One of the greatest benefits from having a web user interface (UI) is the great flexibility it provides without having to install any special software and the data is downloaded through channels we use in our everyday life.
We will go into details later but for now this is what you see most of the time. It is meant to be simple to understand but we will go into explaining every part.
Data detailed view.
Table view, better for filtering data.
For a detailed exploration we will divide the view in several subsections, for their global position please consider the following image.
Detail: 1. Main navigation bar. 2. Access to user controls and information. 3. Quick access to files. 4. Related or child files. 5. Contextual actions 6. Visualization area.
An always present navigation bar allows you to access:
- Data Visualization
- The view were you can visualize data as it arrives as well as trigger actions.
- Proposals
- Where you can see the proposals details, such as Title, Abstract, Principal Investigator and Collaborators. Also you can add or delete collaborators and edit the Data Reduction Settings.
- Logs
- Important log messages, not very detailed but the most relevants.
- Management Menu
- This is for staff users only and will be explained in the staff chapter.
- API Docs
- Contains the documentation of the Public API in case you want to develop your own tools.
By clicking the blue button you get access to some user details and settings. Also you can change some preferences.
This area allows you to navigate the files, they are ordered from newest to oldest, if you want to filter the data you should go to table mode by clicking View as Table.
In this area you can also see only combined calibration files such as, master BIAS and master FLAT, those
are visible to everyone.
All files are indexed by its raw parent file. Every file that was derived from that parent it is treated as child and are listed along this section. The buttons are tab handles.
This area is where you can trigger actions.
- Show Header
- Will make the header visible in a searchable table.
- Calibrate Wavelength
- It's an action that changes according the type of file that is no display. For instance for a raw file will be Reduce Raw File. The drop down menu will take you to another view where you can select which comparison lamp you want to use for target extraction or wavelength calibration.
- Advanced Visualization
- Takes you to another view where you can adjust the sampling limits for images. Or change the color map.
- Download
- For download the FITS file.
- Delete
- Only possible for processed files. Raw files can't be deleted.
Example of a static data visualization.
In this area you see the plots or the images. There is an interactive way that uses Bokeh but is slower. and for now it only allows you to zoom in or out.