LoadISISNexus dialog.
Table of Contents
| Name | Direction | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filename | Input | string | Mandatory | The name of the Nexus file to load. Allowed extensions: [‘.nxs’, ‘.n*’] |
| OutputWorkspace | Output | Workspace | Mandatory | |
| SpectrumMin | Input | number | 0 | |
| SpectrumMax | Input | number | Optional | |
| SpectrumList | Input | int list | ||
| EntryNumber | Input | number | 0 | 0 indicates that every entry is loaded, into a separate workspace within a group. A positive number identifies one entry to be loaded, into one worskspace |
| LoadMonitors | Input | string | Include | Option to control the loading of monitors. Allowed options are Include,Exclude, Separate. Include:The default is Include option would load monitors with the workspace if monitors spectra are within the range of loaded detectors. If the time binning for the monitors is different from the binning of the detectors this option is equivalent to the Separate option Exclude:Exclude option excludes monitors from the output workspace. Separate:Separate option loads monitors into a separate workspace called: OutputWorkspace_monitors. Defined aliases: 1: Equivalent to Separate. 0: Equivalent to Exclude. Allowed values: [‘Include’, ‘Exclude’, ‘Separate’] |
Loads a Nexus file created from an ISIS instrument.
Not all of the nexus file is loaded. This section tells you what is loaded and where it goes in the workspace.
The nexus file must have raw_data_1 as its main group and contain a /isis_vms_compat group to be loaded.
The workspace data is loaded from raw_data_1/Detector_1.
Instrument information is loaded from raw_data_1/Instrument if available in file, otherwise instrument information is read from a MantidInstall instrument directory.
Also the NSP1, UDET, SPEC, HDR, IRPB, RRPB, SPB and RSPB sections of raw_data_1/isis_vms_compat are read. The contents of isis_vms_compat are a legacy from an older ISIS format.
Here are some tables that show it in more detail:
| Description of Data | Found in Nexus file (within ‘raw_data_1’) | Placed in Workspace (Workspace2D) |
|---|---|---|
| Monitor Data | within groups of Class NXMonitor (one monitor per group) | Monitor histogram data (loaded depending on prop. LoadMonitors) |
| Detector Data | group Detector_1 (all detectors in one group) | Histogram Data |
| Instrument | group Instrument | Workspace instrument |
| Spectrum of each detector ID | NSP1, UDET and SPEC within isis_vms_compat | Spectra-Detector mapping |
| Run | various places as shown below | Run object |
| Sample | SPB and RSPB within isis_vms_compat | Sample Object |
LoadISISNexus executes LoadNexusLogs v1 to load run logs from the Nexus runlog or some other appropriate group. It also loads the Nexus raw_data_1/periods/proton_charge group into the proton_charge_by_period property of the workspace run object.
Properties of the workspace Run object are loaded as follows:
| Nexus | Workspace run object |
|---|---|
| HDR | run_header (spaces inserted between fields) |
| title | run_title |
| start_time | run_start |
| end_time | run_end |
| (data) | nspectra |
| (data) | nchannels |
| (data) | nperiods |
| IRPB[0] | dur |
| IRPB[1] | durunits |
| IRPB[2] | dur_freq |
| IRPB[3] | dmp |
| IRPB[4] | dmp_units |
| IRPB[5] | dmp_freq |
| IRPB[6] | freq |
| IRPB[7] | gd_prtn_chrg |
| RRPB[9] | goodfrm |
| RRPB[10] | rawfrm |
| RRPB[11] | dur_wanted |
| RRPB[12] | dur_secs |
| RRPB[13] | mon_sum1 |
| RRPB[14] | mon_sum2 |
| RRPB[15] | mon_sum3 |
| RRPB[21] | rb_proposal |
In the Nexus column, names of groups in capitals are in raw_data_1/isis_vms_compat and the other groups are in raw_data_1.
(data) indicates that the number is got from the histogram data in an appropiate manner.
IRPB and RRPB point to the same data. In IRPB, the data is seen as 32-bit integer and in RRPB it is seen as 32-bit floating point (same 32 bits). In all cases, integers are passed. The 32-bit floating point numbers are used only to store larger integers.
The other indices of IRPB and RRPB are not read.
Properties of the workspace sample object are loaded as follows:
| Nexus | Workspace sample object |
|---|---|
| SPB[2] | Geometry flag |
| RSPB[3] | Thickness |
| RSPB[4] | Height |
| RSPB[5] | Width |
Nexus groups are found in raw_data_1/isis_vms_compat. Other indices of SPB & RSPB are not read.
Note
To run these usage examples please first download the usage data, and add these to your path. In MantidPlot this is done using Manage User Directories.
Example - Load without any optional arguments:
# Load LOQ histogram dataset
ws = LoadISISNexus('LOQ49886.nxs')
print "The 1st x-value of the first spectrum is: " + str(ws.readX(0)[0])
Output:
The 1st x-value of the first spectrum is: 5.0
Example - Using SpectrumMin and SpectrumMax:
# Load from LOQ data file spectrum 2 to 3.
ws = LoadISISNexus('LOQ49886.nxs',SpectrumMin=2,SpectrumMax=3)
print "The number of histograms (spectra) is: " + str(ws.getNumberHistograms())
Output:
The number of histograms (spectra) is: 2
Example - Using EntryNumber:
# Load first period of multiperiod POLREF data file
ws = LoadISISNexus('POLREF00004699.nxs', EntryNumber=1)
print "The number of histograms (spectra) is: " + str(ws.getNumberHistograms())
Output:
The number of histograms (spectra) is: 246
Categories: Algorithms | DataHandling\Nexus