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The Project Structure Pane

As described earlier, an ALMA project consists of two distinct phases,proposal preparation (Phase 1) and observing program preparation(Phase 2). The structure of each is shown in the Project Structurepane located on the left of the OT. Which one is active is indicatedby the tab at the top of the pan and by the colour of the header bar.

When working on a proposal, all panes have a green header and theProposal tab is highlighted. The same colour is used for the Phase-1steps in the Overview pane. Several folders are used to enter variousinformation about the proposal and Science Goals can be added thatdescribe the scientific aims of the proposed observations.

When working on an observing program, the Program tab is enabled andall panes have blue/grey colour header bar which is also used in theOverview pane for the Phase-2 steps. For Phase 2 the user basicallyhas the choice of creating the details of the observations via ScienceGoals or by creating SBs directly. The latter possibility providesmore control over the telescope configuration and the observing setupfor the scientific targets and calibrators. However, it requiresdetailed knowledge of ALMA and interferometry and is only available toprivileged users. If Science Goals have been created, Phase 2 SBs canbe created automatically using the SB Generator available via theToolbar. The SBs created by the generator are added to the ScienceGoal as an additional node.

The Project Structure pane can be split in a number of sections. Thetop section always contains the project that is being worked on(either the Phase 1 or the Phase 2 tree). In the sections below,templates can be loaded, either from the ALMA Template Library, orfrom an existing project locally. You can display severalprojects in parallel. Note the grey background of the templatesections, indicating that the content is read-only and cannot bechanged. With the OT, you can use the template setup for copying anduse for the project.

Figure 4.3: The Project Structure Pane. Visible is the structure of a Phase 1 program with two Science Goals (top) and another project that has been loaded as a read-only template (bottom).
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To activate a project or a template, click anywhere inside it in theProject Structure pane. This will visually highlight the project andcause the name of the project to appear in the title bar of theObserving Tool main GUI. Note, that only one project can be active atany given time. Using projects that are stored locally you can createa personal library project in which you collect all of your mostfrequently-needed project components.


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The ALMA OT Team, 2011 May 20