Sharing Catalogs

Of course you would want to avoid having to recreate all resources (and sources and projects, etc.) if you decide to delegate scheduling by, or accept scheduling for another co-investigator. For this purpose there is the option to export and import the catalogs (and projects) through locally saved files. When saved locally you have all freedom to communicate and share with your co-investigators. You would want to check your catalogs for correctness if you aren't absolutely sure you have already done so before saving. Exporting unused catalogs and projects (which later can be imported if needed) also keeps the information contained in the OPT web application limited which will speed up the operation over the web. From the top menu strip select FILE - EXPORT or FILE - IMPORT to interact with a dialog window. All dialog boxes in any of the tools can be moved around by dragging the dialog box header to a new part of the browser window. The default OPT web application file transfer export or import format is XML. The upload field or pressing the download button will interact with your local computer environment according to your browser upload and download rules.

Connect with NRAO

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