qcodes_loop.data.hdf5_format_hickle

class qcodes_loop.data.hdf5_format_hickle.HDF5FormatHickle
read_metadata(data_set: qcodes.data.data_set.DataSet)

Reads in the metadata

Parameters:

data_set – Dataset object to read the metadata into

write_metadata(data_set: qcodes.data.data_set.DataSet, io_manager=None, location=None, read_first=False, **kwargs)

Write all metadata in this DataSet to storage.

Parameters:

  • data_set – the data we’re storing

  • io_manager (io_manager) – the base location to write to

  • location (str) – the file location within io_manager

  • read_first (Optional[bool]) – read previously saved metadata before writing? The current metadata will still be the used if there are changes, but if the saved metadata has information not present in the current metadata, it will be retained. Default True.