ALMA Integrated Computing Team Coordination & Planning Meeting #3 Socorro, 17-19 June 2014

ALMA Integrated Computing TeamCoordination & Planning Meeting #3 Socorro, 17-19 June 2014 Roll your own plots(no coding needed) M Chavan, ESO

The spec-code-try loop ?!?

The spec-code-try loop select data from table1,table2 where condition1 and condition2 and …

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The spec-code-try loop Hmm…

The spec-code-try loop, restarted !!@#$%

That model is inefficient • The spec-code-try loop is slow • A distributed organization only makes things worse • Too much gets lost in translation • Astronomers and programmer "speak" different languages • The wheel gets re-invented over and over • Plots (and reports) change all the time • Each time the spec-code-try loop is restarted TIME FOR SOMETHING NEW!

Use each partner's knowledge • SW Engineers know how to retrieve and package data • Scientists know how to interpret and present it • The missing link: software to support the scientist

Tableau Demo http://nyti.ms/1pROwLg

ALMA Integrated Computing Team Coordination & Planning Meeting #3 Socorro, 17-19 June 2014