Similarly, the same concept has been added to Scheduling Blocks. This is also for expert use only and is intended to allow ALMA commissioning scientists to experiment to see what is needed in the way of passing parameters to the standard observing mode scripts. The expectation is that as certain keywords are found necessary then they will be considered for permanent addition to the APDM.
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The editor for expert parameters is the same in both places: A panel called Advanced Parameters is available in the SB or Observing Parameters, collapsed by default. Opening it reveals a table editor that allows the addition and deletion of free-form Keyword-Value pairs. These are simply strings passed to the SB and interpreted by the script in any way the script writer desires.