Access to the Run Info database

The Run Info database is used by the scouting system to store various configuration data. It can be accessed using the RunInfoServlet from within the CMS technical network.

The details of a given run for a given user (for local runs of the scouting system this is "scoutdev" or, less often "scoutpro") can be obtained by clicking on the run number.

Note: For global runs the data is always stored under the "toppro" user.

An example of the data stored during a local run is given here:

Note: For a global run it would be necessary to search for the prefix CMS.l1scout in order to filter out the information from other systems.

Example: extract the CMSSW menu used for a run

To obtain the menu used in a given run you will need to find the entry CMS.l1scout:CONFIG.MENU. The "value" is a string that contains escaped characters for technical reasons. To make it (reasonably) human-readable you can use Python to write it to a file:

with open("/tmp/scouting_menu.py", "w") as f:
    f.write("import FWCore.ParameterSet.Config as cms\n\nprocess = cms.Process( \"SCHLP\" )\n\nprocess.transferSystem = cms.PSet( \n destinations = cms.vstring( 'Tier0',\n 'Lustre',\n 'None' ), ... ") 

...

Once executed, you should have the menu in a human-readable format: