Towards an automated data analysis for MAGIC

MAGIC consists of two Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes with a diameter of 17 m each. The system is dedicated to the observation of very-high-energy (VHE) gamma-rays from Galactic and extragalactic sources. The MAGIC analysis software is designed as a collection of executables for different analysis tasks. Performing an analysis of a specific source, several user interactions are required, such as the data selection and the adjustment of executable settings according to the data. The data selection and analysis are dependent on observation conditions, including e.g. the atmospheric transmission, sky brightness, zenith angle of the telescope and many more. An automation will not only simplify this analysis procedure, it will also allow for consistent analyses of long-term observations or systematic analyses of weak sources. The first step for this automation is to improve the data selection procedure. For this purpose, a database is developed, providing access to all required parameters. In this talk, the concept of an automated analysis and the development of a database are presented.