Removed sub-experiment info from composite analysis result

qiskit_experiments/framework/composite/composite_analysis.py

@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 from typing import List, Dict
 import numpy as np
 from qiskit.result import marginal_counts
-from qiskit_experiments.framework import BaseAnalysis, ExperimentData, AnalysisResultData
-from qiskit_experiments.database_service.device_component import Qubit
+from qiskit_experiments.framework import BaseAnalysis, ExperimentData
 
 
 class CompositeAnalysis(BaseAnalysis):
@@ -69,7 +68,6 @@ def _run_analysis(self, experiment_data: ExperimentData):
         # child data is handled by the `replace_results` kwarg of the
         # parent container it is safe to always clear and replace the
         # results of child containers in this step
-        analysis_results = []
         for i, (sub_data, sub_exp) in enumerate(zip(marginalized_data, component_exps)):
             sub_exp_data = experiment_data.child_data(component_ids[i])
 
@@ -85,23 +83,12 @@ def _run_analysis(self, experiment_data: ExperimentData):
             # we always run with replace result on component analysis
             sub_exp.analysis.run(sub_exp_data, replace_results=True)
 
-            # Record the component experiment id and type as an analysis result
-            # for evidence analysis has started and to display in the service DB
-            result = AnalysisResultData(
-                name=sub_exp_data.experiment_type,
-                value=sub_exp_data.experiment_id,
-                device_components=[
-                    Qubit(qubit) for qubit in sub_exp_data.metadata.get("physical_qubits", [])
-                ],
-            )
-            analysis_results.append(result)
-
         # Wait for all component analysis to finish before returning
         # the parent experiment analysis results
         for comp_id in component_ids:
             experiment_data.child_data(comp_id).block_for_results()
 
-        return analysis_results, []
+        return [], []
 
     def _initialize_components(self, experiment, experiment_data):
         """Initialize child data components and return list of child experiment IDs"""

releasenotes/notes/kids-in-analysis-df7b4dcbeb5b3125.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The :class:`.ParallelExperiment` and :class:`.BatchExperiment` composite experiments
+    have been changed to no longer return analysis results containing information about
+    sub-experiments. Instead, use the :meth:`~.ParallelExperiment.child_data` method to
+    retrieve sub-experiments of a given composite experiment.

test/test_composite.py

@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ def test_composite_tags(self):
 
         expdata.tags = ["a", "c", "a"]
         data1.tags = ["b"]
-        print(expdata.tags)
         self.assertEqual(sorted(expdata.tags), ["a", "c"])
         self.assertEqual(sorted(data1.tags), ["b"])
         self.assertEqual(sorted(data2.tags), [])