Chandra Observations Processing Status Fields

Chandra Observations Processing Status Fields

The table below lists the names of all available status fields with their descriptions. The last four columns indicate which fields are included in the observation report based on the report type chosen.

Field name

Description

Long

Short

Dates

Summary

PI First

First Name

Last Name

Proposal

Proposal Id number

ObsId

Observation Id number (assigned by CXCDS)

SeqNum

Observation sequence number (assigned by CDO)

Object

Object name

Right Ascension. This represents the pointing position corrected for detector offset, but not for the SIM Z offset.

Dec

Declination. This represents the pointing position corrected for detector offset, but not for the SIM Z offset.

Roll

Roll angle

SIM-Z

SIM-Z Position. SIM offset along the Z-axis (transverse direction) in mm

Instrument

Readout instrument/detector
When specifying the instrument in the selection criteria, the focal plane detector is used. This will result in an inconsistency when the readout detector is not in the focal plane.

Grating

Transmission grating inserted

DataMode

Data mode:

ACIS	HRC
RAW	OBSERVING
FAINT	NEXT_IN_LINE
FAINT_BIAS
VFAINT
GRADED
CC33_FAINT
CC33_GRADED

ReadMode

Read-out mode (ACIS only):
TIMED
CONTINUOUS

Type

Type of observation:

GO	Guest Observer
GTO	Guaranteed Time Observation
TOO	Target Of Opportunity (approved by peer review)
DDT	Director's Discretionary Time
CAL	Calibration observation
ER	Engineering Request

Data Rights

Data rights:

S: Standard proprietary (12)

D: Discretionary (3)

N: None (public)

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

6 months

9 months

Obs Date

Start date and time of observation

OCat Status

Status of the observation in the archive:

unobserved

scheduled

partially observed

observed

archived

discarded

canceled

Note that this status changes from scheduled to (partially) observed only when the data products are ingested into the archive)

Public Rel Date

Date when data products become (became) publicly available; NULL means unknown

Apprvd Time

Approved exposure time (ks)

Sched Time

Scheduled time (ks)

On Target Time

Total time spent on-target (ks)

Good Time

Good data exposure time (ks)

Charge Time

Time charged against allocation (ks)

Pipe. Config.

Pipeline configuration used for processing:

primary:	normal configuration for observations
secondary:	limited configuration for observation using secondary instrument (i.e., instrument not in focal plane)
primary_obc:	limited configuration using on board aspect
standard:	limited calibration configuration (processing only through L0)

AP/CP

Automated processing or custom processing

Proc Version

Version of processing of observation

Proc Status

Processing status (2 parts):

DONE	completed
BLOCKED	pipelines need more information or a s/w fix
ERROR	processing error, under investigation
PENDING	in progress

The second part displays the current level if not L2.

Proc Date

Date of processing operation

Release

Version of CXCDS software release used for processing

Issue(s)

Issues that apply to processing of observation. Issues shown in parentheses () are closed.

Ingested

Ingested status of data products.

V&V Version

Version of Verification & Validation of processing

V&V Status

Verification & Validation status of Automated Processing data products:

NULL	No V&V Report available yet
OK	Approved for distribution
Hold	Internal DS hold
Problem	Referred to CDO
Repro+DD	Reprocessing required but distribution approved
ReprNoDD	Reprocessing required; do not distribute

Review

Review by Chandra Director's Office or Aspect team required

V&V Date

Date of Verification & Validation

Data Distr Date

Data delivery date: Date PI was notified of data being available

Data Mail Date

Date hard medium was mailed

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