Herschel Data Processing Questionnaire Survey

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1. Title of your publication containing Herschel data

Title of your publication containing Herschel data

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2. Complete name of the first author (e.g. Smith, John)

Complete name of the first author (e.g. Smith, John)

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3. Herschel Observing Program (please provide program ID or acronym)

Herschel Observing Program (please provide program ID or acronym)

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4. Please select here the observing mode(s) on which your publication is based

Please select here the observing mode(s) on which your publication is based HIFI Single Pointing

HIFI Mapping

HIFI Spectral Scan

PACS Photometer

PACS Line Spectroscopy

PACS Range Spectroscopy

PACS Unchopped Spectroscopy

SPIRE Photometer

SPIRE Spectroscopy

SPIRE PACS Parallel Mode

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5. Which OBSID(s) were used? (give a complete list when applicable, one per line)

Which OBSID(s) were used? (give a complete list when applicable, one per line)

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6. How did you retrieve the observations?

How did you retrieve the observations? Tar files were retrieved from the HSA User Interface and then imported to local pools with HIPE

Observations were retrieved directly from HSA into HIPE using getObservation() or a similar script

Observations were retrieved directly from HSA into HIPE using "Send to External Application"

Tar files were retrieved from the HSA User Interface and individual FITS files read directly with HIPE or external software

Other (please specify)

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7. How did you store your reprocessed data?

How did you store your reprocessed data? Reprocessed Level-2 data were saved as FITS files and organized in directories

Reprocessed Level-2 data were saved back to the local pools from where they were read in

Reprocessed Level-2 data were saved to a different output local pool

Other (please specify)

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8. Which version of HIPE did you use to reprocess your observations? (please type the first two digits of the version of developer builds, i.e. 6.0 for 6.0.1196)

Which version of HIPE did you use to reprocess your observations? (please type the first two digits of the version of developer builds, i.e. 6.0 for 6.0.1196)

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9. Which installer(s) did you use?

Which installer(s) did you use? User Release installer

Stable developer build installer

CIB installer

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10. How would you rate the level-2 products for your observation as you find them in the archive?

How would you rate the level-2 products for your observation as you find them in the archive? Publishable

Ready for scientific analysis

Good but affected by minor artifacts

Seriously affected by instrumental effects

Quality is sufficient for quick look analysis

Barely usable as a quick-look

Completely unusable

There were no level-2 products in the archive for this observation

Other (please specify)

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11. From which level did you start your reprocessing?

From which level did you start your reprocessing? Level 0

Level 0.5

Level 1

Level 2

Other (please specify)

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12. How did you reduce the data?

How did you reduce the data? We didn't: we used the level 2 products directly

We slightly adapted the pipeline scripts provided in the workshops

We contacted the HSC for recent versions of the pipeline scripts

We contacted the NHSC for recent versions of the pipeline scripts

We contacted the ICC for recent versions of the pipeline scripts

We adapted the pipeline scripts available within HIPE

We wrote our own scripts from scratch.

Other (please specify)

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13. How much memory did you need to allocate to HIPE to process your data?

How much memory did you need to allocate to HIPE to process your data? < 1 GB

1-2 GB

2-4 GB

4-8 GB

8-16 GB

16-32 GB

32-64 GB

> 64 GB or n/a (please specify)

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14. In case of doubts or problems during the data reduction. What did you do?

In case of doubts or problems during the data reduction. What did you do? I sent a question to the HSC/NHSC Helpdesk

I read the User Manual

I read the User Reference Manual

I read the developer documentation (javadoc)

I read the available technical notes from the HSC/NHSC web

I posted my question in the DP Interest Groups mailing lists

I asked my HSC/NHSC contacts

I asked my ICC contacts

I made my own tests to understand the problem

Other (please specify)

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15. How would you rate the documentation provided?

How would you rate the documentation provided? Very good. I used it for the publication.

Good, but still not well organized/searchable.

Good, but still not complete.

Fair, but still missing important information on pipelines.

Fair, but still missing important information about the tasks.

Bad, I could not find what I was looking for (please specify)

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16. Did you know/use the "On-demand reprocessing"?

Did you know/use the "On-demand reprocessing"? No, I do not know what is it

No, I did not consider that option

Yes, but I preferred to reprocess the data myself

Yes, and I plan to use it in the future

Yes, and I have already used it for this publication

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17. Which tools were used for your publication (select more than one if applicable)?

Which tools were used for your publication (select more than one if applicable)? HIPE

IDL

CLASS

IRAF

MIDAS

ds9

Other (please specify)

18. Which functionality you could not find/use in HIPE? Did you contact the helpdesk to suggest the inclusion of this functionality in a later version in HIPE? Did you get any feedback? (only if applicable)

Which functionality you could not find/use in HIPE? Did you contact the helpdesk to suggest the inclusion of this functionality in a later version in HIPE? Did you get any feedback? (only if applicable)

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19. How would you rate the following functionalities in HIPE?

	I don't know it	Known but not used	Barely usable	Difficult to use	Useful	Used for the paper
Installer	*How would you rate the following functionalities in HIPE? Installer I don't know it	Installer Known but not used	Installer Barely usable	Installer Difficult to use	Installer Useful	Installer Used for the paper
Help system	Help system I don't know it	Help system Known but not used	Help system Barely usable	Help system Difficult to use	Help system Useful	Help system Used for the paper
Pipeline documentation	Pipeline documentation I don't know it	Pipeline documentation Known but not used	Pipeline documentation Barely usable	Pipeline documentation Difficult to use	Pipeline documentation Useful	Pipeline documentation Used for the paper
Image viewer	Image viewer I don't know it	Image viewer Known but not used	Image viewer Barely usable	Image viewer Difficult to use	Image viewer Useful	Image viewer Used for the paper
Image analysis	Image analysis I don't know it	Image analysis Known but not used	Image analysis Barely usable	Image analysis Difficult to use	Image analysis Useful	Image analysis Used for the paper
Spectrum viewer	Spectrum viewer I don't know it	Spectrum viewer Known but not used	Spectrum viewer Barely usable	Spectrum viewer Difficult to use	Spectrum viewer Useful	Spectrum viewer Used for the paper
Spectrum analysis	Spectrum analysis I don't know it	Spectrum analysis Known but not used	Spectrum analysis Barely usable	Spectrum analysis Difficult to use	Spectrum analysis Useful	Spectrum analysis Used for the paper
Cube viewer	Cube viewer I don't know it	Cube viewer Known but not used	Cube viewer Barely usable	Cube viewer Difficult to use	Cube viewer Useful	Cube viewer Used for the paper
Cube analysis	Cube analysis I don't know it	Cube analysis Known but not used	Cube analysis Barely usable	Cube analysis Difficult to use	Cube analysis Useful	Cube analysis Used for the paper
Aperture photometry	Aperture photometry I don't know it	Aperture photometry Known but not used	Aperture photometry Barely usable	Aperture photometry Difficult to use	Aperture photometry Useful	Aperture photometry Used for the paper
Daophot source extraction	Daophot source extraction I don't know it	Daophot source extraction Known but not used	Daophot source extraction Barely usable	Daophot source extraction Difficult to use	Daophot source extraction Useful	Daophot source extraction Used for the paper
Sussextractor source extraction	Sussextractor source extraction I don't know it	Sussextractor source extraction Known but not used	Sussextractor source extraction Barely usable	Sussextractor source extraction Difficult to use	Sussextractor source extraction Useful	Sussextractor source extraction Used for the paper
RGB Composite Images	RGB Composite Images I don't know it	RGB Composite Images Known but not used	RGB Composite Images Barely usable	RGB Composite Images Difficult to use	RGB Composite Images Useful	RGB Composite Images Used for the paper
Spur identification and removal tool	Spur identification and removal tool I don't know it	Spur identification and removal tool Known but not used	Spur identification and removal tool Barely usable	Spur identification and removal tool Difficult to use	Spur identification and removal tool Useful	Spur identification and removal tool Used for the paper
Standing wave removal tool	Standing wave removal tool I don't know it	Standing wave removal tool Known but not used	Standing wave removal tool Barely usable	Standing wave removal tool Difficult to use	Standing wave removal tool Useful	Standing wave removal tool Used for the paper
Spectral Deconvolution tool	Spectral Deconvolution tool I don't know it	Spectral Deconvolution tool Known but not used	Spectral Deconvolution tool Barely usable	Spectral Deconvolution tool Difficult to use	Spectral Deconvolution tool Useful	Spectral Deconvolution tool Used for the paper
Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting	Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting I don't know it	Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting Known but not used	Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting Barely usable	Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting Difficult to use	Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting Useful	Spectrum (line/continuum) Fitting Used for the paper
PlotXY	PlotXY I don't know it	PlotXY Known but not used	PlotXY Barely usable	PlotXY Difficult to use	PlotXY Useful	PlotXY Used for the paper
Importing data from a HSA archive tar file	Importing data from a HSA archive tar file I don't know it	Importing data from a HSA archive tar file Known but not used	Importing data from a HSA archive tar file Barely usable	Importing data from a HSA archive tar file Difficult to use	Importing data from a HSA archive tar file Useful	Importing data from a HSA archive tar file Used for the paper
Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation()	Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation() I don't know it	Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation() Known but not used	Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation() Barely usable	Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation() Difficult to use	Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation() Useful	Reading/Saving data with getObservation()/saveObservation() Used for the paper
Searching in local pools with the Product Browser	Searching in local pools with the Product Browser I don't know it	Searching in local pools with the Product Browser Known but not used	Searching in local pools with the Product Browser Barely usable	Searching in local pools with the Product Browser Difficult to use	Searching in local pools with the Product Browser Useful	Searching in local pools with the Product Browser Used for the paper
Input/Output to local pools	Input/Output to local pools I don't know it	Input/Output to local pools Known but not used	Input/Output to local pools Barely usable	Input/Output to local pools Difficult to use	Input/Output to local pools Useful	Input/Output to local pools Used for the paper
Input/Output to FITS files	Input/Output to FITS files I don't know it	Input/Output to FITS files Known but not used	Input/Output to FITS files Barely usable	Input/Output to FITS files Difficult to use	Input/Output to FITS files Useful	Input/Output to FITS files Used for the paper

20. Please add any further comments from your experience using HIPE for publishing Herschel data that would help us improving it. Give us your general opinion of the software.

Please add any further comments from your experience using HIPE for publishing Herschel data that would help us improving it. Give us your general opinion of the software.

21. How do you rate HIPE overall (1 -very bad- to 10 -very good-)? (optional)

How do you rate HIPE overall (1 -very bad- to 10 -very good-)? (optional)

Herschel Data Processing Questionnaire

1. Please, fill in one questionnaire per published paper

*1. Title of your publication containing Herschel data

*2. Complete name of the first author (e.g. Smith, John)

*3. Herschel Observing Program (please provide program ID or acronym)

*4. Please select here the observing mode(s) on which your publication is based

*5. Which OBSID(s) were used? (give a complete list when applicable, one per line)

*6. How did you retrieve the observations?

*7. How did you store your reprocessed data?

*8. Which version of HIPE did you use to reprocess your observations? (please type the first two digits of the version of developer builds, i.e. 6.0 for 6.0.1196)

*9. Which installer(s) did you use?

*10. How would you rate the level-2 products for your observation as you find them in the archive?

*11. From which level did you start your reprocessing?

*12. How did you reduce the data?

*13. How much memory did you need to allocate to HIPE to process your data?

*14. In case of doubts or problems during the data reduction. What did you do?

*15. How would you rate the documentation provided?

*16. Did you know/use the "On-demand reprocessing"?

*17. Which tools were used for your publication (select more than one if applicable)?

18. Which functionality you could not find/use in HIPE? Did you contact the helpdesk to suggest the inclusion of this functionality in a later version in HIPE? Did you get any feedback? (only if applicable)

*19. How would you rate the following functionalities in HIPE?

20. Please add any further comments from your experience using HIPE for publishing Herschel data that would help us improving it. Give us your general opinion of the software.

21. How do you rate HIPE overall (1 -very bad- to 10 -very good-)? (optional)

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1. Title of your publication containing Herschel data

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2. Complete name of the first author (e.g. Smith, John)

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3. Herschel Observing Program (please provide program ID or acronym)

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4. Please select here the observing mode(s) on which your publication is based

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5. Which OBSID(s) were used? (give a complete list when applicable, one per line)

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6. How did you retrieve the observations?

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7. How did you store your reprocessed data?

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8. Which version of HIPE did you use to reprocess your observations? (please type the first two digits of the version of developer builds, i.e. 6.0 for 6.0.1196)

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9. Which installer(s) did you use?

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10. How would you rate the level-2 products for your observation as you find them in the archive?

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11. From which level did you start your reprocessing?

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12. How did you reduce the data?

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13. How much memory did you need to allocate to HIPE to process your data?

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14. In case of doubts or problems during the data reduction. What did you do?

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15. How would you rate the documentation provided?

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16. Did you know/use the "On-demand reprocessing"?

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17. Which tools were used for your publication (select more than one if applicable)?

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19. How would you rate the following functionalities in HIPE?