Pressing the ''Technical Evaluation'' button will produce an evaluation report summarizing possible instrument setup problems related to an optimal use of the instruments with respect to the scientific goals and eventual instrument safety issues. This is a preliminary check that should help to spot some of the most evident problems (e.g. pile-up, optical loading, etc.) of a proposal already at this stage.
The ''Technical Evaluation'' report is generated by pressing the ''Technical Evaluation'' button and sent to the email address specified in the personal details page of the PI.
Please, complete all forms of the proposal in detail before running the ''Technical Evaluation'' to avoid a lot of warnings in the ''Technical Evaluation'' report that were just generated because of missing information.
For every problem-type detected in the proposal a short problem description will be produced, together with guidelines as to how to solve the problem. It is also clearly stated there if the suggested changes are ''MANDATORY'', in order to not endanger the health of the instruments, or just ''SUGGESTIONS'' to optimize the data quality of the requested observations.
Although it is possible to submit a proposal containing ''Technical Evaluation'' problems even of the ''MANDATORY'' type, the SOC will NOT allow the requested observation to be performed without changes, and will come back to the PI with an alternative solution during the proposal enhancement process.
In all other cases it is the ultimate responsibility of the PI to check the impact of the suggested changes on the scientific goal of their proposal and to accept or reject the suggestions accordingly. However, during the process of ''proposal enhancement'' the SOC will propose to the PI an ''optimal'' instrument setup taking into account the latest calibration results from the instruments.
