CLAS12 Quality Assurance Database

Provides storage of and access to the QA monitoring results for the CLAS12 experiment at Jefferson Lab

Table of Contents

1. QA Information
2. Database Access
3. Data storage
4. Faraday Cup Charge Access
5. Database Management
6. Contributions

QA Information

Caution

The QADB for older data sets may have some issues. It is HIGHLY recommended to check the known important issues to see if any issues impact your analysis.

Available Data Sets

The following tables describe the available datasets in the QADB. The columns are:

• Pass: the Pass number of the data set (higher is newer)
• Data Set Name: a unique name for the data-taking period; click it to see the corresponding QA timelines
  • Typically [RUN_GROUP]_[RUN_PERIOD]
  • [RUN_PERIOD] follows the convention [SEASON(sp/su/fa/wi)]_[YEAR], and sometimes includes an additional keyword
• Run range: the run numbers in this data set
• Status:
  • Up-to-Date: this is the most recent Pass of these data, and the QADB has been updated for it
  • Deprecated: a newer Pass exists for these data, but the QADB for this version is still preserved
  • TO DO: the Pass for these data exist, but the QADB has not yet been updated for it
• Data files: the input data files used for the QA

Run Group A

Pass	Data Set Name and Timelines Link	Run Range	Status	Data Files
2	rga_sp19	6616 - 6783	TO DO	/cache/clas12/rg-a/production/recon/spring2019/torus-1/pass2/dst/recon
1	rga_fa18_inbending	5032 - 5419	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-a/production/recon/fall2018/torus-1/pass1/v0/dst/recon
1	rga_fa18_outbending	5422 - 5666	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-a/production/recon/fall2018/torus+1/pass1/v0/dst/recon
1	rga_sp19	6616 - 6783	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-a/production/recon/spring2019/torus-1/pass1/v0/dst/recon

Run Group B

Pass	Data Set Name and Timelines Link	Run Range	Status	Data Files
2	rgb_sp19	6156 - 6603	TO DO	/cache/clas12/rg-b/production/recon/spring2019/torus-1/pass2/v0/dst/recon/
1	rgb_sp19	6156 - 6603	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-b/production/recon/spring2019/torus-1/pass1/v0/dst/recon
1	rgb_fa19	11093 - 11300	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-b/production/recon/fall2019/torus+1/pass1/v1/dst/recon
1	rgb_wi20	11323 - 11571	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-b/production/recon/spring2020/torus-1/pass1/v1/dst/recon

Run Group C

Pass	Data Set Name and Timelines Link	Run Range	Status	Data Files
1	rgc_su22	16042 - 16771	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-c/production/summer22/pass1

Run Group F

Pass	Data Set Name and Timelines Link	Run Range	Status	Data Files
1	rgf_sp20_torusM1	12210 - 12329	TO DO	/cache/clas12/rg-f/production/recon/spring2020/torus-1_solenoid-0.8/pass1v0/dst/recon
1	rgf_su20_torusPh	12389 - 12434	TO DO	/cache/clas12/rg-f/production/recon/summer2020/torus+0.5_solenoid-0.745/pass1v0/dst/recon
1	rgf_su20_torusMh	12436 - 12443	TO DO	/cache/clas12/rg-f/production/recon/summer2020/torus-0.5_solenoid-0.745/pass1v0/dst/recon
1	rgf_su20_torusM1	12447 - 12951	TO DO	/cache/clas12/rg-f/production/recon/summer2020/torus-1_solenoid-0.745/pass1v0/dst/recon

Run Group K

Pass	Data Set Name and Timelines Link	Run Range	Status	Data Files
1	rgk_fa18_7.5GeV	5674 - 5870	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-k/production/recon/fall2018/torus+1/7546MeV/pass1/v0/dst/recon
1	rgk_fa18_6.5GeV	5875 - 6000	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-k/production/recon/fall2018/torus+1/6535MeV/pass1/v0/dst/recon

Run Group M

Pass	Data Set Name and Timelines Link	Run Range	Status	Data Files
1	rgm_fa21	15019 - 15884	Up-to-Date	/cache/clas12/rg-m/production/pass1/allData_forTimelines/

Defect Bit Definitions

• QA information is stored for each QA bin, in the form of defect bits
  • the user needs only the run number and event number to query the QADB
• A QA bin is:
  • the set of events between a fixed number of scaler readouts (roughly a time bin, although there are fluctuations in a bin's duration)
  • for older QADBs, Run Groups A, B, K, and M of Pass 1 data, the QA bins were DST 5-files
• A defect bit is:
  • a bit (of a binary number) that is 1 if the QA bin exhibits the corresponding defect or 0 if not
  • each defect bit corresponds to a different defect, as shown in the table below
  • many defects check the value of N/F, defined as the trigger electron yield N, normalized by the DAQ-gated Faraday Cup charge F

Table of Defect Bits

Bit	Name	Description	Additional Notes
0	TotalOutlier	Outlier FD electron N/F, but not TerminalOutlier or MarginalOutlier
1	TerminalOutlier	Outlier FD electron N/F of first or last QA bin of run
2	MarginalOutlier	Marginal FD electron outlier N/F, within one standard deviation of cut line
3	SectorLoss	FD electron N/F diminished for several consecutive QA bins	For older datasets (RG-A,B,K,M pass 1), this bit replaced the assignment of TotalOutlier, TerminalOutlier, and MarginalOutlier; newer datasets only add the SectorLoss bit and do not remove the outlier bits.
4	LowLiveTime	Live time < 0.9	This assignment of this bit may be correlated with a low fraction of events with a defined (nonzero) helicity.
5	Misc	Miscellaneous defect, documented as comment	This bit is often assigned to all QA bins within a run, but in some cases, may only be assigned to the relevant QA bins. The analyzer must decide whether data assigned with the Misc bit should be excluded from their analysis; the comment is provided for this purpose. Analyzers are also encouraged to check the Hall B log book for further details.
6	TotalOutlierFT	Outlier FT electron N/F, but not TerminalOutlierFT or MarginalOutlierFT	cf. TotalOutlier.
7	TerminalOutlierFT	Outlier FT electron N/F of first or last QA bin of run	cf. TerminalOutlier.
8	MarginalOutlierFT	Marginal FT electron outlier N/F, within one standard deviation of cut line	cf. MarginalOutlier.
9	LossFT	FT electron N/F diminished for several consecutive QA bins	cf. SectorLoss.
10	BSAWrong	Beam Spin Asymmetry is the wrong sign	This bit is assigned per run. The asymmetry is significant, but the sign is opposite than expected; analyzers must therefore flip the helicity sign.
11	BSAUnknown	Beam Spin Asymmetry is unknown, likely because of low statistics	This bit is assigned per run. There are not enough data to determine if the helicity sign is correct for this run.
12	TSAWrong	Target Spin Asymmetry is the wrong sign	Not yet used.
13	TSAUnknown	Target Spin Asymmetry is unknown, likely because of low statistics	Not yet used.
14	DSAWrong	Double Spin Asymmetry is the wrong sign	Not yet used.
15	DSAUnknown	Double Spin Asymmetry is unknown, likely because of low statistics	Not yet used.
16	ChargeHigh	FC Charge is abnormally high	NOTE: the assignment criteria of this bit are still under study.
17	ChargeNegative	FC Charge is negative	The FC charge is calculated from the charge readout at QA bin boundaries. Normally the later charge readout is higher than the earlier; this bit is assigned when the opposite happens.
18	ChargeUnknown	FC Charge is unknown; the first and last time bins always have this defect	QA bin boundaries are at scaler charge readouts. The first QA bin, before any readout, has no initial charge; the last QA bin, after all scaler readouts, has no final charge. Therefore, the first and last QA bins have an unknown, but likely very small charge accumulation.
19	PossiblyNoBeam	Both N and F are low, indicating the beam was possibly off	NOTE: the assignment criteria of this bit are still under study.

Database Access

You may access the QADB in many ways:

Text Access

• human-readable tables are stored in qadb/*/qaTree.json.table; see the section QA data storage, Table files below for details for how to read these files
• QADB JSON files are stored in qadb/*/qaTree.json
• there are also some text files stored in text/, but they are no longer maintained

Software Access

Classes in both C++ and Groovy are provided, for access to the QADB within analysis code. In either case, you need environment variables; if you are using an ifarm build, they have already been set for you, otherwise:

source environ.sh   # for bash, zsh
source environ.csh  # for csh, tcsh

Then:

• for Groovy, follow src/README.md
• for C++, follow srcC/README.md

Important

C++ access needs rapidjson, provided as a submodule of this repository in srcC/rapidjson. If this directory is empty, you can clone the submodule by running

git submodule update --init --recursive

Data Storage

Table files

Human-readable format of QA result, stored in qadb/*/*/qaTree.json.table

• each run begins with the keyword RUN:; lines below are for each of that run's QA bins and their QA results, with the following syntax:
  • run_number bin_number defect_bits :: comment
    • defect bits have the following form: bit_number-defect_name[list_of_sectors], and [all] means that all 6 sectors have this defect
    • comments are usually associated with Misc defects, but not always

JSON files

qaTree.json

• The QADB itself is stored as JSON files in qadb/*/*/qaTree.json
• the format is a tree:

qaTree.json ─┬─ run number 1
             ├─ run number 2 ─┬─ bin number 1
             │                ├─ bin number 2
             │                ├─ bin number 3 ─┬─ evnumMin
             │                │                ├─ evnumMax
             │                │                ├─ sectorDefects
             │                │                ├─ defect
             │                │                └─ comment
             │                ├─ bin number 4
             │                └─ bin number 5
             ├─ run number 3
             └─ run number 4

• for each bin, the following variables are defined:
  • evnumMin and evnumMax represent the range of event numbers associated with this bin; use this to map a particular event number to a bin number
  • sectorDefects is a map with sector number keys paired with lists of associated defect bits
  • defect is a decimal representation of the OR of each sector's defect bits, for example, 11=0b1011 means that the OR of the defect bit lists is [0,1,3]
  • comment stores an optional comment regarding the QA result

chargeTree.json

• the charge is also stored in JSON files in qadb/*/*/chargeTree.json, with a similar format:

chargeTree.json ─┬─ run number 1
                 ├─ run number 2 ─┬─ bin number 1
                 │                ├─ bin number 2
                 │                ├─ bin number 3 ─┬─ fcChargeMin
                 │                │                ├─ fcChargeMax
                 │                │                ├─ ufcChargeMin
                 │                │                ├─ ufcChargeMax
                 │                │                └─ nElec ─┬─ sector 1
                 │                │                          ├─ sector 2
                 │                │                          ├─ sector 3
                 │                │                          ├─ sector 4
                 │                │                          ├─ sector 5
                 │                │                          └─ sector 6
                 │                ├─ bin number 4
                 │                └─ bin number 5
                 ├─ run number 3
                 └─ run number 4

• for each bin, the following variables are defined:
  • fcChargeMin and fcChargeMax represent the minimum and maximum DAQ-gated Faraday cup charge, in nC
  • ufcChargeMin and ufcChargeMax represent the minimum and maximum FC charge, but not gated by the DAQ
  • the difference between the maximum and minimum charge is the accumulated charge in that bin
  • nElec lists the number of electrons from each sector

Faraday Cup Charge Access

• the charge is stored in the QADB for each QA bin, so that it is possible to determine the amount of accumulated charge for data that satisfy your specified QA criteria.
• see chargeSum.groovy or chargeSum.cpp for usage example in an analysis event loop; basically:
  • call QADB::AccumulateCharge() within your event loop, after your QA cuts are satisfied; the QADB instance will keep track of the accumulated charge you analyzed (accumulation performed per QA bin)
  • at the end of your event loop, the total accumulated charge you analyzed is given by QADB::GetAccumulatedCharge()

Caution

For Pass 1 QA results for Run Groups A, B, K, and M, we find some evidence that the charge from bin to bin may slightly overlap, or there may be gaps in the accumulated charge between each bin; the former leads to a slight over-counting and the latter leads to a slight under-counting

• this issue is why we transitioned from using DST files as QA bins to using nth scaler readouts as bin boundaries
• corrections of this issue to these older QADBs will not be applied

QADB Management

Documentation for QADB maintenance and revision

Adding to or revising the QADB

• the QADB files are produced by clas12-timeline
• if you have produced QA results for a new data set, and would like to add them to the QADB, or if you would like to update results for an existing dataset, follow the following procedure:
  • mkdir qadb/pass${pass}/${dataset}/, then copy the final qaTree.json and chargeTree.json to that directory
  • add/update a symlink to this dataset in qadb/latest, if this is a new Pass
  • run source environ.sh and:
    • run bin/makeTables.sh
    • run bin/makeTextFiles.sh
  • update customized QA criteria sets, such as OkForAsymmetry this function is no longer maintained
  • update the above table of data sets
  • submit a pull request

Adding new defect bits

• defect bits must be added in the following places:
  • Groovy:
    • src/clasqa/Tools.groovy (copy from clasqa repository version)
    • src/clasqa/QADB.groovy
    • src/examples/dumpQADB.groovy (optional)
  • C++:
    • srcC/include/QADB.h
    • srcC/examples/dumpQADB.cpp (optional)
  • Documentation:
    • qadb/defect_definitions.json, then use bin/makeDefectMarkdown.rb to generate Markdown table for README.md

Contributions

All contributions are welcome, whether to the code, examples, documentation, or the QADB itself. You are welcome to open an issue and/or a pull request. If the maintainer(s) do not respond in a reasonable time, send them an email.