diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
index 16ad4174d7d3dd345aa668b5feab5069ad402f71..c19d2ebd5487a689703d12e554c9889d952877d1 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/HPC_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ max_year=`echo "${years[*]}" | sort -nr | head -n1`
 min_year=`echo "${years[*]}" | sort -nr | tail -n1`
 # set some paths
 # note, that destination_dir is used during runtime to set a proper experiment directory
-exp_id=xxx
+exp_id=xxx                                          # experiment identifier is set by 'generate_workflow_runscripts.sh'
 source_dir=${SAVE_DIR}/extractedData
 destination_dir=${SAVE_DIR}/preprocessedData/era5-Y${min_year}to${max_year}M01to12
 script_dir=`pwd`
diff --git a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
index 8f25c2b3dec3140f4a8a77d1a992e2a1682c69ac..172763151557108664c8ba8c9b9028ea2aa5f4f0 100644
--- a/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
+++ b/video_prediction_savp/Zam347_scripts/DataPreprocess_template.sh
@@ -5,20 +5,26 @@ 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            # adapt suffix manually!
+# select years for dataset
+declare -a years=(
+                 "2017"
+                  )
+
+max_year=`echo "${years[*]}" | sort -nr | head -n1`
+min_year=`echo "${years[*]}" | sort -nr | tail -n1`
+# set some paths
+# note, that destination_dir is used during runtime to set a proper experiment directory
+exp_id=xxx                                          # experiment identifier is set by 'generate_workflow_runscripts.sh'
+source_dir=${SAVE_DIR}/extractedData
+destination_dir=${SAVE_DIR}/preprocessedData/era5-Y${min_year}to${max_year}M01to12
 script_dir=`pwd`
 
-# select years to process
-declare -a years=("2017")
-
 for year in "${years[@]}";
     do
         echo "Year $year"
         echo "source_dir ${source_dir}/${year}"
         mpirun -np 2 python ../../workflow_parallel_frame_prediction/DataPreprocess/mpi_stager_v2_process_netCDF.py \
-         --source_dir ${source_dir} -scr_dir ${script_dir} \
+         --source_dir ${source_dir} -scr_dir ${script_dir} -exp_dir ${exp_id} \
          --destination_dir ${destination_dir} --years ${years} --vars T2 MSL gph500 --lat_s 74 --lat_e 202 --lon_s 550 --lon_e 710
     done
 python ../../workflow_parallel_frame_prediction/DataPreprocess/mpi_split_data_multi_years.py --destination_dir ${destination_dir} --varnames T2 MSL gph500