diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gompi-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gompi-2021b.eb
index cd639d11f66d81b4ff2bd0cb124643af6bf1c042..256eccb9d7835f5410c358ffd78860b046b89278 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gompi-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gompi-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gpsmpi-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gpsmpi-2021b.eb
index 9ba5462f99cbb121f7502f5626797fb74d7aa990..3d712d190ec9e7aef3c0300dc10ed19038a3fe57 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gpsmpi-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-gpsmpi-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iimpi-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iimpi-2021b.eb
index d0be01453132529985594083cfd88bbeedd729f6..c714022d2429841f75453f58715f7138fb7bfce0 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iimpi-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iimpi-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iompi-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iompi-2021b.eb
index b1468bdadec6d522ea5ffc8c9f2b45a06358307e..c51a66aae8cea8ec4fdb1b19844e20369501728d 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iompi-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-iompi-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-ipsmpi-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-ipsmpi-2021b.eb
index cacbe0bc474821ff6fc8442fb29420330e1422c1..2c906f05125d1b7764bc1608458e1d1f3dd66f14 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-ipsmpi-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-ipsmpi-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-npsmpic-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-npsmpic-2021b.eb
index 49c2e7e5cd993438cabe691f4dba23163bd2332f..b504b706ccffb5ab0ce0791613097e240d3db4e7 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-npsmpic-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-npsmpic-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'
diff --git a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-nvompic-2021b.eb b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-nvompic-2021b.eb
index 9336b65739855247ac19fd323f37dc55df931e88..e713e6f741fce614bd6418abffef322d8ef53665 100644
--- a/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-nvompic-2021b.eb
+++ b/Golden_Repo/s/Scalasca/Scalasca-2.6-nvompic-2021b.eb
@@ -47,7 +47,18 @@ sanity_check_paths = {
     'dirs': [],
 }
 
-# Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
-modextrapaths = {'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'}
+# note that modextrapaths can be used for relative paths only
+modextrapaths = {
+    # Ensure that local metric documentation is found by CubeGUI
+    'CUBE_DOCPATH': 'share/doc/scalasca/patterns'
+}
+
+modextravars = {
+    # Specifies an optional list of colon separated paths identifying
+    # suitable file systems for tracing. If set, the file system of
+    # trace measurements has to match at least one of the specified
+    # file systems.
+    'SCAN_TRACE_FILESYS': '/p/project:/p/scratch:/p/cscratch:/p/fastdata:/p/largedata:/p/largedata2'
+}
 
 moduleclass = 'perf'