listpartition¶

listpartition(vis, createdict=False, listfile='')[source]¶

List the summary of a multi-MS data set in the logger or in a file

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Parameters

vis (path) - Name of Multi-MS or normal MS.
createdict (bool=False) - Create and return a dictionary with Sub-MS information
listfile (string=’’) - Name of ASCII file to save output: ‘’==>to terminal

Description

Lists the contents of a Multi-MS according to the way it has been partitioned. The list will show the following properties: Sub-MS name, scans, spws, number of channels per spw, number of rows of each scan within a Sub-MS and the size of the Sub-MS on disk. The task will also list the separation axis of the Multi-MS.

Parameter descriptions

vis

Name of Multi-MS or normal MeasurementSet

createdict

Create and return a dictionary listing the content of the Multi-MS according to the way it was partitionted. If set to True, the returned dictionary will contain information from ms.getscansummary () and ms.getspectralwindowinfo (), with the addition of an index as the top key and the Sub-MS name. The default is set to False. The following is an example of a returned dictionary:

CASA <1> listpartition('ngc5921.ms', createdict=True)

INFO    listpartition::::+
##########################################
INFO    listpartition::::+      ##### Begin Task: listpartition      #####
INFO    listpartition::::
listpartition(vis="ngc5921.mms",createdict=True,listfile="")

INFO    listpartition::::       This is a Multi-MS with separation axis = scan
INFO    listpartition::::       Sub-MS               Scan Spw    Nchan  Nrows   Size
INFO    listpartition::::+      ngc5921.mms.0000.ms  1 [0]    [63]   4509    25M
INFO    listpartition::::       ngc5921.mms.0001.ms  2 [0]    [63]   1890    11M
INFO    listpartition::::       ##### End Task: listpartition        #####
INFO    listpartition::::+ ##########################################


Out[17]:
{0: {'MS': 'ngc5921.mms.0000.ms',
  'scanId': {1: {'nchans': array([63], dtype=int32),
    'nrows': 4509,
    'spwIds': array([0], dtype=int32)}},
  'size': '25M'},
 1: {'MS': 'ngc5921.mms.0001.ms',
  'scanId': {2: {'nchans': array([63], dtype=int32),
    'nrows': 1890,
    'spwIds': array([0], dtype=int32)}},
  'size': '11M'}}

listfile

Name of ASCII file to save the output of the task, as shown in the example above. If empty, it will list on the logger/terminal.

Examples

A multi-measurement set (MMS) is an MS that has been split into sub-MSs. An MMS contains a reference MS in the top directory and the sub-MSes are located in a directory called SUBMSS inside the MMS directory.

Example of a MS that was partitioned in the ‘scan’ axis using the task partition:

> ls ngc5921.mms
ANTENNA           FLAG_CMD     POLARIZATION  SPECTRAL_WINDOW  table.dat
DATA_DESCRIPTION  HISTORY      PROCESSOR     STATE            table.info
FEED              OBSERVATION  SORTED_TABLE  SUBMSS           WEATHER
FIELD             POINTING     SOURCE        SYSCAL

> ls ngc5921.mms/SUBMSS/
ngc5921.0000.ms/  ngc5921.0002.ms/  ngc5921.0004.ms/ ngc5921.0006.ms/
ngc5921.0001.ms/  ngc5921.0003.ms/  ngc5921.0005.ms/

The task lists the following properties of a multi-MS or MS: sub-MS name, scan, spw list, list of number of channels per spw, number of rows for each scan and the size on disk.

listpartition task example:

CASA <1> listpartition('ngc5921.ms', createdict=True)

INFO    listpartition::::+ ##########################################
INFO    listpartition::::+      ##### Begin Task: listpartition      #####
INFO    listpartition:::: listpartition(vis="ngc5921.mms",createdict=True,listfile="")

INFO    listpartition::::       This is a Multi-MS with separation axis = scan
INFO    listpartition::::       Sub-MS               Scan   Spw    Nchan  Nrows   Size
INFO    listpartition::::+      ngc5921.mms.0000.ms  1 [0]    [63]   4509    25M
INFO    listpartition::::       ngc5921.mms.0001.ms  2 [0]    [63]   1890    11M
INFO    listpartition::::       ##### End Task: listpartition        #####
INFO    listpartition::::+      ##########################################

Out[17]:
{0: {'MS': 'ngc5921.mms.0000.ms',
  'scanId': {1: {'nchans': array([63], dtype=int32),
    'nrows': 4509,
    'spwIds': array([0], dtype=int32)}},
  'size': '25M'},
 1: {'MS': 'ngc5921.mms.0001.ms',
  'scanId': {2: {'nchans': array([63], dtype=int32),
    'nrows': 1890,
    'spwIds': array([0], dtype=int32)}},
  'size': '11M'}}

Example of logger output:

Sub-MS          Scan  Spw      Nchan    Nrows   Size
ngc5921.0000.ms  1    [0]      [63]     4509    11M
ngc5921.0001.ms  2    [0]      [63]     1890    6.4M
ngc5921.0002.ms  3    [0]      [63]     6048    13M
ngc5921.0003.ms  4    [0]      [63]     756     4.9M
ngc5921.0004.ms  5    [0]      [63]     1134    6.4M
ngc5921.0005.ms  6    [0]      [63]     6804    15M
ngc5921.0006.ms  7    [0]      [63]     1512    6.4M

Development: No additional development details

Parameter Details: Detailed descriptions of each function parameter

vis (path) - Name of Multi-MS or normal MS.

createdict (bool=False) - Create and return a dictionary with Sub-MS information

listfile (string='') - Name of ASCII file to save output: ‘’==>to terminal