19–22 Sept 2022
Paul Scherer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Europe/Zurich timezone

SciLog – An Electronic Logbook for User Experiments

20 Sept 2022, 17:10
2m
WHGA/Auditorium and online (Paul Scherer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland)

WHGA/Auditorium and online

Paul Scherer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland

Paul Scherrer Institute Forschungsstrasse 111 CH-5232-Villigen-PSI
Poster NOBUGS 2022

Speaker

Klaus Wakonig (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

Description

Properly capturing raw and meta-data during an experiment is rightfully given a high priority. Yet, it is the logbook that aids in putting the decisions made during the experiment and thus also the acquisition strategy itself into context. However, logbooks are frequently lacking a good integration into facility-specific services such as authentication and data acquisition systems and often end up as a burden, especially in stressful situations during an experiment.
SciLog, a logbook system based on MongoDB, Loopback and Angular, aims to alleviate these constrains by providing a flexible and extensible environment as well as a simple and intuitive user interface. At its base it relies on atomic entries in a NoSQL database that can be queried, sorted and displayed to the user's requirements. An integration with facility-specific authorisation systems and the automatic import of new experiment proposals allow for a user experience that is specifically targeted for the challenging environment of experiments at large research facilities.

Email address of presenting author klaus.wakonig@psi.ch

Primary authors

Klaus Wakonig (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut) Stephan Egli (PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut)

Presentation materials