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Menu and Tool Bar
The Menu gives access to a variety of OT functions and tools. These are:
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File
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This contains submenus for managing projects: to create new proposals (Phase 1) or programs (Phase 2), to open and save projects locally, for using the ALMA template library or to use a project as a template, to validate a project, to submit projects to the ALMA Observatory, and to exit the OT. The user preferences can also be changed.
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Edit
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This contains project editing functions (cut, paste, delete, rename) and allows the addition/deletion of projects components like Science Goals or SB parameters. Note that the availability of the function depends on which component of a project is selected.
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View
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This allows the display or otherwise of the Feedback and Overview panels. It can also be used for displaying the Template Library in the Project Tree structure pane.
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Tool
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Various tools are accessible here including the Calibrator Selection Tool, the LO Configuration Tool, the Calibration Time Estimate Tool and the Sensitivity Calculator. One can also create SBs from Phase 1 and Phase 2 Science Goals, generate a PDF summary of the proposal and disable edit protection.
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Search
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This allows you to jump between the problems reported in the Feedback pane (see below).
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Debug
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This allows you to enable/disable debug facilities. It is only available for privileged users.
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Help
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This gives access to the various items of help and general information about the OT.
Figure 4.2:
The Menu bar and Toolbar are displayed at the top of the OT window.
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The Toolbar contains buttons for executing frequently used OTfunctions and tools. The following buttons are included. Note that abutton is only enabled if it can be applied to the selected node inthe project tree.
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New Proposal (Phase 1)
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This creates a new observing (Phase 1) proposal.
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New Program (Phase 2)
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This creates a new observing (Phase 2) program.
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Open Project from ALMA Archive
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This will retrieve a project from the ALMA Archive.
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Show the ALMA Template Library
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This will display the Template Library in the Project Structure pane.
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Open Project from Disk
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This will allow you to open a previously-created project from disk.
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Save Project to Disk
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This will automatically save your project for disk, overwriting the previous version and prompting for a filename if not already defined.
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New Phase 1 Science Goal
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This will add a Science Goal to your proposal.
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New Phase 2 Science Goal
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This will add a new Science Goal into a Phase-2 observing program.
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Generate SBs for the Selected Goal
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This will automatically create SBs from a selected Science Goal.
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Add ObsUnitSet
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This will add an OUS to a Phase-2 program.
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Add Scheduling Block
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This will add an SB to a previusly created ObsUnitSet.
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Sensitivity Calculator
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This will launch the ALMA Sensitivity Calculator in a GUI.
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ALMA Calibrator Selection Tool
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This will launch the ALMA Calibrator Selection Tool in a GUI (Phase 2 only).
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Validate
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This will validate the project i.e. check for errors and issue warnings.
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Go to previous Problem
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This will allow you to view the previous problem found by the validator.
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Go to next Problem
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This will allow you to view the next problem found by the validator.
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Help
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This will give access to the various items of help.
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The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20