diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh
index bcf950e93145bcc8b0d15892a606d4cc5d7dd66e..e953b5bc3fd2a836a74b647c1066735d19e39640 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #SBATCH --mail-type=ALL
 #SBATCH --mail-user=b.gong@fz-juelich.de
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
 
 # Name of virtual environment 
 VIRT_ENV_NAME="vp"
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh
index bb36609129d2c45c5c0cbfaaf0675a7e338eb09c..6d0f321cf67f99c12632c8012e8c43f2835b1e3e 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 #SBATCH --mail-user=b.gong@fz-juelich.de
 ##jutil env activate -p cjjsc42
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+
 # Name of virtual environment 
 VIRT_ENV_NAME="vp"
 
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/train_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/train_era5_template.sh
index 5173564faae730cda10ac3acc072fe9ed43cb7b3..f368a8a1a506f4b6127e01b3f16df5f4d648241c 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/train_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/train_era5_template.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 #SBATCH --mail-user=b.gong@fz-juelich.de
 ##jutil env activate -p cjjsc42
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
 
 # Name of virtual environment 
 VIRT_ENV_NAME="vp"
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataExtraction_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataExtraction_template.sh
index 6953b7d8484b0eba9d8928b86b1ffbe9d396e8f0..e208fd69322cb82938482c745e311c0eb0d4fe11 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataExtraction_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataExtraction_template.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
 
 mpirun -np 4 python ../../workflow_parallel_frame_prediction/DataExtraction/mpi_stager_v2.py --source_dir /home/b.gong/data_era5/2017/ --destination_dir /home/${USER}/extractedData/2017
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh
index 64f25726cbca71717d634fa6f107bac2d5ef323c..fc92afd8fe7e8385162ba95a5e1ab3c6ceab599a 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess2tf_template.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+
 # declare directory-variables which will be modified appropriately during Preprocessing (invoked by mpi_split_data_multi_years.py)
 source_dir=/home/${USER}/preprocessedData/
 destination_dir=/home/${USER}/preprocessedData/
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
index b9941b0e703346f31fd62339882a07ccc20454da..8f25c2b3dec3140f4a8a77d1a992e2a1682c69ac 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
 
+# some path variables
 source_dir=/home/$USER/extractedData
-destination_dir=/home/$USER/preprocessedData/era5-Y2017M01to02
+destination_dir=/home/$USER/preprocessedData/era5-Y2017M01to02            # adapt suffix manually!
 script_dir=`pwd`
 
+# select years to process
 declare -a years=("2017")
 
 for year in "${years[@]}";
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh
index d9d710e5c4f3cc2d2825bf67bf2b668f6f9ddbd8..72768e241ce5ce612a6775668610ab1456436201 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/generate_era5_template.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+
 # declare directory-variables which will be modified appropriately during Preprocessing (invoked by mpi_split_data_multi_years.py)
 source_dir=/home/${USER}/preprocessedData/
 checkpoint_dir=/home/${USER}/models/
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/train_era5_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/train_era5_template.sh
index aadb25997e2715ac719457c969a6f54982ec93a6..d06392621182ea6b046bfda77c93b1d2b422aa56 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/train_era5_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/train_era5_template.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+echo "Do not run the template scripts"
+exit 99
+######### Template identifier (don't remove) #########
+
 # declare directory-variables which will be modified appropriately during Preprocessing (invoked by mpi_split_data_multi_years.py)
 source_dir=/home/${USER}/preprocessedData/
 destination_dir=/home/${USER}/models/