[Jlab-scicomp-briefs] JLab Workflow Software (SWIF) is ready for beta testing

[Jie Chen]

Dear Jefferson Lab Scientific Computing Users:

To reduce users' effort of carrying out complex data analysis on the 
JLab farm clusters, a workflow software system called SWIF (scientific 
workflow indefatigable factotum) has been developed and is ready for 
BETA testing. The design of the system was done by a collaboration 
between the Scientific Computing group and the experimental halls, and 
was implemented by the Scientific Computing Group with inputs from other 
software developers and users. The system functions as a middleman 
between a user and Auger system, and it provides the following enhanced 
capabilities:

  * Job grouping and phased release
  * Tape-savvy job scheduling
  * Automatic classification of errors
  * Mass job modification, resubmission, recall, cancellation
  * Ability to specify job outputs at runtime
  * At-a-glance status information
  * Detailed metrics

The software system is currently available as a command-line utility at 
/site/bin/swif and its command options can be found via swif -help or 
through the web page at https://scicomp.jlab.org/docs/swif-cli . For 
more information about the system, visit 
https://scicomp.jlab.org/docs/swif . Please send comments, feature 
requests and bug reports either through the ccpr system or directly to 
the developers (scicomp at jlab.org). Thank you very much.

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#     Jie Chen
#     Scientific Computing Group
#     Jefferson Lab
#     12000 Jefferson Ave
#     Newport News, VA 23606
#     757-269-5046
#     chen at jlab.org
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