Output format for RMS parameters is difficult to use

[tdbjacobs]

Problem 1: RMS Parameter output Currently, when we export the RMS parameters from multiple measurements, it comes out in columns and mixed units (microns, nm, m) and this makes it very hard to write standardized code to extract and work with the data.

• Sub-problem 1a: Data is in mixed units. Programs we write have to check and correct the units

• Proposed Solution 1: Put everything in meters. (no micron or nm or anything else)

• Sub-problem 1b: Data is in rows. Hard to extract.

• Proposed Solution 1: Data is in columns

• Columns. Col 1: DST name. Col 2: Measurement name. Col 3: RMS height X. Col 4: RMS height Y. Col i: RMS slope X. Etc.

• Rows. Row 1: Headings. Row 2: Units (m, 1, m^-1, m^3, etc.). All other rows: data.

[tdbjacobs]

Attached is an example spreadsheet of the ideal output.
Roughness_example.csv

[mcrot]

Okay, sounds feasible, thanks for the example, this is helpful.

[pastewka]

Do we break anybody's workflow if we just change this in the deployed system?