FITS keyword textual values in measurements table

[p736m3dmht7t]

Is there a workaround that allows a FITS keyword that contains text to be included in the measurements table?

I'm thinking about PIERSIDE, which has EAST or WEST values, and would like to include that in my measurements table for downstream processing. Even if I could get it converted to a value like 0 or 1, it would be useful.

Thanks in advance,

John

[karenacollins]

Hi John, unfortunately (as you have probably discovered), the measurements tables only support numeric values currently, except in the label field, which is specifically intended to contain the filename of the file used to produce that row of data. We'll keep this question open and discuss again at our next development meeting to review the upsides and downsides of making it possible to write strings to any cell, and the development complexity involved. We'll get back here after our meeting. --Karen

[p736m3dmht7t]

Thank you, Karen.

[keastrid]

This is now possible in 6.0.10.00. Simply add the keywords to the fits header extraction list in aperture settings and multiaperture should be able to pull the values into the table.