System Metadata

All file types have the following built-in metadata.

FieldTypeDescriptionNotes
runMinintegermin run number in file's data 
runMaxintegermax run number in file's data 
eventCountintegernumber of events in file 
sizeintegerfile's size in bytes 
checksumstringMD5 checksum of file 

EVIO Files

Each EVIO file in the data catalog may have the following metadata values.

Values with a line through them are deprecated and are not set for new datasets (e.g. PhysRun 2016).

    
FieldTypeDescriptionNotes
BAD_EVENTSintegernumber of unreadable EVIO events in the file 
BLINDEDinteger1 if file is blinded or 0 if not 
END_EVENT_COUNTintegertotal event count from END record (if exists)only set for last file in run (if DAQ did not crash!)
END_TIMESTAMPintegerUnix timestamp of END eventonly set for last file in run
FILEintegerfile sequence number 
FIRST_HEAD_TIMESTAMPintegertimestamp of first head bank in seconds 
FIRST_PHYSICS_EVENTintegerevent ID of first physics event 
FIRST_TI_TIMEintegerfirst TI timeEngRun2015 files – deprecated for new data
GO_TIMESTAMPintegerUnix timestamp of GO eventonly set for first file in run
LAST_HEAD_TIMESTAMPintegertimestamp of last head bank in seconds 
LAST_PHYSICS_EVENTintegerevent ID of last physics event 
LAST_TI_TIMEintegerlast TI timeEngRun2015 files deprecated for new data
LED_COSMICintegernumber of LED_COSMIC triggers 
PHYSICS_EVENTSintegernumber of valid physics eventsbad events not counted
PRESTART_TIMESTAMPintegerUnix timestamp of PRESTART eventonly set for first file in run
PAIRS0integernumber of PAIRS0 triggers 
PAIRS1integernumber of PAIRS1 triggers 
PULSERintegernumber of PULSER triggers 
SINGLES0integernumber of SINGLES0 triggers 
SINGLES1integernumber of SINGLES1 triggers 
TI_TIME_DELTAintegerdelta between TI timesEngRun2015 files deprecated for new data
TI_TIME_MIN_OFFSETstringmin TI time offset found in this filestored as string instead of integer due to datacat bug
TI_TIME_MAX_OFFSETstringmax TI time offset found in this filestored as string instead of integer due to datacat bug
TI_TIME_N_OUTLIERSintegernumber of outlier values for TI timedetermines whether TI time offsets are usable or not
TRIGGER_RATEdoublerough trigger rate calculationonly has 1 second time resolution
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