Premise
There are a number of tools and scripts that support proposing and review processes at the NRAO and GBO. For the needs of the TTA Tools, we identify three categories for these tools:
- The TTA Tools will take responsibility of maintaining the tool
- The TTA Tools will interface with an externally maintained tool
- The TTA Tools will import a file provided by or export a file for an externally maintained tool
The assignment of the tools to one of these categories needs to be determined and approved.
| TTAT Process/Package | Description of TTAT use | Facility | Current Responsible Party/Tool | TTAT | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposal Creation | Sensitivity Calculator | VLA | SSA+NMS/ECT | Interface with | |
| VLBA | EVN | ||||
| GBT | GBO | Interface with | |||
| Mapping Calculator | VLA | None | |||
| VLBA | |||||
| GBT | GBO | Interface with | |||
| Hardware Mapping | VLA | NMS/RCT_2 | |||
| VLBA | |||||
| GBT | |||||
| Proposal Process /Allocate and Approve | Prioritizer - process and assign scheduling priorities automatically | VLA | SSA/ PHT | Responsible | |
| VLBA | None | Responsible | Does not yet exist | ||
| GBT | None | Responsible | Does not yet exist | ||
| Produce Pressure Plots | VLA | SSA/ PHT; ? | Responsible | ||
| VLBA | SSA/PHT; ? | Responsible | |||
| GBT | GBO/PHT | Responsible | |||
| Definition of maintenance, sponsored time, carry-over, etc | VLA | Google Sheet | Import file | TTA tools will ingest a CSV file to specify Time Reservations | |
| VLBA | ? | Import file | |||
| GBT | GBO/DDS | Import file | |||
| Identify Source Conflicts | VLA | Responsible | |||
| VLBA | Responsible | ||||
| GBT | Responsible | ||||
| Close Out | SB Validators | VLA | NMS | Interface with | |
| Hand off to downstream tools | VLA | PBT | |||
| VLBA | |||||
| GBT | DSS |
Definitions
Time Reservation: A block or blocks of time that are expected to be scheduled and therefore reduce the time available for new requests.
- Maintenance
- Carry-over from previous Solicitations
- Sponsored Time
- Service Observing