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ConjoinWorkspaces v1

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ConjoinWorkspaces dialog.

Summary

Join two workspaces together by appending their spectra.

Properties

Name Direction Type Default Description
InputWorkspace1 InOut MatrixWorkspace Mandatory The name of the first input workspace
InputWorkspace2 Input MatrixWorkspace Mandatory The name of the second input workspace
CheckOverlapping Input boolean True Verify that the supplied data do not overlap
YAxisLabel Input string   The label to set the Y axis to
YAxisUnit Input string   The unit to set the Y axis to

Description

This algorithm can be useful when working with large datasets. It enables the raw file to be loaded in two parts (not necessarily of equal size), the data processed in turn and the results joined back together into a single dataset. This can help avoid memory problems either because intermediate workspaces will be smaller and/or because the data will be much reduced after processing.

The output of the algorithm, in which the data from the second input workspace will be appended to the first, will be stored under the name of the first input workspace. Workspace data members other than the data (e.g. instrument etc.) will be copied from the first input workspace (but if they’re not identical anyway, then you probably shouldn’t be using this algorithm!). Both input workspaces will be deleted.

ConjoinWorkspaces operation

Example case with input workspaces having 2 and 3 spectra respectively. ConjoinWorkspaces operation

Conflict Spectrum Numbers

The algorithm adds the spectra from the first workspace and then the second workspace.

  • The original spectrum Nos will be respected if there is no conflict of spectrum Nos between the first workspace and the second.
  • If there are conflict in spectrum Nos, such that some spectrum Nos appear in both workspace1 and workspace2, then it will be resolved such that the spectrum Nos of spectra coming from workspace2 will be reset to some integer numbers larger than the largest spectrum No of the spectra from workspace1. Assuming that the largest spectrum No of workspace1 is S, then for any spectrum of workspace wi in workspace2, its spectrum No is equal to (S+1)+wi+offset, where offset is a non-negative integer.

Restrictions on the input workspace

The input workspaces must come from the same instrument, have common units and bins and no detectors that contribute to spectra should overlap.

Y axis units and labels

The optional parameters YAxisUnit and YAxisLabel can be used to change the y axis unit and label when conjoining workspaces. Changing YAxisUnit updates YAxisLabel automatically with the value of YAxisUnit, unless a separate value is supplied.

Exception

If property ‘CheckOverlapping’ is set to true, and there are spectra and/or detectors are overlapping between two input workspaces, then an ‘invalid_argument’ exception will be thrown from function ‘CheckForOverlap’.

Usage

ConjoinWorkspaces Example

ws1 = CreateSampleWorkspace(WorkspaceType="Histogram", NumBanks=2, BankPixelWidth=1, BinWidth=10, Xmax=50)
print("Number of spectra in first workspace = " +  str(ws1.getNumberHistograms()))
ws2 = CreateSampleWorkspace(WorkspaceType="Histogram", NumBanks=3, BankPixelWidth=1, BinWidth=10, Xmax=50)
print("Number of spectra in second workspace = " +  str(ws2.getNumberHistograms()))
ConjoinWorkspaces(InputWorkspace1=ws1, InputWorkspace2=ws2, CheckOverlapping=False, YAxisUnit="New unit", YAxisLabel="New label")
ws = mtd['ws1'] # Have to update workspace from ADS, as it is an in-out parameter
print("Number of spectra after ConjoinWorkspaces = " + str(ws.getNumberHistograms()))
print("Y unit is " + ws.YUnit())
print("Y label " + ws.YUnitLabel())

Output:

Number of spectra in first workspace = 2
Number of spectra in second workspace = 3
Number of spectra after ConjoinWorkspaces = 5
Y unit is New unit
Y label New label

Categories: Algorithms | Transforms\Merging