Known Issues
Known Issues affecting the Cycle 3 release of the ALMA Observing Tool
The following table lists those issues which are known to affect the Cycle-3 version of the Observing Tool. This will be updated to denote whether an issue has been fixed and whether this fix has made it into an updated release.
| Issue | Description | Resolved? | Deployed? |
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| C1_001 | Although it is indicated that copy and paste operations in a Mac use the "command" key, often the "control" key is required, particularly for text copy/paste. | ||
| C1_023 | Calibration searches may crash due to problems with the database. Reducing the number of results may avoid the problem. | ||
| C1_032 | Leaving the OT open for days at a time can cause an error upon saving. Saving to another file, closing the OT and re-opening produces a "ZLIB input stream" error i.e. the project is unreadable. This issue is yet to be satisfactorily characterised. | ||
| C2_009 | Placing spectral windows that are exactly as far apart as they can possibly be can cause an error, the text of which is also misleading. | ||
| C3_001 | The time shown on the Cover Sheet for "Multiple visit" Science Goals is too high | Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_002 | Copy and paste of a Science Goal followed by an edit of the spectral setup can cause the source line width to change. | Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_003 | The time estimate in brackets is not always that due to the sensitivity, but also includes certain minima. | Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_004 | Time overrides when two 12-m configurations are required cannot be requested. | Yes |
Update 1 |
| C3_005 |
It is possible to define multiple clusters of pointings using the custom mosaic option. |
Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_006 |
The polarization non-standard time on the cover sheet is too long. |
Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_007 |
Changing between Doppler types doesn't always work properly. |
Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_008 |
Time overrides are using the sensitivity-based time for ACA times |
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| C3_009 |
Long (but legal) TJ texts can cause formatting problems |
Yes | Update 2 |
| C3_010 |
Moving to a new Science Goal deselects ACA in the original Science Goal |
Yes | Update 1 |
| C3_011 |
Use of the spatial visualizer with many sources can cause the OT to become slow and unresponsive |
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| C3_012 |
Proposal title on proposal node can become that of an open template |
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| C3_013 |
There is a typo (user-defined *configuration*) in the validation warning for user-defined calibration non-standard modes |
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| C3_014 |
Errors relating to the kinds of field definitions that can be used e.g. "When TP is scheduled, non-mosaic targets must only have a single pointing". Redefining the field setup should fix the problem. |
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| C3_015 |
After copy and pasting a Science Goal and changing the frequency, requested sensitivities in K will give the wrong time estimate. |
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| C3_016 |
Importing sources as rectangular fields and deleting all but one will still show the rectangular field editor after selecting 'individual pointings' |