Quick links

Table of contents

• Dataset management
• CMSSW
• Tools and monitoring
• Information sharing
• Publications & references
• Repositories
• NanoAOD
• Grid computing
• Twikis
• Misc

Dataset management

• https://cmsweb.cern.ch/das/ -- enables to perform dataset-related queries
• https://cmsweb.cern.ch/phedex/ -- to make transfer (either copy or deletion) requests
• https://cms-pdmv.cern.ch/mcm/requests -- to search details about datasets (completion, fragments)
• https://cms-pdmv-dev.cern.ch/samples/ -- production campaign requests (NEW!)
• https://dmytro.web.cern.ch/dmytro/cmsprodmon/campaigns.php -- summary of production campaigns
• https://cms-gen-dev.cern.ch/xsdb/ -- native cross sections of datasets
• https://cms-pdmv.cern.ch/rereco -- ReReco campaigns
• https://cms-pdmv.gitbook.io/ -- PdmV information hub
• https://cms-pdmv.cern.ch/grasp/ -- GrASP
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/MCKnownIssues -- known issues with centrally produced samples
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/PdmVMcMScript -- McM scripting
• https://cms-pdmv.cern.ch/mcm/restapi/ -- McM API
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/DBS3APIInstructions -- access DAS via Python
• https://cms-gwmsmon.cern.ch/ -- tier info

CMSSW

• https://github.com/cms-sw/cmssw -- the repository
• https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/ReleaseNotes/ -- CMSSW changelog
• https://cmssdt.cern.ch/SDT/html/cmssdt-ib/ -- summary of CMSSW IBs
• https://cms-sw.github.io/ -- documentation about CMSSW ecosystem
• https://cmssdt.cern.ch/lxr/ -- to search occurrences of a keyword in CMSSW

Tools and monitoring

• https://gitlab.cern.ch/ -- CERN gitlab
• https://cms-conddb.cern.ch/cmsDbBrowser/ -- search and inspect GlobalTags
• https://cms-service-lumi.web.cern.ch/cms-service-lumi/ -- tool to compute integrated luminosity of a dataset or an HLT path
• https://cmswbm.cern.ch/cmsdb/servlet/RunSummary -- to inspect a data event for trigger menus, HLT paths and other details deprecated
• https://cmsoms.cern.ch/cms/runs/summary -- to inspect a data event for trigger menus, HLT paths and other details
  • https://gitlab.cern.ch/cmsoms/oms-api-client -- API for CMS OMS
• https://monit-grafana.cern.ch/ -- to monitor CRAB jobs
  • https://monit-grafana.cern.ch/goto/2XCqKhrGk -- status of tiers
• http://wlcg-sam-cms.cern.ch/templates/ember/#/historicalsmry -- to check the status of computing sites

Information sharing

• https://hypernews.cern.ch/HyperNews/CMS/top.pl -- CMS HyperNews (deprecated by the end of 2021)
• https://cms-talk.web.cern.ch/ -- discussion forum (successor to CMS HyperNews)
• https://mattermost.web.cern.ch/ -- instant messaging
• https://indico.cern.ch/ -- meeting agendas
• https://cernbox.cern.ch/ -- like Dropbox, but for CERN
• https://stikked.web.cern.ch/stikked/ -- like Pastebin, but for CERN deprecated
• https://codimd.web.cern.ch/ -- Pastebin / github gists alternative
• https://gitlab.cern.ch/dashboard/snippets -- Pastebin / github gists alternative
• https://e-groups.cern.ch/e-groups/EgroupsSearchForm.do -- searching for and subscribing to e-groups / mailing lists
• https://cms-docdb.cern.ch/ -- CMS documents
• https://cms-info.web.cern.ch/ -- CMS info hub

Publications & references

• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS -- CMS Twiki
• https://cms.cern.ch/iCMS/ -- to search for analysis notes and manage your publications
  • http://cms.cern.ch/iCMS/analysisadmin/cadilines -- CADI (search ANs)
  • http://cms.cern.ch/iCMS/jsp/iCMS.jsp -- manage your own papers
• https://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications -- CMS publications
• https://cms-results-search.web.cern.ch/ -- search engine for CMS publications
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AtlasPublic/HiggsPublicResults -- search engine for Higgs publications by ATLAS
• https://cmssdt.gitbook.io/wiki/ -- yet another Wiki (oriented towards new devs)
• https://cms-mgt-conferences.web.cern.ch/ -- conference submissions

Repositories

• CombineHarvester
  • https://github.com/cms-analysis/HiggsAnalysis-CombinedLimit
  • https://github.com/cms-analysis/CombineHarvester
  • http://cms-analysis.github.io/CombineHarvester -- documentation
• JMAR/JERC
  • https://github.com/cms-jet/JECDatabase -- JECs
  • https://github.com/cms-jet/JRDatabase -- JER corrections
  • https://github.com/cms-jet/JetToolbox -- jet toolbox (for reconstruction custom jet collections)
• Tau POG
  • https://github.com/cms-tau-pog/cmssw -- CMSSW fork
  • https://github.com/cms-tau-pog/TauTriggerSFs -- tau trigger SFs
  • https://github.com/cms-tau-pog/TauIDSFs -- tau ID SFs
• https://github.com/cms-ttH/ttH-TauMCGeneration -- MC sample generation in the context of ttH analysis
• https://github.com/CMS-LUMI-POG/Normtags -- normtags
• https://github.com/CMS-LUMI-POG/PileupTools -- PU computation
• https://github.com/cms-data -- CMS data
• https://github.com/clelange/cmssw-docker -- custom CMSSW docker images
• https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms-cloud/cmssw-docker -- official (?) CMSSW docker images
• https://github.com/dmwm/dasgoclient -- command line interface to DAS

NanoAOD

• https://github.com/cms-nanoAOD/cmssw -- official CMSSW NanoAOD fork
• https://github.com/cms-nanoAOD/nanoAOD-tools -- NanoAOD companion tool
• https://cms-nanoaod-integration.web.cern.ch/integration/ -- generated documentation of NanoAOD branches and PRs
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBookNanoAOD -- NanoAOD workbook
• https://gitlab.cern.ch/cms-nanoAOD/nanoaod-doc -- campaign descriptions
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/NanoGen -- NanoAOD from GEN/LHE tier
• see also: A further reduction in CMS event data for analysis: the NANOAOD format

Grid computing

• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBookStartingGrid -- introduction to grid computing
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/SWGuideLcgAccess -- access to the grid
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/PersonalCertificate -- instructions on obtaining the grid certificate
• CRAB
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/CRAB3ConfigurationFile -- how to write the config file
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/CRAB3Commands -- how to control your CRAB task via command line
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/CRAB3FAQ
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/JobExitCodes -- exit codes of CRAB jobs
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBookXrootdService -- data access via xrootd

Twikis

• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBook -- CMS workbook
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBookMiniAOD -- MiniAOD workbook
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/WorkBookCMSSWFramework -- EDM
• PdmV
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/PdmV -- details of data & MC processing
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/PdmVMcCampaigns -- details of MC production campaign
• POGs and PAGs
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/EgammaPOG -- E/gamma POG
    • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/EgammaIDRecipesRun2 -- E/gamma ID & its SFs
    • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/EgHLTPathDetails -- E/gamma HLT settings
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/MuonPOG -- Muon POG
    • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/SWGuideMuonIdRun2 -- Muon ID
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/BtagPOG -- BTV POG
    • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/BtagRecommendation -- b-tagging & its SFs
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/Tau -- Tau POG
    • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/TauIDRecommendationForRun2 -- recipes for Run2
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/TWikiLUM -- Lumi POG
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/TWikiTopQuark -- TOP PAG
    • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/TopSystematics -- systematics
• LHC cross section working group
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/LHCHXSWG -- front page
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/CERNYellowReportPageBR -- Higgs branching ratios
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/CERNYellowReportPageAt13TeV -- Higgs production cross sections
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/LHCHWGHH -- HH subgroup
• cross sections
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/StandardModelCrossSectionsat13TeV -- SM XS @ 13 TeV
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/SummaryTable1G25ns -- cross sections from previous campaigns
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/TtbarNNLO -- ttbar
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/LHCPhysics/SingleTopRefXsec -- single top
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/SingleTopHiggsGeneration13TeV -- single top + Higgs
• jet energy corrections
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/JetEnergyScale -- front page
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/IntroToJEC -- jumpstart
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/JECDataMC -- recommendations for GT and uncertainties
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/JECUncertaintySources -- uncertainty sources, regrouping
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/JetResolution -- jet energy resolution (methods, recipes)
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/SWGuide -- software building
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/SWGuideScram -- building suite
  • https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/SWGuideBuildFile -- how to write BuildFile.xml
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/TagAndProbe -- tag & probe method
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/DataQuality -- data acquisition plots
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/CertificationTools -- many examples on how to use lumi tools
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/PhysicsApprovals -- procedure of approving physics results
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/XSecDBTool -- tool for obtaining cross section
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/PileupJSONFileforData -- pileup
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/Internal/TdrProcessing -- procedure for creating TDR
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/PDFatCMS -- PDF recommendations
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/CMSPubComm -- PubComm Twiki
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/Internal/FigGuidelines -- guidelines for formatting figures in CMS publications
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMSPublic/FacilitiesServices -- links to facilities & services (eg site status)
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/CMS/BrilcalcQuickStart -- brilconda

Misc

• https://cms-service-dqmdc.web.cern.ch/CAF/certification/ -- PU and Golden JSONs;
• https://account.cern.ch/account/ -- account management (lxplus/AFS config, web hosting)
• https://its.cern.ch/jira -- CERN Jira
• https://cms-cric.cern.ch/ -- overview of CMS computing resources
• http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/~chenyi/JECViewer -- JEC viewer
• https://hub.docker.com/r/cmssw -- official CMSSW docker images
• http://reanahub.io -- reusable analysis platform
• http://pdg.lbl.gov/ -- PDG
• https://gitlab.cern.ch/gitlabci-examples -- CI/CD examples
• https://clouddocs.web.cern.ch/ -- CERN OpenStack guide
• https://linux.web.cern.ch/ -- CERN Linux guide
• https://espace.cern.ch/webservices-help -- CERN web hosting
• http://eos-docs.web.cern.ch/eos-docs/ -- EOS documentation
• https://cern.service-now.com/service-portal?id=kb_article&n=KB0001998 -- EOS quickstart
• https://cms-analysis.github.io/HiggsAnalysis-CombinedLimit/ -- documentation of the combine tool
• https://cms-hh.web.cern.ch/tools/inference/ -- documentation of HH inference tools
• https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/viewauth/CMS/CitationsForGenerators -- citations for generators
• https://cms-ml.github.io/documentation/ -- ML documentation
• https://lpc.web.cern.ch/ -- LHC Programme Coordination (operational data)
• https://auth.docs.cern.ch/ -- authorization services
  • https://application-portal.web.cern.ch/
  • https://auth.docs.cern.ch/service-links/
  • https://users-portal.web.cern.ch/
• https://cmsweb.cern.ch/dqm/online/ -- DQM plots
• https://analysispreservation.cern.ch/ -- analysis preservation
• https://phonebook.cern.ch/ -- quickly find contact information
• https://cms-project-generators.web.cern.ch/cms-project-generators/ -- MG5 models
• https://icms.cern.ch/tools-api/cadi/checkLatexBuild -- for validating Latex code of PAS and papers
• https://lms.cern.ch/ -- learning hub
• https://ispy-webgl.web.cern.ch/ -- event display
• https://op-webtools.web.cern.ch/ -- OP Webtools
• https://newdle.cern.ch/ -- Doodle-style polling
• https://greybook.cern.ch/ -- misc info about the LHC experiments
• https://icms.cern.ch/epr/ -- EPR pledges