New Features
2.8.2
Only science bands will be shown on the Active Requests page for newly ingested data processing
The background colors of the execution status shown on the Active Requests page now reflects the status
Preliminary support of RADIAL
NGAS Download Status is now visible and filterable on the Active Requests page
QA Pass - Custom action now available. Customize Emails to users when necessary
The Email dialog has been removed from QA Fail
Setting the SRDP flag on the Active Requests page now reflects changes to all versions
VLBI Ingestion Support:
- VLBA/GMVA file ingestion has been standardized to use the manifest driven system in use for other instruments
- VLBA/GMVA file ingestion will be removed from the Legacy Archive and current AAT/PPI services
- VLBA/GMVA ingestion is now controlled by AAT/WS via StackStorm
- this includes:
- directory monitoring for the difx area
- directory renaming to reflect ingestion status
- HTCondor based ingestion workflow implementation for VLBA, GMVA and Mark4 data types.
2.8.1.3
- Permanent fixes for UI update bugs
2.8.1.2
- Mitigation of UI update bug causing increased server load
2.8.1.1
- Bug fix for user notifications
- improved robustness of notification service against invalid email addresses
2.8.1
- Workflow Progress Tracking
- Ability to write tailored emails to users
- Miscellaneous UI improvement
- Ancillary image products are now delivered for image downloads
- DA tool improvements
2.8.0
- All basic downloads from the AAT now go through WS
- Delivery improvements
- VLASS cube image QA and caching
- CARTA experience improvements
Known Issues
2.8.1.2
There is likely an N+1 query issue in the backend endpoint that supports the UI active request page updates. Investigations are ongoing
Release 2.8.2.1 - 2023.12.08
Bug
- [WS-2156] - As a DA, I would like to see the QA notes file persist after QA pass
- [WS-2164] - VLBA ingestion is missing difx log file
Release 2.8.2 - 2023.11.30
Story
- [WS-1491] - As an operations manager, I only want to see the science bands in an observation listed
- [WS-1657] - As a developer, I want the pexes to be built in the pipeline and installable via pip using the gitlab repo
- [WS-1658] - As a developer, I want to get rid of the base and cache Docker images
- [WS-1659] - As a developer, I want the CI pipeline to only rebuild things that changed
- [WS-1715] - As an operations manager, I would like the background color of execution status to reflect the state
- [WS-1812] - As a DA I would like an indication on the active requests page when a request has completed downloading data from NGAS.
- [WS-1813] - As a DA or AOD I would like the dialog boxes for the QA notes and internal notes not to close when "save" is pressed, but have a separate "save & close" button in addition to "save".
- [WS-1814] - As a DA, I do not want the failure email dialog to come up when hitting QAFail (to fail the version), only for "fail entire request" and "close request".
- [WS-1815] - As a DA, I would like a "QA Pass - custom" button that brings up an email form for cases when an observation passes QA, but I have comments to add outside of the DA notes and/or want to cc schedsoc.
- [WS-1816] - As a DA, I would like to revert to the previous version when the "Fail QA" button is pressed, and be able to set or unset its SRDP status.
- [WS-1944] - As a user I would like to be able to filter the active requests page based on the NGAS download status
Bug
- [WS-1912] - Stray Whitespace Causing Errors
- [WS-1977] - UI User notifications lack access to PI/CoI email addresses
Research Request
- [WS-1618] - As a product owner, I want to know what the right solution is to handling the NGAS thread limits across all the SSA systems
- [WS-1798] - Prototype submission of VLASS jobs to RADIAL nodes
Release 2.8.1.3 - 2023.07.26
Bug
- [WS-1895] - Identify and correct active request N+1 query issue
- [WS-1896] - Investigate and correct active request page polling behavior
Task
- [WS-1897] - Return active request update timing to 3 second
Release 2.8.1.2 - 2023.07.12
Bug
- [WS-1886] - WS UI updating is causing high load on production and impacting other services
Release 2.8.1.1 - 2023.06.22
Task
- [WS-1866] - Revert and version lock dsnparse library for contact wresting
- [WS-1867] - Fix notification service to be robust against invalid email addresses
Release 2.8.1 - 2023.06.07
Story
- [WS-1168] - As a DA, I would like the option to write a tailored email to a user when I fail a request, and cc schedsoc
- [WS-1372] - As an operations manager, I want to retain workflow progress visibility for converted AAT and VLASS workflows
- [WS-1463] - As production manger, I would like the QA workflow terminology to reflect the process rather than job titles
- [WS-1490] - As a data analyst or operations manager, I would like the request number listed in the ws_metrics report
- [WS-1492] - As operations manager, when creating a new version of a calibration, the interface should automatically show the latest version
- [WS-1493] - As an operations manager, I would like to be able to sort Active Requests by Execution status
- [WS-1514] - As an operations manager I would like the option to display more active requests
- [WS-1515] - As an operations manager, I would like the interface to show a different color for the DA/AOD assignment boxes
- [WS-1568] - As an operations manager, I would like to be able to filter displayed requests by Execution Status
- [WS-1576] - As VLASS Operations Manager, I would like a e-mail notification when PIMSCache has finished for a tile
- [WS-1577] - As VLASS Operations Manager, I would like the Quicklook imaging to start after PIMSCache has completed for a Tile
- [WS-1578] - As a workspaces users (DA or ops manager), I do not want my current page to be retained when switching queues
- [WS-1594] - As a WS user, I would like to be able to open a WS request in a new tab from the active requests page
- [WS-1614] - As a user, I want all the ancillary images to be downloaded when downloading the primary image product
- [WS-1615] - As a DA, I would like to remove a failed request from the active requests list
- [WS-1620] - As a VLASS operations manager, I want improved reporting for PIMSCache, including when completion emails are sent
- [WS-1711] - As an operations manager, I need a way to associate the request ID with its working directory
Release 2.8.0 - 2023.03.30
Research Request
- [WS-1500] - As a product owner, I want to ensure that the developers have all the information they need to implement GBT support
Bug
- [WS-1513] - Sorting by request appears to be broken in Workspaces interface
- [WS-1538] - Active requests page jumps on refresh
- [WS-1652] - increase HTCondor running job limits
Story
- [WS-50] - As an anonymous scientist I want to download a VLA data set in the native format (or tar file) to my home computer.
- [WS-52] - As an anonymous scientist I want to download a VLBA data set in the native format (or tar file) to my home computer
- [WS-53] - As an anonymous scientist I want to download a GBT data set in the native format (or tar file) to my home computer
- [WS-110] - As a user, I want to able to download a script that will use wget/curl to retrieve files from my request
- [WS-121] - As an anonymous scientist I want to download an ALMA data set in the native format (or tar file) to my home computer
- [WS-122] - As an authenticated user I want to download a proprietary ALMA data set in the native format (or tar file) to my home computer
- [WS-1110] - As a DA, I would like to be able to QA reject bad planes from a cube but pass the good ones
- [WS-1496] - As an anonymous user, I want to download images in their native format (or tar file) to my home computer
- [WS-1497] - As an authenticated user, I want to download my proprietary images in native format (or tarfiles) to my home computer
- [WS-1498] - As an authenticated user, I want to download proprietary or public images in native format (or tarfile) to a directory on lustre
- [WS-1512] - As a user, I do not want to be prompted to send user data for CARTA when the session loads