After logging in with a User ID and Password each user gets access to their list of proposals that passed the OTAC successfully.
Clicking on the title of one of the proposals in the list brings up the proposal details page of that proposal (see Fig. 4). The form already contains some information given by the PI when applying for XMM-Newton observation time (e.g. address of PI and Co-Is, proposal title, type, category and abstract, ...).
All fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory and have to be filled in. XRPS will accept the input when clicking on the ''commit'' button. This will enter the information in the intermediate memory area described in § 4.3. In the case where an entry in a ''mandatory'' field is missing, an error message will be displayed specifying which field does not contain a proper entry. In such a case, change it accordingly and try again to commit the information to memory.
It is strongly recommended to fill in also the ''non-mandatory'' fields as detailed as possible. This information will be very helpful to the SOC during the enhancement phase of the proposal afterwards.