From 0dafdf2acf78fcaca1e3934d1255754d167b86c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Cattabiani <alessandro.cattabiani@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:03:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add scaling to report.conf

---
 commonutils.py | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/commonutils.py b/commonutils.py
index a8d1de0..9478db4 100644
--- a/commonutils.py
+++ b/commonutils.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ def setup_nrnbbcore_register_mapping(rings):
 
 def write_report_config(output_file, report_name, target_name, report_type, report_variable,
                         unit, report_format, target_type, dt, start_time, end_time, gids,
-                        buffer_size=8):
+                        buffer_size=8, scaling="Area"):
     import struct
     num_gids = len(gids)
     report_conf = Path(output_file)
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def write_report_config(output_file, report_name, target_name, report_type, repo
     with report_conf.open("wb") as fp:
         # Write the formatted string to the file
         fp.write(b"1\n")
-        fp.write(("%s %s %s %s %s %s %d %lf %lf %lf %d %d\n" % (
+        fp.write(("%s %s %s %s %s %s %d %lf %lf %lf %d %d %s\n" % (
             report_name,
             target_name,
             report_type,
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ def write_report_config(output_file, report_name, target_name, report_type, repo
             start_time,
             end_time,
             num_gids,
-            buffer_size
+            buffer_size,
+            scaling
         )).encode())
         # Write the array of integers to the file in binary format
         fp.write(struct.pack(f'{num_gids}i', *gids))

From 775315eb63755f4854315c8e57b311da8b79341d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Cattabiani <alessandro.cattabiani@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:59:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] docs

---
 commonutils.py | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/commonutils.py b/commonutils.py
index 9478db4..732794b 100644
--- a/commonutils.py
+++ b/commonutils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 from neuron import h
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import List
+from typing import Literal
 
 def mkdir_p(path):
     try:
@@ -169,7 +169,12 @@ def setup_nrnbbcore_register_mapping(rings):
 
 def write_report_config(output_file, report_name, target_name, report_type, report_variable,
                         unit, report_format, target_type, dt, start_time, end_time, gids,
-                        buffer_size=8, scaling="Area"):
+                        buffer_size=8, scaling: Literal["none", "area"] = "area"):
+    """
+    Writes the configuration for a report to a file. Check the docs here:
+    
+    https://sonata-extension.readthedocs.io/en/latest/sonata_simulation.html#reports
+    """
     import struct
     num_gids = len(gids)
     report_conf = Path(output_file)

From 6f4c682bbeb1864be70d752c3a6aaf62b64a4ce2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Cattabiani <alessandro.cattabiani@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:00:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix typo

---
 commonutils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/commonutils.py b/commonutils.py
index 732794b..26ef42f 100644
--- a/commonutils.py
+++ b/commonutils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import os
 from neuron import h
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Literal
+from typing import List, Literal
 
 def mkdir_p(path):
     try: