XMM-Newton Phase II RPS Users Manual

4.4.3 Bottom frame

At the bottom frame, a number of click-on buttons are displayed which have the following functionality:

• ”Check Proposal”
  This button can be used at any time to perform a formal check on the exposure times (including overhead and delay/offset times) for all instruments of all observations in the proposal draft stored in the intermediate memory. Proposals that are returned with formal errors must be corrected before they can be submitted. More details on this option are provided in § 5.3.

• ”PDF Version of Proposal”
  This allows the user to create a PDF version of the proposal. More details on this option are provided in § 5.5.

• ”Technical Evaluation”
  This allows the user to check the draft proposal for potential problems with the selected instrument configuration based on the provided source characteristics (e.g. forbidden OM filters because of exceeded brightness limits, pile-up, etc...). More details on this option are provided in § 5.6.

• ”Download Help”
  The Download Help button offers a hyperlink to this document, the ”XRPS Users Manual”.

• ”Proposal List”
  Hyperlink leading back up to the list of proposals of the PI. From there one can also go back up to the XRPS entry page.