High Level Software for the Commissioning of the European XFEL

The European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) will generate extremely short and intense X-ray flashes from the electron beam of a 2.1 km long superconducting linear accelerator. The commissioning and operation of the accelerator relies heavily on high level software for the automatization of measurements and procedures. The paper gives an overview of the ongoing work and highlights some new measurement techniques.