Advanced Photon Source

A U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science,
Office of Basic Energy Sciences national synchrotron x-ray research facility

 

APS General User Proposal System
Instructions for Beamline General User Administrators

version 2.0
August 20, 2003

Contacts
General User Program: gu_program@aps.anl.gov, 630-252-4460
Technical assistance: mis_mgrs@aps.anl.gov

 

1. Log on at http://beam.aps.anl.gov/pls/apsweb/gup0005.start_page.
   
2. Under Beamline Administration, choose CAT Evaluation. A very brief search criteria screen is displayed which offers a simple "filter."
   
3. Choose which "filter" you want to use. Under "Display proposals with new requests," two search options are provided: "New Proposals Only" and "Existing Proposals". Check one or both (the options are mutually exclusive), then click Submit. A list of proposals is displayed. More info about this list is provided below..
   
4. Choose which "filter" you want to use. Under "Display proposals with new requests," two search options are provided: "New Proposals Only" and "Existing Proposals". Check one or both (the options are mutually exclusive), then click Submit. A list of proposals is displayed. More info about this list is provided below.
   
5. Enter comments.

Option 1--Display all questions at once: C Click the scheduling period. You'll get all questions displayed on one page. The full proposal title is displayed on this page. Click Submit to record the comments. You can edit later and resubmit.
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Option 2--Display single question: Click "Edit" in the column corresponding to the question you want to answer. A page is displayed showing only that question. Click Submit to record the comments. You can edit later and resubmit.

6. To print comments: if your browser does not show a File menu option on the window, try Ctrl-P.

ABOUT THE "EVALUATION RESULTS" SCREEN

• Proposal number is a link to the PDF of the proposal and associated attachments.
• "Display review" is a link to the review sheet
• Review score. In the case of macromolecular crystallography proposals, this score may be the score provided by the proposal review panel, in case of a discrepancy of more than 0.5 in the original scores. If there is no score, it means that the review is not complete.
• Spokesperson's name.
• Scheduling period of each request: Link goes to the whole comment sheet with all questions. Full title displayed on this sheet.
• An asterisk on the scheduling period indicates that you provided comments during that period.
• Status of each request.
• Beamline choices. Your beamline(s) show(s) in bold.
• Column for each question. The questions are the same as on the old form. "Edit" link goes to the individual question.

ABOUT THE FILTER

• "New Proposals Only" will show proposals whose first request corresponds to the most recent deadline.
• "Existing Proposals" will show returning proposals with at least one request prior to the most recent deadline. All requests for the proposal are listed, both current and previous..
• It will show all proposals you are eligible to view (that is, proposals requesting any beamline for which you are a contact); your beamline(s) are shown in bold.