LoadISISNexus v2

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LoadISISNexus dialog.

Summary

Loads a file in ISIS NeXus format.

Properties

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’]

Description

Loads a Nexus file created from an ISIS instrument.

Data loaded from Nexus File

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

Run 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.

Sample Object

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.

Usage

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

Source

C++ source: LoadISISNexus2.cpp

C++ header: LoadISISNexus2.h