PD Software Tests

Here we are posting the powder diffraction manual tests that we have been performing to make sure the data processing software is producing consistent result as the updating of the underlying software and architecture.

June-2025

POWGEN

Testing date: 06/30/2025

Tested version: Mantid (6.12.0) \(\Leftrightarrow\) Mantid (6.12.20250624.0926)

Tested items: Auto reduction (IPTS-36029, run number: 60456), manual reduction (with the configuration file located at /SNS/PG3/IPTS-36029/shared/autoreduce/caching/snspowderreduction.xml on ORNL Analysis)

	Status	Notes
AutoRed - Manual	✔	Manually run the auto reduction locally
ManualRed - w/ AbsCorr	✔	See the XML file mentioned above
ManualRed - w/o AbsCorr	✔	Load in the XML mentioned above and disable AbsCorr
Calibration	N/A	POWGEN pins an earlier version of Mantid for calibration

NOMAD

Testing date: 06/30/2025

Tested version: Mantid (6.10.0.1) \(\Leftrightarrow\) Mantid (6.12.20250624.0926)

Tested items: Auto reduction (IPTS-32855, run number: 203287), manual reduction (with the input file located at /SNS/NOM/IPTS-32855/shared/autoreduce/single_bank/Input on ORNL Analysis)

	Status	Notes
AutoRed - Manual	✔	Manually run the auto reduction locally
ManualRed - w/ Caching	✔	See the mentioned XML file above. Run with mts
ManualRed - w/o Caching	✔	Load in the XML mentioned above and add in the "ReCaching": true entry. Run with mts
Calibration	✔	-

HB-2A (POWDER)

Testing date: 06/30/2025

Tested version: Tested version: Mantid (6.12.0) \(\Leftrightarrow\) Mantid (6.12.20250624.0926)

Tested items: Auto reduction (IPTS-33944, run number: HB2A_exp1043_scan0063), manual reduction (see the input here)

	Status	Notes
AutoRed - Manual	✔	Manually run the auto reduction locally
ManualRed	✔	Launch Mantid Workbench and refer to the inputs above

HB-2C (WAND\(^2\))

Testing date: 06/30/2025

Tested version: Tested version: Mantid (6.12.0) \(\Leftrightarrow\) Mantid (6.12.20250624.0926)

Tested items: Auto reduction (IPTS-34142, run number: 1606639), manual reduction (use the script located at /HFIR/HB2C/shared/WANDscripts/pd_testing/HB2C_filter_parallel_06302025.py on ORNL Analysis)

	Status	Notes
AutoRed - Manual	✔	Manually run the auto reduction locally
ManualRed	✔	Run the script mentioned above with mantidpython and mantidpythonnightly