QuickStart Instructions for the Auto QA Browser - Run 6
- Go to the STAR Computing QA home page (from the STAR Home Page select
"Computing" in the left panel, then select "QA" or go directly to the
QA home page)
and open the Auto QA browser by clicking on the "Offline
Automated QA Browser" button at the top of the page.
- If the browser fails to open
contact the
QA Experts ASAP. If you cannot get
to the Auto QA browser then you are S.O.L.
- Enter your RCF login name.
- Generally you should follow the menu on page 2. Buttons 1.1, 2.1 and
3.1 direct you to pages where Real Data Production jobs, Nightly
Test Production jobs, and Fast Offline Production jobs can be selected.
- For Real Data Production (Button 1.1) you will typically want to filter out
previously reviewed jobs and select all other run numbers for production within the
past 24 hours. Queries can be made based on QA status, run number or date, and
software production version. At a minimum please examine
QA histograms for each trigger set for at least one file sequence per
run number. Do more if you have time.
- For the Fast Offline Production QA (Button 3.1) select the most
recent run numbers which have not yet been QA reviewed.
Other queries are available as explained above. At a minimum please examine
QA histograms for each trigger set for at least one file sequence per
run number. Do more if you have time.
- Nightly Monte Carlo Test Production (Button 2.1) should be examined
for the preceding night's test runs if you have time.
Queries can be made based on geometry, event type,
date, and/or QA status.
For the Nightly Monte Carlo Tests you will typically want to select
"any" geometry and event type done in the past 24 hours which have not been
QA examined. Try to examine all Nightly Monte Carlo QA jobs
since each is unique. Examination of the Nightly MC QA is a secondary
priority.
- Once you select a job to examine the QA shift or full set of QA histograms
may be selected. Generally the smaller, "QA shift" set of histograms will
suffice however you may need to examine the full set of QA plots in order
to better diagnos a suspected problem.
The postscript files are generated on the fly
and displayed on your terminal. Generally it is best to have the QA shift
report web form open in a different window so that you can fill it out as
you check each set of histograms, job-by-job. Please follow the instructions
on the QA shift web forms and supply all requested information about
yourself and the jobs you have examined.
- Sample QA shift histograms from Run 5
are in the
Description of Offline QA Shift
Histograms for Run 5. Reference QA
Histograms for Run 6 proton+proton
will be available as soon as stable Fast Offline Production is available.
You
should become familiar with the QA Shift plots and have some idea of what to
expect before taking your shift.
- Be sure to select the "MARK" button on the page for each job examined
and reported.
- After completing all the listed jobs add whatever comments you think are
useful and appropriate to the QA Shift Report
for the "Real Data Production" jobs. Be sure to include a useful summary
for Fast Offline Data that will be helpful to the shift crew, i.e. report
any changes from the previous day including new problems or resolution of
old problems.
- MOST IMPORTANT!!! If you suspect any problem with the detector(s),
calibrations, reconstruction or production you must contact the appropriate
expert(s). This is the basic reason for having the Auto QA system and
these dedicated shifts. The experts may be contacted via either
the QA Experts or
Other Experts web pages.
- Complete your QA Shift Report and submit it. The ASCII text version
will be emailed to 'starqa-hn'.
- Links to QA documentation, contacts, the Rcas/LSF monitor, Online
Run Log, and the QA shift report web form are available from Page 2.
- Finally, you are done for the day; go get some rest!
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Last modified: Fri Nov 12 15:54:06 EDT 2004