diff --git a/conf/common/build.yml b/conf/common/build.yml
index 8f4e190796cb6c6167930f15645765adecd8a57a..9875df32417fb2fc99f5dd38a437bc3945d3eccf 100644
--- a/conf/common/build.yml
+++ b/conf/common/build.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 spack:
-  #url: git@gitlab.physik.uni-muenchen.de:LDAP_rbg/spack.git
-  #branch: lmu/ubuntu20.04-icon
-  #compiler: gcc@11.3.0
-  init: "" # command to load spack environment, e.g. module load spack, use spack/setup-env.sh if empty
-  url: https://github.com/spack/spack.git # url to download spack if necessary
-  branch: develop # if downloaded, branch name to use
-  externals: "" # list of packages we try to find with spack external find
-  compiler: "gcc@12.2.0" # desired compiler for spack
-  root: "%HPCROOTDIR%/spack" # path to a spack install, will be downloaded to if not present
-  user_cache_path: "%HPCROOTDIR%/spack_user_cache_path" # spack puts data here when bootstrapping, leave empty to use home folder
+  init: ""                                                # command to load spack environment, e.g. module load spack,
+                                                          # use spack/setup-env.sh if empty
+  url: https://github.com/spack/spack.git                 # url to download spack if necessary
+  branch: develop                                         # if downloaded, branch name to use
+  externals: ""                                           # list of packages we try to find with spack external find
+                                                          # In LMU we need to include slurm to this list.
+  compiler: "gcc@12.2.0"                                  # desired compiler for spack
+  root: "%HPCROOTDIR%/spack"                              # path to a spack install, will be downloaded to if not present
+  user_cache_path: "%HPCROOTDIR%/spack_user_cache_path"   # spack puts data here when bootstrapping, leave empty to use home folder
   user_config_path: "%HPCROOTDIR%/spack_user_config_path" # spack puts data here when bootstrapping, leave empty to use home folder
-  disable_local_config: false # if true, spack installs into spack source dir
+  disable_local_config: false                             # if true, spack installs into spack source dir
 
 icon:
-  build_cmd: "icon-nwp@%ICON.VERSION%% %SPACK.COMPILER% ^openmpi+pmi+legacylaunchers schedulers=slurm fabrics=ucx ucx+dc+dm+ib_hw_tm+mlx5_dv+rc+rdmacm+thread_multiple+ud+verbs"
-  version: master
+  # The command that will be used to build icon-nwp with spack
+  build_cmd: "icon-nwp@%ICON.VERSION%% %SPACK.COMPILER%"
+  # In LRZ we used the following command to point to a specific versio of openmpi:
+  # build_cmd: "icon-nwp@%ICON.VERSION%% %SPACK.COMPILER% ^openmpi/amct7nx"
+  # In LMU we used the following command to build the appropriate a version of openmpi works with slurm:
+  # build_cmd: "icon-nwp@%ICON.VERSION%% %SPACK.COMPILER% ^openmpi+pmi+legacylaunchers schedulers=slurm fabrics=ucx ucx+dc+dm+ib_hw_tm+mlx5_dv+rc+rdmacm+thread_multiple+ud+verbs"
+  version: master # The latest release at the moment of creating this file was 2.6.5-nwp0
 
 python_environment:
   # Name of the virtual environment in the remote platform experiment folder
@@ -23,9 +27,7 @@ python_environment:
   requirements:
     # Because there's an issue with numba, for now we need to keep a specific version of numpy
     - numpy==1.23
+    # Using enstools-compression to compress the outputs.
     - enstools-compression
-    # Just to try a library from a git repository.
-    - git+https://gitlab.physik.uni-muenchen.de/Oriol.Tinto/otils.git
+    # We are using the f90nml library to manipulate name lists.
     - f90nml
-
-LOGIN: "LOGIN"
diff --git a/conf/common/icon.yml b/conf/common/icon.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 387ab0d43b2c651198891dddc005db4ff12dce65..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/conf/common/icon.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-icon:
-  version: 2.6.5-nwp0
diff --git a/conf/common/platforms.yml b/conf/common/platforms.yml
index 2452b8ac5af53699b031f78a3be00453ad9f4ed4..a1ebe8ee80a73fa569066038761f60fab61f36ba 100644
--- a/conf/common/platforms.yml
+++ b/conf/common/platforms.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,54 @@
+UserInformation:
+  LMU:
+    user: FILL_USER
+    host: FILL_HOST
+    project: FILL_PROJECT
+    scratch: FILL_SCRATCH
+  LRZ:
+    user: FILL_USER
+    host: FILL_HOST
+    project: FILL_PROJECT
+    scratch: FILL_SCRATCH
+
 Platforms:
   LMU:
     TYPE: slurm
-    HOST: FILL_HOST
-    PROJECT: FILL_PROJECT
-    USER: FILL_USER
-    SCRATCH_DIR: FILL_SCRATCH
+    HOST: %UserInformation.LMU.host%
+    PROJECT: %UserInformation.LMU.project%
+    USER: %UserInformation.LMU.project%
+    SCRATCH_DIR: %UserInformation.LMU.scratch%
     ADD_PROJECT_TO_HOST: False
     MAX_WALLCLOCK: '48:00'
     TEMP_DIR: ''
-    # CUSTOM_DIRECTIVES: ["--export=ALL,OMPI_MCA_btl_tcp_if_include=\"10.0.0.0/8\""]
     CUSTOM_DIRECTIVES: "#SBATCH --export=ALL,OMPI_MCA_btl_tcp_if_include=10.0.0.0/8"
-  LOGIN:
+
+  LMU_LOGIN:
     TYPE: ps
-    HOST: FILL_HOST
-    PROJECT: FILL_PROJECT
-    USER: FILL_USER
-    SCRATCH_DIR: FILL_SCRATCH
+    HOST: %UserInformation.LMU.host%
+    PROJECT: %UserInformation.LMU.project%
+    USER: %UserInformation.LMU.project%
+    SCRATCH_DIR: %UserInformation.LMU.scratch%
     ADD_PROJECT_TO_HOST: False
     MAX_WALLCLOCK: '48:00'
     TEMP_DIR: ''
 
   LRZ:
-    # TYPE: slurm
+    TYPE: slurm
+    HOST: %UserInformation.LRZ.host%
+    PROJECT: %UserInformation.LRZ.project%
+    USER: %UserInformation.LRZ.project%
+    SCRATCH_DIR: %UserInformation.LRZ.scratch%
+    ADD_PROJECT_TO_HOST: False
+    MAX_WALLCLOCK: '48:00'
+    TEMP_DIR: ''
+
+  LRZ_LOGIN:
     TYPE: ps
-    HOST: FILL_HOST
-    PROJECT: FILL_PROJECT
-    USER: FILL_USER
-    SCRATCH_DIR: FILL_SCRATCH
+    HOST: %UserInformation.LRZ.host%
+    PROJECT: %UserInformation.LRZ.project%
+    USER: %UserInformation.LRZ.project%
+    SCRATCH_DIR: %UserInformation.LRZ.scratch%
     ADD_PROJECT_TO_HOST: False
     MAX_WALLCLOCK: '48:00'
     TEMP_DIR: ''
+
diff --git a/conf/real-from-dwd-ana/jobs.yml b/conf/real-from-dwd-ana/jobs.yml
index 594eba29f14ab552f28c02329afc9ecd5fc86a0b..04e57d429e8dee534b1b7e7c51edc9c279a06378 100644
--- a/conf/real-from-dwd-ana/jobs.yml
+++ b/conf/real-from-dwd-ana/jobs.yml
@@ -1,61 +1,4 @@
-# Example job with all options specified
 JOBS:
-  ## Job name
-  # JOBNAME:
-  ## Script to execute. If not specified, job will be omitted from workflow. "You can also specify additional files separated by a ",".
-  # Note: The post-processed additional_files will be sent to %HPCROOT%/LOG_%EXPID%
-  ## Path relative to the project directory
-  # FILE:
-  ## Platform to execute the job. If not specified, defaults to HPCARCH in expedf file.
-  ## LOCAL is always defined and refers to current machine
-  # PLATFORM:
-  ## Queue to add the job to. If not specified, uses PLATFORM default.
-  # QUEUE:
-  ## Defines dependencies from job as a list of parents jobs separated by spaces.
-  ## Dependencies to jobs in previous chunk, member o startdate, use -(DISTANCE)
-  # DEPENDENCIES:INI SIM-1 CLEAN-2
-  ## Define if jobs runs once, once per stardate, once per member or once per chunk. Options: once, date, member, chunk.
-  ## If not specified, defaults to once
-  # RUNNING:once
-  ## Specifies that job has only to be run after X dates, members or chunk. A job will always be created for the last
-  ## If not specified, defaults to 1
-  # FREQUENCY:3
-  ## On a job with FREQUENCY > 1, if True, the dependencies are evaluated against all
-  ## jobs in the frequency interval, otherwise only evaluate dependencies against current
-  ## iteration.
-  ## If not specified, defaults to True
-  # WAIT:False
-  ## Defines if job is only to be executed in reruns. If not specified, defaults to false.
-  # RERUN_ONLY:False
-  ## Wallclock to be submitted to the HPC queue in format HH:MM
-  # WALLCLOCK:00:05
-
-  ## Processors number to be submitted to the HPC. If not specified, defaults to 1.
-  ## Wallclock chunk increase (WALLCLOCK will be increased according to the formula WALLCLOCK + WCHUNKINC * (chunk - 1)).
-  ## Ideal for sequences of jobs that change their expected running time according to the current chunk.
-  # WCHUNKINC: 00:01
-  # PROCESSORS: 1
-  ## Threads number to be submitted to the HPC. If not specified, defaults to 1.
-  # THREADS: 1
-  ## Enables hyper-threading. If not specified, defaults to false.
-  # HYPERTHREADING: false
-  ## Tasks number to be submitted to the HPC. If not specified, defaults to 1.
-  # Tasks: 1
-  ## Memory requirements for the job in MB
-  # MEMORY: 4096
-  ##  Number of retrials if a job fails. If not specified, defaults to the value given on experiment's autosubmit.yml
-  # RETRIALS: 4
-  ##  Allows to put a delay between retries, of retrials if a job fails. If not specified, it will be static
-  # DELAY_RETRY_TIME: 11
-  # DELAY_RETRY_TIME: +11 # will wait 11,22,33,44...
-  # DELAY_RETRY_TIME: *11 # will wait 11,110,1110,11110...
-  ## Some jobs can not be checked before running previous jobs. Set this option to false if that is the case
-  # CHECK: False
-  ## Select the interpreter that will run the job. Options: bash, python, r Default: bash
-  # TYPE: bash
-  ## Specify the path to the interpreter. If empty, use system default based on job type  . Default: empty
-  # EXECUTABLE: /my_python_env/python3
-
   TRANSFER_PROJECT:
     FILE: templates/common/transfer_project.sh
     PLATFORM: LOCAL
@@ -65,7 +8,7 @@ JOBS:
     DEPENDENCIES: TRANSFER_PROJECT
     WALLCLOCK: 04:00
     PROCESSORS: 16
-    RETRIALS: 2 # retry beause spack downloads sometimes timeout
+    RETRIALS: 2 # retry because spack downloads sometimes timeout
     NODES: 1
 
   BUILD_PYTHON_ENVIRONMENT:
@@ -100,8 +43,8 @@ JOBS:
     RUNNING: member
     WALLCLOCK: 01:00
 
-  PREPARE_CHUNK:
-    FILE: templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_chunk.py
+  PREPARE_NAMELIST:
+    FILE: templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_namelist.py
     DEPENDENCIES: TRANSFER_PROJECT BUILD_PYTHON_ENVIRONMENT PREPARE_MEMBER RUN_ICON-1
     WALLCLOCK: 00:05
     RUNNING: chunk
@@ -112,12 +55,12 @@ JOBS:
 
   RUN_ICON:
     FILE: templates/common/run_icon.sh
-    DEPENDENCIES: PREPARE_CHUNK
+    DEPENDENCIES: PREPARE_NAMELIST
     WALLCLOCK: 04:00
     RUNNING: chunk
     PROCESSORS: 64
     MEMORY: 81920
-    CUSTOM_DIRECTIVES: [ "#SBATCH --exclusive"]
+    CUSTOM_DIRECTIVES: [ "#SBATCH --exclusive" ]
 
   COMPRESS:
     FILE: templates/common/compress.py
diff --git a/conf/real-from-ideal/jobs.yml b/conf/real-from-ideal/jobs.yml
index 46473987aa0aaf0dc6c708e770ca4a12fc4886b6..a098d920334182e985989dfe0b8d87466e36293b 100644
--- a/conf/real-from-ideal/jobs.yml
+++ b/conf/real-from-ideal/jobs.yml
@@ -1,60 +1,4 @@
-# Example job with all options specified
 JOBS:
-  ## Job name
-  # JOBNAME:
-  ## Script to execute. If not specified, job will be omitted from workflow. "You can also specify additional files separated by a ",".
-  # Note: The post-processed additional_files will be sent to %HPCROOT%/LOG_%EXPID%
-  ## Path relative to the project directory
-  # FILE:
-  ## Platform to execute the job. If not specified, defaults to HPCARCH in expedf file.
-  ## LOCAL is always defined and refers to current machine
-  # PLATFORM:
-  ## Queue to add the job to. If not specified, uses PLATFORM default.
-  # QUEUE:
-  ## Defines dependencies from job as a list of parents jobs separated by spaces.
-  ## Dependencies to jobs in previous chunk, member o startdate, use -(DISTANCE)
-  # DEPENDENCIES:INI SIM-1 CLEAN-2
-  ## Define if jobs runs once, once per stardate, once per member or once per chunk. Options: once, date, member, chunk.
-  ## If not specified, defaults to once
-  # RUNNING:once
-  ## Specifies that job has only to be run after X dates, members or chunk. A job will always be created for the last
-  ## If not specified, defaults to 1
-  # FREQUENCY:3
-  ## On a job with FREQUENCY > 1, if True, the dependencies are evaluated against all
-  ## jobs in the frequency interval, otherwise only evaluate dependencies against current
-  ## iteration.
-  ## If not specified, defaults to True
-  # WAIT:False
-  ## Defines if job is only to be executed in reruns. If not specified, defaults to false.
-  # RERUN_ONLY:False
-  ## Wallclock to be submitted to the HPC queue in format HH:MM
-  # WALLCLOCK:00:05
-
-  ## Processors number to be submitted to the HPC. If not specified, defaults to 1.
-  ## Wallclock chunk increase (WALLCLOCK will be increased according to the formula WALLCLOCK + WCHUNKINC * (chunk - 1)).
-  ## Ideal for sequences of jobs that change their expected running time according to the current chunk.
-  # WCHUNKINC: 00:01
-  # PROCESSORS: 1
-  ## Threads number to be submitted to the HPC. If not specified, defaults to 1.
-  # THREADS: 1
-  ## Enables hyper-threading. If not specified, defaults to false.
-  # HYPERTHREADING: false
-  ## Tasks number to be submitted to the HPC. If not specified, defaults to 1.
-  # Tasks: 1
-  ## Memory requirements for the job in MB
-  # MEMORY: 4096
-  ##  Number of retrials if a job fails. If not specified, defaults to the value given on experiment's autosubmit.yml
-  # RETRIALS: 4
-  ##  Allows to put a delay between retries, of retrials if a job fails. If not specified, it will be static
-  # DELAY_RETRY_TIME: 11
-  # DELAY_RETRY_TIME: +11 # will wait 11,22,33,44...
-  # DELAY_RETRY_TIME: *11 # will wait 11,110,1110,11110...
-  ## Some jobs can not be checked before running previous jobs. Set this option to false if that is the case
-  # CHECK: False
-  ## Select the interpreter that will run the job. Options: bash, python, r Default: bash
-  # TYPE: bash
-  ## Specify the path to the interpreter. If empty, use system default based on job type  . Default: empty
-  # EXECUTABLE: /my_python_env/python3
   TRANSFER_PROJECT:
     FILE: templates/common/transfer_project.sh
     PLATFORM: LOCAL
@@ -64,7 +8,7 @@ JOBS:
     DEPENDENCIES: TRANSFER_PROJECT
     WALLCLOCK: 04:00
     PROCESSORS: 16
-    RETRIALS: 2 # retry beause spack downloads sometimes timeout
+    RETRIALS: 2 # retry because spack downloads sometimes timeout
     NODES: 1
 
   BUILD_PYTHON_ENVIRONMENT:
@@ -128,8 +72,8 @@ JOBS:
     WALLCLOCK: 01:00
     PLATFORM: "%DEFAULT.HPCARCH%_LOGIN"
 
-  PREPARE_CHUNK:
-    FILE: templates/real-from-ideal/prepare_chunk.py
+  PREPARE_NAMELIST:
+    FILE: templates/real-from-ideal/prepare_namelist.py
     DEPENDENCIES: TRANSFER_PROJECT BUILD_PYTHON_ENVIRONMENT PREPARE_MEMBER RUN_ICON-1
     WALLCLOCK: 00:05
     RUNNING: chunk
@@ -139,7 +83,7 @@ JOBS:
 
   RUN_ICON:
     FILE: templates/common/run_icon.sh
-    DEPENDENCIES: PREPARE_CHUNK
+    DEPENDENCIES: PREPARE_NAMELIST
     WALLCLOCK: 01:00
     RUNNING: chunk
     PROCESSORS: 16
diff --git a/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_chunk.py b/templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_namelist.py
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_chunk.py
rename to templates/real-from-dwd-ana/prepare_namelist.py
diff --git a/templates/real-from-ideal/prepare_chunk.py b/templates/real-from-ideal/prepare_namelist.py
similarity index 100%
rename from templates/real-from-ideal/prepare_chunk.py
rename to templates/real-from-ideal/prepare_namelist.py