SciCat

SciCat is the data catalog of choice in ESS.
It has been developed as an in-kind contribution and through a collaboration between ESS, PSI, and MaxIV.

The current version is 4.x, and it is based on the following technologies:

• backend

  • mongodb

  • mongoose

  • typescript

  • node.js

  • nest.js

• frontend

  • node.js

  • angular.js

In order to log in into SciCat, please click on the user icon visible in the top right corner of any page. You will see the login screen

Once you have successfully logged in, you are directed to the dataset list page.

This page includes the search form which provides all the functionalities to search and find a specific subset of datasets.
Using the search form, you can select the datasets that you are interested in. You can view the details page of a specific dataset (show below) by clicking on it.

If you need to use the access token in other applications, you can find it under the settings item of the main menu accessible by clicking on the user icon in the top right corner of the page. The access token, also called authentication token, is visible under the name SciCat Token. As you can see, the UI offers a convenient copy to clipboard functionality.