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Documentation Portal
The most current Data Analysis documentation is being developed at the PSDM. Users of online monitoring with Psana will find the psana document helpful. Much of the below documentation has already been incorporated into the new portal.
Analysis Workbook
LCLS's collects data to XTC files, upon request these are translated to HDF5 files. To analyze the former, you need to make use of one of the LCLS analysis frameworks (or write your own). The latter can be analyzed with commercial or other software suites.
- Getting Started - General information about LCLS data, releases, software packages and how to set up your analysis jobs.
Analysis Frameworks
- C++ Framework (for analyzing XTC files, HDF5 support forthcoming)
- Python Framework(for analyzing XTC files, HDF5 support forthcoming)
Analysis Workbook
Analysis Frameworks
- Python Framework
- C++ Framework
- Data analysis with myana
(Developed for/by the online group, but can also be used for offline analysis of xtc files. Currently the only C/C++ analysis framework). XTC files)- A Simple Online Analysis Example
- Myana User Guide
- Myana Reference Manual for myana and the pdsdata library
- Myana Examples
Analysis Tools
- Xtc event displayXTC Explorer - Old. A GUI interface to pyana data analysis of XTC files.
- HDF5 Event DisplayHDF5 Explorer - Old A GUI tool to explore the HDF5 structure and make plots from the data.
- An example script for handling job submission to the batch system (copy and configure it for your experiment): submitter.pl
Detector Data Types
- XTC data format: pdsdata Reference Manual
Overview
Content Tools