[12_4_X] Add new functions to AlCaNano.py needed for the T0 replay

[tvami]

PR description:

see #38664

If this PR is a backport please specify the original PR and why you need to backport that PR. If this PR will be backported please specify to which release cycle the backport is meant for:

backport of #38664

[tvami]

backport of #38664

[tvami]

urgent

• should be in 12_4_3

[cmsbuild]

A new Pull Request was created by @tvami (Tamas Vami) for CMSSW_12_4_X.

It involves the following packages:

• Configuration/DataProcessing (operations)

@perrotta, @rappoccio, @cmsbuild, @qliphy, @fabiocos, @davidlange6 can you please review it and eventually sign? Thanks.
@Martin-Grunewald, @missirol, @fabiocos this is something you requested to watch as well.
@perrotta, @dpiparo, @qliphy, @rappoccio you are the release manager for this.

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• Backported from Add new functions to AlCaNano.py needed for the T0 replay #38664

[tvami]

type ecal,bugfix

[tvami]

assign alca

[cmsbuild]

New categories assigned: alca

@yuanchao,@francescobrivio,@malbouis,@tvami,@ChrisMisan you have been requested to review this Pull request/Issue and eventually sign? Thanks

[tvami]

@cmsbuild , please test

[cmsbuild]

+1

Summary: https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/jenkins-artifacts/pull-request-integration/PR-88f770/26097/summary.html
COMMIT: e6420e6
CMSSW: CMSSW_12_4_X_2022-07-08-2300/el8_amd64_gcc10
User test area: For local testing, you can use /cvmfs/cms-ci.cern.ch/week0/cms-sw/cmssw/38665/26097/install.sh to create a dev area with all the needed externals and cmssw changes.

Comparison Summary

Summary:

• No significant changes to the logs found
• Reco comparison results: 2 differences found in the comparisons
• DQMHistoTests: Total files compared: 50
• DQMHistoTests: Total histograms compared: 3676076
• DQMHistoTests: Total failures: 8
• DQMHistoTests: Total nulls: 0
• DQMHistoTests: Total successes: 3676046
• DQMHistoTests: Total skipped: 22
• DQMHistoTests: Total Missing objects: 0
• DQMHistoSizes: Histogram memory added: 0.0 KiB( 49 files compared)
• Checked 208 log files, 45 edm output root files, 50 DQM output files
• TriggerResults: no differences found

[francescobrivio]

+1

• verbatim backport
• will be tested in Tier0 replay

[tvami]

@qliphy can you please merge this too? the master IB is fine

[qliphy]

+1
bug fix

[cmsbuild]

This pull request is fully signed and it will be integrated in one of the next CMSSW_12_4_X IBs (tests are also fine) and once validation in the development release cycle CMSSW_12_5_X is complete. This pull request will be automatically merged.