diff --git a/gracedb/migrations/0023_populate_event_pipeline_and_search.py b/gracedb/migrations/0023_populate_event_pipeline_and_search.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from south.utils import datetime_utils as datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import DataMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+GSTLAL_SPIIR_SUBMITTERS = ['gstlal-spiir', 'qi.chu@LIGO.ORG', 'shinkee.chung@LIGO.ORG',]
+
+ANALYSIS_TYPE_TO_PIPELINE = {
+    'RD' : 'Ringdown',
+    'OM' : 'Omega',
+    'Q'  : 'Q',
+    'X'  : 'X',
+    'MBTA' : 'MBTAOnline',
+    'HWINJ' : 'HardwareInjection',
+}
+
+class Migration(DataMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        for event in orm.Event.objects.all():
+            print "Event id: %d\r" % event.id
+            # If the event is a LowMass event, first decide whether 
+            # the search should be 'Test' or 'LowMass'. Then decide 
+            # whether it should be attributed to gstlal or gstlal-spiir.
+            # Similarly for HighMass
+            if event.analysisType=="LM":
+                if event.group==orm.Group.objects.get(name='Test'):
+                    event.search = orm.search.objects.get(name='Test')
+                else:
+                    event.search = orm.Search.objects.get(name='LowMass')
+
+                if event.submitter.username in GSTLAL_SPIIR_SUBMITTERS:
+                    event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='gstlal-spiir')
+                else:
+                    event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='gstlal')
+            elif event.analysisType=="HM":
+                if event.group==orm.Group.objects.get(name='Test'):
+                    event.search = orm.search.objects.get(name='Test')
+                else:
+                    event.search = orm.Search.objects.get(name='HighMass')
+
+                if event.submitter.username in GSTLAL_SPIIR_SUBMITTERS:
+                    event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='gstlal-spiir')
+                else:
+                    event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='gstlal')
+            # If the event is a GRB, decide whether it came from Fermi or 
+            # Swift. Assign all GRBs to the search 'GRB'.
+            elif event.analysisType=="GRB":
+                try:
+                    grb_event = orm.GrbEvent.objects.get(id=event.id)
+                    if grb_event.how_description.startswith('Fermi'):
+                        event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='Fermi')
+                    else:
+                        event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='Swift')
+                except:                  
+                    # An old, malformed event.
+                    event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='Fermi')
+                event.search = orm.Search.objects.get(name='GRB')
+            # For all other analysis types, we just map the analysis type
+            # to the pipeline, and leave the search blank.
+            elif event.analysisType=="CWB":
+                event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name='CWB')
+                event.searhc = orm.Search.objects.get(name='AllSky')
+            elif event.analysisType in ANALYSIS_TYPE_TO_PIPELINE.keys():
+                pipeline_name = ANALYSIS_TYPE_TO_PIPELINE[event.analysisType]
+                event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(name=pipeline_name)
+            else:
+                raise Exception("What kind of event is this anyway?")
+            event.save()
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # restore defaults
+        for event in orm.Event.objects.all():
+            event.pipeline = orm.Pipeline.objects.get(id=1)
+            event.search = None
+            event.save()
+
+    models = {
+        u'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "(u'content_type__app_label', u'content_type__model', u'codename')", 'unique_together': "((u'content_type', u'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        u'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Group']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'symmetrical': 'False', 'related_name': "u'user_set'", 'blank': 'True', 'to': u"orm['auth.Permission']"}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '30'})
+        },
+        u'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.approval': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Approval'},
+            'approvedEvent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']"}),
+            'approver': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'approvingCollaboration': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '1'}),
+            'created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.coincinspiralevent': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-id']", 'object_name': 'CoincInspiralEvent', '_ormbases': [u'gracedb.Event']},
+            'combined_far': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'end_time': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'end_time_ns': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'event_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'false_alarm_rate': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'ifos': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'mass': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'mchirp': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'minimum_duration': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'snr': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.event': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-id']", 'object_name': 'Event'},
+            'analysisType': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
+            'created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'far': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'gpstime': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'group': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Group']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'instruments': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'labels': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Label']", 'through': u"orm['gracedb.Labelling']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            'likelihood': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'nevents': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'pipeline': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'default': '1', 'to': u"orm['gracedb.Pipeline']"}),
+            'search': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Search']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'submitter': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'uid': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '20'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.eventlog': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-created', '-N']", 'unique_together': "(('event', 'N'),)", 'object_name': 'EventLog'},
+            'N': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {}),
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'event': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']"}),
+            'file_version': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'filename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '100'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'issuer': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.grbevent': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-id']", 'object_name': 'GrbEvent', '_ormbases': [u'gracedb.Event']},
+            'author_ivorn': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'author_shortname': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'coord_system': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'dec': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'error_radius': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'event_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'how_description': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'how_reference_url': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'ivorn': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'observatory_location_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'ra': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.label': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Label'},
+            'defaultColor': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'black'", 'max_length': '20'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '20'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.labelling': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Labelling'},
+            'created': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'creator': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'event': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']"}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'label': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Label']"})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.multiburstevent': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "['-id']", 'object_name': 'MultiBurstEvent', '_ormbases': [u'gracedb.Event']},
+            'amplitude': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'bandwidth': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'central_freq': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'confidence': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'duration': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'event_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'false_alarm_rate': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'ifos': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '20'}),
+            'ligo_angle': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'ligo_angle_sig': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'ligo_axis_dec': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'ligo_axis_ra': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'peak_time': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'peak_time_ns': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'snr': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'start_time': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'start_time_ns': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.pipeline': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Pipeline'},
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.search': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Search'},
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.singleinspiral': {
+            'Gamma0': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma1': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma2': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma3': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma4': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma5': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma6': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma7': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma8': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Gamma9': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'SingleInspiral'},
+            'alpha': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'alpha1': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'alpha2': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'alpha3': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'alpha4': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'alpha5': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'alpha6': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'amplitude': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'bank_chisq': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'bank_chisq_dof': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'beta': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'channel': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20'}),
+            'chi': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'chisq': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'chisq_dof': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'coa_phase': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'cont_chisq': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'cont_chisq_dof': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'eff_distance': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'end_time': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'end_time_gmst': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'end_time_ns': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'eta': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'event': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.Event']"}),
+            'event_duration': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'f_final': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ifo': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'impulse_time': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'impulse_time_ns': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'kappa': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'mass1': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'mass2': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'mchirp': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'mtotal': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'psi0': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'psi3': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'rsqveto_duration': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'search': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '20', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'sigmasq': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'snr': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'tau0': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'tau2': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'tau3': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'tau4': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'tau5': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'template_duration': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'ttotal': ('django.db.models.fields.FloatField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        u'gracedb.tag': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Tag'},
+            'displayName': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'eventlogs': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': u"orm['gracedb.EventLog']", 'symmetrical': 'False'}),
+            u'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['gracedb']
+    symmetrical = True