Data Delivery Tracking Tool

 

Authors

Matt Macduff — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Sherman Beus — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Nicole Noel Keck — Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Category

Infrastructure & Outreach

Description

In 2012, the Data Delivery Tracking Tool was developed to help ARM Operations manage data flow from the sites to the ARM Data Archive. This tool queried databases and other sources from across the ARM infrastructure to provide a single view of the current data state. The intent was to create a tool that told the truth. This required the development of a flexible process to accommodate exceptions, ignore routine noise, and minimize cascading error reporting. The tool is currently used routinely across the ARM infrastructure.