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USD - Service Mode Questionnaire


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Your Coordinates

First Name*
Last Name*
E-mail Address*
Observer's Institute*
What is your position ?*

* These fields are mandatory
Your Observing Program

Run ID*
e.g. 78.A-0123(C)
Telescope*
Instrument*
Main instrument mode*


GENERAL

Globally, how do you rate your interaction with ESO in relation to Service Observing ?
In particular, how easy was it for you to find the information you required ?
Which items of information did you find particularly hard to find in the on-line documentation and manuals ?
What percentage of your program was fulfilled ? 0 % 25 % 50 % 75 % 100 %
How do you rate the quality of the data obtained for your programme ?

PHASE 1

Please rate the following services and utilities related to your Phase 1 preparation:
Call for Proposals
Web Documentation

Online Tools

Site Sky Ephemerides
Object Observability & Airmass
Meteo Data & Astroclimatology

Execution Time Estimation

Exposure Time Calculator
Is it clear how to compute overheads ? Yes No
ESOFORM Package

Installation
Use
User Manual

Instrument Manuals

User Manual
Template Manual


Did you interact with the User Support Department during the Phase 1 proposal preparation ? Yes No
If yes, how would you judge the interaction and the help that you received ?
Phase 1 Submission Procedure & Acknowledgement
Other Phase 1 Comments

PHASE 2

Please rate the following services and utilities related to your Phase 2 preparation:

Phase 2 Web Pages

General
Instrument Specific

The P2PP Tool

Installation
Manual
Useability
Functionality

Instrument specific, observation preparation software

Which software did you use ?
Installation
Manual
Useability
Functionality

User Support Department (USD) Help

Preparing the Observation Blocks (waivers, help on strategy, clarification of doubts, instrument status, etc.)
Review of your Phase 2 Submission
If your programme had problems at the telescope, how would you rate the interaction with the USD to fix it ?
Phase 2 Submission Procedure & Acknowledgement
Overall, how would you rate the Phase 2 Service Mode Process ?

Instrument Manuals

User Manual
Template Manual

Notification e-mail

In your opinion, did you have enough time to prepare Phase 2 ? Yes No
Was the information in the e-mail clear ? Yes No

The Skycat Tool

Installation
Manual
Useability
Functionality
Did you use Skycat to prepare the finding charts ? Yes No
If yes, was it easy to use ? Yes No
Is the cookbook helpful/useful enough ? Yes No

Other Comments about Phase 2


Execution of Programme & Data Delivery

Program Status

Have you ever checked the progress of your program during the Period ? Yes No
If yes, was the information easy to find ? Yes No
Was it clear ? Yes No
Was it up-to-date ? Yes No
Was it complete ? Yes No
If no, what was missing ?

Service Mode Package

Overall, how would you rate the quality of the Service Mode Package ?
Do we provide too little or too much data ? Too little OK Too much
Is the data volume manageable ? Yes No
Is the structure of the data logical/easy to understand ? Yes No
Did you have to reorganize the data ? Yes No
If yes, how ?
How would you rate the file listings... ?
How would you rate the README/ServiceMode.html file... ?
How do you rate the HTML reports (night, OB, associations)... ?

What was the delay between the end of your programme and the arrival of your SM package at your institute ?
< 4 weeks 4-6 weeks > 6 weeks
Was this delay acceptable ? Yes No
How would you rate the quality and completeness of the Calibration Data ?
Is it always clear which calibration files belong to which science files ? Yes No
Quick-look Science Reduction

If applicable: overall quality of Quick-look Science Reduction ?
Did you find the pipeline products useful ? Yes No
Did you use them for science analysis ? Yes No
Did you feel that important reduction steps or quality statements are missing ? Yes No
Is there sufficient information about the strategy, steps and assumptions of the reduction ? Yes No
Did you find the QC0 information useful ? Yes No
Did you find the QC1 plots about processed data quality useful ? Yes No

Calibration Reduction

If applicable: overall quality of Calibration Reduction ?
Did you find the pipeline products useful ? Yes No
Did you use them directly for science ? Yes No
Did you feel that important reduction steps or quality statements are missing ? Yes No
Is there sufficient information about the strategy, steps and assumptions of the reduction ? Yes No
Did you find the QC0 information useful ? Yes No
Did you find the QC1 plots about processed data quality useful ? Yes No

Web pages

For all instruments, there is extensive information on data flow operations and quality control available on the web at: http://www.eso.org/observing/dfo/quality
Have you ever visited them ? Yes No
Did you find the information useful ? Yes No
Was it up-to-date ? Yes No

What additional information do you suggest ?

Comments on data delivery

Quality of Data

What percentage of the scientific analysis of your data have you completed ? 0 % 25 % 50 % 75 % 100 %
If you requested at Phase 1 to have your program executed in Service Mode, what was the reason for this choice ?
Do you consider that the information on the calibration plan given in the instrument manual is sufficient ?
If your program did not use special calibrations, how do you judge the data that you received obtained with the standard calibration plan ?
Did the data obtained allow the fulfillment of the scientific goals of your program ?
If the scientific goals of your program could not be achieved completely, please specify the reason:

Other Comments


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