[OpenMadrigal-developers] Mailservice

[William Rideout]

Steffen,

As you may have noticed on our Global Search page, we have two different options 
for searching.  By default "Search local Madrigal site" is selected.  Madrigal 
is a distributed database, which means each site (Eiscat, Millstone Hill, SRI, 
etc.) has their own database that contain data from their own instruments, but 
these databases share high-level information.  So if you are on the Eiscat 
Madrigal site, "Search local Madrigal site" means you will search the entire 
Eiscat Madrigal database.  If you choose this option,  a fast search will occur 
on the local site to see if it has any experiment files that match your 
criteria, and you will get a fast (less than one minute) message telling you 
whether any experiments were found, and if so, an estimate of the time needed to 
analyze them for the data you requested.  If no experiments were found, you will 
be told that, and then redirected to the global search page to alter your 
criteria, if desired.  If no experiments were found, you will not receive an 
email with results.

The second option, "Search all Madrigal sites", allows you to run that same 
search on every Madrigal site at once.  That's fine if you want world-wide data, 
but it has one disadvantage: the software is not written to know whether any 
valid experiments exist in a timely manner.  So its very possible not to get any 
emails back.  This Madrigal-wide search option is new, and so that lack of 
feedback is certainly something that could be improved.

Here's what I recommend to search for Eiscat data: Go directly to the Eiscat 
site at http://www.eiscat.com/madrigal/.  Click on Access Data -> Global Report, 
and leave "Search local Madrigal site".  All Eiscat data is local there anyway. 
  Then when hit submit you should get immediate (less than one minute) feedback 
as to whether any experiments were found.  If experiments are found, you should 
get an email within the time estimated.  If you don't, I'll just have to put on 
my cross-country skis and visit my friends in Scandinavia.

Bill



Steffen Schrader wrote:
> Good morning!
> I generated yesterday some searches and the "server" returned to me that I
> will get a mail with an url were I can find my requested data.
> I didn`t get a mail so fare. How can that be, did I made a mistake?
> 
> Many greatings an with best regards
> 
> Steffen Schrader
> University of Osnabrück
> Germany
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Bill Rideout
MIT Haystack Observatory
Email: brideout at haystack.mit.edu
Phone: 781 981-5624