Purpose
This document details some of the release notes for the Daniel K Inoyue Solar Telescope’s Proposal Architect (PA) tool, used for creating Proposals to use the telescope.
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The Proposal Architect has been updated to provide a faster, cleaner, more secure experience.
Thank you for your feedback! Because of it, a number of new features have been added, and issues resolved.
User profile
The user profile now contains an optional field to note the user’s experience level.
Affiliations are now on a list, rather than free text. If you don’t see yours, please contact the Helpdesk to have it added.
Login
A free Globus account is still required to use the PA. You will be prompted during the login process for your Globus credentials.
General
Some fields or values may be disabled for a specific Proposal Call time period. These fields will be greyed out, and contain a note about their disabled status.
The Save button has been moved away from the Logout button.
The Profile is now accessed by clicking on the icon in the upper right-hand corner.
Proposals that were not submitted during prior Proposal Calls will have their status changed to EXPIRED.
Proposals will are not be possible to clone between Proposal Call periods.
Creating a proposal - General
New fields for Critical Science Plan, Additional Comments, and Keywords have been added.
Titles will no longer start with an indestructible dash.
Creating a proposal - Observations
FIDO configuration files are no longer required, and have been replaced by a drop-down selection.
Creating a proposal - Summary
Summary displays are anonymized, and will not show user information
Creating a proposal - Submission
More feedback is provided during the submission process
Clicking an entry that needs to be fixed will take the user to the region of the entry. Some unhiding and scrolling may still be required.
Files attached to the Proposal will have their names anonymized during the submission process, but not before. This will not affect the contents of the file.
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