goals that are duplications of QA2-pass C1/2 data"
ALMA Cycle 3 Project <2015.1.0XXXX.S>,

Dear < PI NAME >,

I have been assigned as your Contact Scientist for your Cycle 3 project <2015.1.0XXXX.S> to assist you with any questions you may have about your project. We will communicate through this helpdesk ticket. To do so, use the link at the very bottom of this ticket to log into the Helpdesk and post a reply.

I understand that <some/all> of the Science Goals of <2015.1.0XXXX.S> are duplications of successfully delivered observations from your project <201X.1.0XXXX.S> and therefore we are not planning to schedule the Cycle 3 Science Goals <SGNAME, SGNAME, ...> for this project.

Would you kindly confirm that these Cycle 3 Science Goals are in fact duplications of successfully QA2-pass delivered SBs from your previous project?

Best regards,

< your name >

  • HD macro: "C3 goals that are duplications of undelivered C1/2 SBs"

ALMA Cycle 3 Project <2015.1.0XXXX.S>,

Dear < PI NAME >,

I have been assigned as your Contact Scientist for your Cycle 3 project <2015.1.0XXXX.S> to assist you with any questions you may have about your project. We will communicate through this Helpdesk ticket. To do so, use the link at the very bottom of this ticket to log into the Helpdesk and post a reply.

I understand that <some/all> of the Science Goals of <2015.1.0XXXX.S> are duplications of SBs that are currently undergoing data processing. Therefore at this time we do not know whether these data will pass QA2 and consequently whether they will need to be re-scheduled in Cycle 3.

Would you kindly confirm that these Cycle 3 Science Goals <SGNAME, SGNAME, ...> are in fact duplications of observed SBs that are still undergoing processing from your previous project?

We will discuss the planning for possible re-observation of SBs that have not yet been QA2-assessed after we have your confirmation on the current status of your < 201X.1.0XXXX.S > program.

Best regards,

< your name > -- CarolLonsdale - 2016-01-05
Topic revision: r2 - 2016-01-13, CarolLonsdale
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