DØ How To Documents

Page updated May 18, 2005

This page contains links to "How To" documents that are intended to introduce new users to the DØ software environment. You can learn how to analyze the DØ data, how to run various standard DØ executables and how to work within the DØ software environment.

These documents are slowly being prepared. Follow the links to the currently available ones...

Introduction

How to get started.

Tutorials

Tutorials given at the June 2005 collaboration meeting : Data Analysis (F. Déliot) Trigsim (B. Vachon & C. Hensel) Trigger rate tool (S. Lammers) CAF / CAFe (R. Hauser)
Tutorials given at the February 2003 collaboration meeting.
Tutorials given at the October 2002 collaboration meeting.

Analyzing our data

How to analyze a thumbnail / DST
- Check out this example.
  - Literally!
  - Do "addpkg analysis_example" and get a working example...
- Documentation for this example is available.
- Miscellaneous information about analyzing a DST.
How to use a thumbnail ROOT Tree.
- Overview described in DØ Note 3978
How to access an existing dataset.
How to create a new dataset.

Running our executables

How to run RECO, the offline reconstruction program.
How to run the Monte Carlo.
- Generate your own events
- Request events be generated for you

Understanding our software environment

How to understand the DØ software releases.
How to use the DØ code management system.
- CVS online manual
How to use the DØ Framework to build an executable.
How to debug a DØ executable.
How to use the DØ RCP system.
How to use a chunk using the DØ Event Data Model (EDM).

Miscellania

Frequently asked questions from software developers
Frequently occuring error messages, and what they mean.
Search the DØRUG mailing list.

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