Introduction

Scope

This document is meant for first time user of EDPS, and guides through the installation procedure and data reduction using the EDPS dashboard (Graphic User Interface). After working through this tutorial, the reader should be able to use other supported EDPS workflows for the reduction of user provided data.

What is EDPS?

The ESO Data Processing System (EDPS) is a framework to run ESO’s data processing pipelines and it is meant to eventually replace the previous EsoReflex environment. The general principles of EDPS have been described by Freudling, Zampieri, Coccato et al. 2024, A&A, 681, A93. Please refer to that paper if you have used EDPS for research resulting in a scientific publication.

Each of ESO’s data processing pipeline consist of a series of standalone programs called “recipes”. Each recipe is designed to process certain type(s) of input data. The processing of these input data typically requires a range of auxiliary files such as calibration files. EDPS is designed to select appropriate input data for the different recipes of a pipeline, and execute them in sequence. This is done by specifying for each pipeline the workflow for organizing data and executing the recipes. This workflow can the used to process a set of data fully automatically.

Additional documentation

The ESO instrument pipelines web pages are available here.

A more detailed description of the EDPS dashboard and its component is available here:

For specific instructions on how to reduce data from a particular instrument, consult the corresponding EDPS tutorials available in the main documentation page

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