diff --git a/notebooks/ePix100/Correction_ePix100_NBC.ipynb b/notebooks/ePix100/Correction_ePix100_NBC.ipynb
index f850adfdd6c506fdc152be638678e6bde86dfef8..0d28fa8e63b0a44a053bfec25421d0dd79c00fae 100644
--- a/notebooks/ePix100/Correction_ePix100_NBC.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/ePix100/Correction_ePix100_NBC.ipynb
@@ -100,10 +100,9 @@
     "from cal_tools.calcat_interface import EPIX100_CalibrationData\n",
     "from cal_tools.epix100 import epix100lib\n",
     "from cal_tools.files import DataFile\n",
-    "from cal_tools.restful_config import restful_config\n",
     "from cal_tools.tools import (\n",
+    "    record_constant_details,\n",
     "    calcat_creation_time,\n",
-    "    CalibrationMetadata,\n",
     ")\n",
     "from cal_tools.step_timing import StepTimer\n",
     "\n",
@@ -304,22 +303,12 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Record constant details in YAML metadata\n",
-    "epix_metadata = const_metadata[karabo_da]\n",
-    "CalibrationMetadata(metadata_folder or out_folder).add_fragment({\n",
-    "    \"retrieved-constants\": {\n",
-    "        karabo_da: {\n",
-    "            \"constants\": {\n",
-    "                cname: {\n",
-    "                    \"path\": str(epix_cal.caldb_root / ccv_metadata[\"path\"]),\n",
-    "                    \"dataset\": ccv_metadata[\"dataset\"],\n",
-    "                    \"creation-time\": ccv_metadata[\"begin_validity_at\"],\n",
-    "                    \"ccv_id\": ccv_metadata[\"ccv_id\"],\n",
-    "                } for cname, ccv_metadata in epix_metadata.items()\n",
-    "            },\n",
-    "            \"physical-name\": list(epix_metadata.values())[0][\"physical_name\"],\n",
-    "        }\n",
-    "    }\n",
-    "})"
+    "record_constant_details(\n",
+    "    out_folder=(metadata_folder or out_folder),\n",
+    "    karabo_da=karabo_da,\n",
+    "    det_metadata=const_metadata[karabo_da],\n",
+    "    caldb_root=epix_cal.caldb_root,\n",
+    "    )"
    ]
   },
   {
diff --git a/notebooks/pnCCD/Correct_pnCCD_NBC.ipynb b/notebooks/pnCCD/Correct_pnCCD_NBC.ipynb
index 0d671b3f1e6041555f1e50333b243d9c685cd89b..c5b771faa4b98e17653c647ef39eae50123d96fd 100644
--- a/notebooks/pnCCD/Correct_pnCCD_NBC.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/pnCCD/Correct_pnCCD_NBC.ipynb
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@
     "import numpy as np\n",
     "import pasha as psh\n",
     "from IPython.display import Markdown, display\n",
-    "from calibration_client import CalibrationClient\n",
     "from extra_data import H5File, RunDirectory\n",
     "from prettytable import PrettyTable\n",
     "\n",
@@ -116,10 +115,9 @@
     "from cal_tools.calcat_interface import PNCCD_CalibrationData\n",
     "from cal_tools.tools import (\n",
     "    calcat_creation_time,\n",
-    "    CalibrationMetadata,\n",
+    "    record_constant_details,\n",
     ")\n",
-    "from cal_tools.step_timing import StepTimer\n",
-    "from cal_tools import h5_copy_except"
+    "from cal_tools.step_timing import StepTimer"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -171,11 +169,6 @@
     "# Output Folder Creation:\n",
     "os.makedirs(out_folder, exist_ok=True)\n",
     "\n",
-    "# NOTE: this notebook shouldn't overwrite calibration metadata file.\n",
-    "metadata = CalibrationMetadata(metadata_folder or out_folder)\n",
-    "# Constant paths are saved under retrieved-constants in calibration_metadata.yml\n",
-    "const_yaml = metadata.get(\"retrieved-constants\", {})\n",
-    "\n",
     "# extract control data\n",
     "step_timer.start()\n",
     "\n",
@@ -318,27 +311,19 @@
     "if relgain:\n",
     "    constant_names += [\"RelativeGainCCD\"]\n",
     "\n",
-    "if const_yaml:  #  Used while reproducing corrected data.\n",
-    "    print(f\"Using stored constants in {metadata.filename}\")\n",
-    "    constants = dict()\n",
-    "    for cname, mdata in const_yaml[karabo_da][\"constants\"].items():\n",
-    "        constants[cname] = dict()\n",
-    "        if mdata[\"creation-time\"]:\n",
-    "            with h5py.File(mdata[\"path\"], \"r\") as cf:\n",
-    "                constants[cname] = np.copy(\n",
-    "                    cf[f\"{mdata['dataset']}/data\"])\n",
-    "else:\n",
-    "    pnccd_cal = PNCCD_CalibrationData(\n",
-    "        detector_name=karabo_id,\n",
-    "        sensor_bias_voltage=bias_voltage,\n",
-    "        integration_time=integration_time,\n",
-    "        sensor_temperature=fix_temperature_top,\n",
-    "        gain_setting=gain,\n",
-    "        event_at=creation_time,\n",
-    "        source_energy=photon_energy,\n",
-    "        client=rest_cfg.calibration_client(),\n",
-    "    )\n",
-    "    constants = pnccd_cal.ndarray_map(calibrations=constant_names)[karabo_da]\n",
+    "pnccd_cal = PNCCD_CalibrationData(\n",
+    "    detector_name=karabo_id,\n",
+    "    sensor_bias_voltage=bias_voltage,\n",
+    "    integration_time=integration_time,\n",
+    "    sensor_temperature=fix_temperature_top,\n",
+    "    gain_setting=gain,\n",
+    "    event_at=creation_time,\n",
+    "    source_energy=photon_energy,\n",
+    "    client=rest_cfg.calibration_client(),\n",
+    ")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "constants = pnccd_cal.ndarray_map(calibrations=constant_names)[karabo_da]\n",
     "\n",
     "# Validate the constants availability and raise/warn correspondingly. \n",
     "missing_dark_constants = set(\n",
@@ -354,6 +339,23 @@
     "step_timer.done_step(\"Constants retrieval\")"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "# Record constant details in YAML metadata\n",
+    "pnccd_metadata = pnccd_cal.metadata(calibrations=constant_names)[karabo_da]\n",
+    "\n",
+    "record_constant_details(\n",
+    "    out_folder=(metadata_folder or out_folder),\n",
+    "    karabo_da=karabo_da,\n",
+    "    det_metadata=pnccd_metadata,\n",
+    "    caldb_root=pnccd_cal.caldb_root,\n",
+    "    )"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
diff --git a/notebooks/pnCCD/pnCCD_retrieve_constants_precorrection.ipynb b/notebooks/pnCCD/pnCCD_retrieve_constants_precorrection.ipynb
deleted file mode 100644
index ee52c8d278e0e8e1d39dd2496e348235d3419a0a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/notebooks/pnCCD/pnCCD_retrieve_constants_precorrection.ipynb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,220 +0,0 @@
-{
- "cells": [
-  {
-   "cell_type": "markdown",
-   "metadata": {},
-   "source": [
-    "# pnCCD retrieve constants precorrection\n",
-    "\n",
-    "Author: European XFEL Detector Group, Version: 1.0\n",
-    "\n",
-    "The following notebook provides constants for the selected pnCCD modules before executing correction on the selected sequence files."
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "in_folder = \"/gpfs/exfel/exp/SQS/202031/p900166/raw\"  # input folder\n",
-    "out_folder = \"/gpfs/exfel/data/scratch/ahmedk/test/remove/pnccd_correct\"  # output folder\n",
-    "metadata_folder = \"\"  # Directory containing calibration_metadata.yml when run by xfel-calibrate\n",
-    "run = 347  # which run to read data from\n",
-    "\n",
-    "karabo_da = 'PNCCD01'  # data aggregators\n",
-    "karabo_id = \"SQS_NQS_PNCCD1MP\"  # detector Karabo_ID\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Conditions for retrieving calibration constants\n",
-    "fix_temperature_top = 0.  # fix temperature for top sensor in K, set to 0. to use value from slow data.\n",
-    "gain = -1  # the detector's gain setting. Set to -1 to use the value from the slow data.\n",
-    "bias_voltage = 0.  # the detector's bias voltage. set to 0. to use value from slow data.\n",
-    "integration_time = 70  # detector's integration time\n",
-    "photon_energy = 1.6  # Al fluorescence in keV\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Parameters for the calibration database.\n",
-    "cal_db_interface = \"tcp://max-exfl016:8015\"  # calibration DB interface to use\n",
-    "cal_db_timeout = 300000  # timeout on CalibrationDB requests\n",
-    "creation_time = \"\"  # The timestamp to use with Calibration DBe. Required Format: \"YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss\" e.g. 2019-07-04 11:02:41\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Booleans for selecting corrections to apply.\n",
-    "only_offset = False  # Only, apply offset.\n",
-    "relgain = True  # Apply relative gain correction\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# parameters affecting stored output data.\n",
-    "overwrite = True  # keep this as True to not overwrite the output "
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "from logging import warning\n",
-    "from pathlib import Path\n",
-    "\n",
-    "from IPython.display import Markdown, display\n",
-    "from calibration_client import CalibrationClient\n",
-    "from extra_data import RunDirectory\n",
-    "\n",
-    "import cal_tools.restful_config as rest_cfg\n",
-    "from cal_tools import pnccdlib\n",
-    "from cal_tools.calcat_interface import PNCCD_CalibrationData\n",
-    "from cal_tools.tools import (\n",
-    "    calcat_creation_time,\n",
-    "    CalibrationMetadata,\n",
-    ")"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "in_folder = Path(in_folder)\n",
-    "out_folder = Path(out_folder)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "out_folder.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "metadata = CalibrationMetadata(metadata_folder or out_folder)\n",
-    "# NOTE: this notebook will not overwrite calibration metadata file,\n",
-    "# if it already contains details about which constants to use.\n",
-    "retrieved_constants = metadata.setdefault(\"retrieved-constants\", {})"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "# Here the correction booleans dictionary is defined\n",
-    "corr_bools = {}\n",
-    "\n",
-    "corr_bools[\"only_offset\"] = only_offset\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Apply offset only.\n",
-    "if not only_offset:\n",
-    "    corr_bools[\"relgain\"] = relgain"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "print(f\"Calibration database interface selected: {cal_db_interface}\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Run's creation time:\n",
-    "creation_time = calcat_creation_time(in_folder, run, creation_time)\n",
-    "print(f\"Creation time: {creation_time}\")"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "run_dc = RunDirectory(in_folder / f\"r{run:04d}\", _use_voview=False)\n",
-    "ctrl_data = pnccdlib.PnccdCtrl(run_dc, karabo_id)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# extract control data\n",
-    "if bias_voltage == 0.0:\n",
-    "    bias_voltage = ctrl_data.get_bias_voltage()\n",
-    "if gain == -1:\n",
-    "    gain = ctrl_data.get_gain()\n",
-    "if fix_temperature_top == 0:\n",
-    "    fix_temperature_top = ctrl_data.get_fix_temperature_top()\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Printing the Parameters Read from the Data File:\n",
-    "display(Markdown(\"### Detector Parameters\"))\n",
-    "print(f\"Bias voltage: {bias_voltage:0.1f} V.\")\n",
-    "print(f\"Detector gain: {int(gain)}.\")\n",
-    "print(f\"Detector integration time: {integration_time} ms\")\n",
-    "print(f\"Top pnCCD sensor temperature: {fix_temperature_top:0.2f} K\")"
-   ]
-  },
-  {
-   "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
-   "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
-   "source": [
-    "display(Markdown(\"### Constants retrieval\"))\n",
-    "pnccd_cal = PNCCD_CalibrationData(\n",
-    "    detector_name=karabo_id,\n",
-    "    sensor_bias_voltage=bias_voltage,\n",
-    "    integration_time=integration_time,\n",
-    "    sensor_temperature=fix_temperature_top,\n",
-    "    gain_setting=gain,\n",
-    "    source_energy=photon_energy,\n",
-    "    event_at=creation_time,\n",
-    "    client=rest_cfg.calibration_client(),\n",
-    ")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "mdata_dict = {\"constants\": dict()}\n",
-    "\n",
-    "constant_names = [\"OffsetCCD\", \"NoiseCCD\", \"BadPixelsDarkCCD\"]\n",
-    "if relgain:\n",
-    "    constant_names += [\"RelativeGainCCD\"]\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Retrieve metadata for all pnccd constants.\n",
-    "\n",
-    "pnccd_metadata = pnccd_cal.metadata(constant_names)\n",
-    "\n",
-    "# Validate the constants availability and raise/warn correspondingly. \n",
-    "missing_dark_constants = set(\n",
-    "    c for c in [\"OffsetCCD\", \"NoiseCCD\", \"BadPixelsDarkCCD\"] if c not in pnccd_metadata[karabo_da].keys())\n",
-    "if missing_dark_constants:\n",
-    "    raise KeyError(\n",
-    "        f\"Dark constants {missing_dark_constants} are not available for correction.\")\n",
-    "if relgain and \"RelativeGainCCD\" not in list(pnccd_metadata.values())[0].keys():\n",
-    "    warning(\"RelativeGainCCD is not found in CALCAT.\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "for cname, ccv_metadata in list(pnccd_metadata.values())[0].items():\n",
-    "    mdata_dict[\"constants\"][cname] = {\n",
-    "        \"path\": str(pnccd_cal.caldb_root / ccv_metadata[\"path\"]),\n",
-    "        \"dataset\": ccv_metadata[\"dataset\"],\n",
-    "        \"creation-time\": ccv_metadata[\"begin_validity_at\"],\n",
-    "    }\n",
-    "    print(f\"Retrieved {cname} with creation-time: {ccv_metadata['begin_validity_at']}\")\n",
-    "\n",
-    "mdata_dict[\"physical-name\"] = ccv_metadata[\"physical_name\"]\n",
-    "retrieved_constants[karabo_da] = mdata_dict\n",
-    "metadata.save()\n",
-    "print(f\"Stored retrieved constants in {metadata.filename}\")"
-   ]
-  }
- ],
- "metadata": {
-  "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "cal4_venv",
-   "language": "python",
-   "name": "cal4_venv"
-  },
-  "language_info": {
-   "codemirror_mode": {
-    "name": "ipython",
-    "version": 3
-   },
-   "file_extension": ".py",
-   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
-   "name": "python",
-   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
-   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.8.11"
-  },
-  "orig_nbformat": 4,
-  "vscode": {
-   "interpreter": {
-    "hash": "ccde353e8822f411c1c49844e1cbe3edf63293a69efd975d1b44f5e852832668"
-   }
-  }
- },
- "nbformat": 4,
- "nbformat_minor": 2
-}
diff --git a/src/cal_tools/tools.py b/src/cal_tools/tools.py
index b69502a037a9af5bc254f0a6440f6f463e4b99e6..89a6b711fb3b0dc50ea4861576ebe591d60dd5b5 100644
--- a/src/cal_tools/tools.py
+++ b/src/cal_tools/tools.py
@@ -962,6 +962,38 @@ def load_specified_constants(
     return const_data, when
 
 
+def record_constant_details(
+        out_folder: Path,
+        karabo_da: str,
+        det_metadata: dict,
+        caldb_root: Path,
+):
+    """Record constant details to a separate fragment file.
+
+    Args:
+        out_folder (Path): The output folder to store the fragment file.
+        karabo_da (str): The detector karabo DA.
+        det_metadata (dict): A dictionary with the desired detector metadata.
+        caldb_root (Path): The calibration database root path for constant files.
+    """
+    CalibrationMetadata(out_folder).add_fragment({
+        "retrieved-constants": {
+            karabo_da: {
+                "constants": {
+                    cname: {
+                        "path": str(caldb_root / ccv_metadata["path"]),
+                        "dataset": ccv_metadata["dataset"],
+                        "creation-time": ccv_metadata["begin_validity_at"],
+                        "ccv_id": ccv_metadata["ccv_id"],
+                    } for cname, ccv_metadata in det_metadata.items()
+                },
+                "physical-name": list(
+                    det_metadata.values())[0]["physical_name"],
+            }
+        }
+    })
+
+
 def write_compressed_frames(
         arr: np.ndarray,
         ofile: h5py.File,
diff --git a/src/xfel_calibrate/notebooks.py b/src/xfel_calibrate/notebooks.py
index 9a5f29c2ffb68a605cc5c0164505f64a91adbe2b..ab00e99a87d5eac38ec9ee16649d07c3a6a4e0fc 100644
--- a/src/xfel_calibrate/notebooks.py
+++ b/src/xfel_calibrate/notebooks.py
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ notebooks = {
                             "cluster cores": 32},
         },
         "CORRECT": {
-            "pre_notebooks": ["notebooks/pnCCD/pnCCD_retrieve_constants_precorrection.ipynb"],
             "notebook": "notebooks/pnCCD/Correct_pnCCD_NBC.ipynb",
             "concurrency": {"parameter": "sequences",
                             "default concurrency": [-1],
diff --git a/tests/test_cal_tools.py b/tests/test_cal_tools.py
index edf08193a951c8372a67287fc8f4cb9545a2b9da..f1b583ddd99d37367c7a417fa1e126e385bd9f2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_cal_tools.py
+++ b/tests/test_cal_tools.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
+import yaml
 import zmq
 from extra_data import open_run
 from iCalibrationDB import Conditions, ConstantMetaData, Constants
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ from cal_tools.tools import (
     get_pdu_from_db,
     map_seq_files,
     module_index_to_qm,
-    send_to_db,
     recursive_update,
+    send_to_db,
 )
 
 # AGIPD operating conditions.
@@ -484,3 +485,60 @@ def test_recursive_update():
     src = {"a": {"b": 3}, "e": 4}
     assert recursive_update(tgt, src) is True
     assert tgt == {"a": {"b": 1}, "c": 2, "e": 4}
+
+from cal_tools.tools import record_constant_details
+
+
+def test_record_constant_details():
+    pnccd_metadata = {
+        "OffsetCCD": {
+            'cc_id': 8540,
+            'cc_name': 'pnCCD-Type_OffsetCCD_CCD Def9/wVu81XPSIX',
+            'condition_id': 2478,
+            'ccv_id': 51443,
+            'ccv_name': '20200820_184154_sIdx=0',
+            'path': Path('xfel/cal/pnccd-type/pnccd_m205_m206/cal.1597948913.0951352.h5'),  # noqa
+            'dataset': '/PnCCD_M205_M206/OffsetCCD/0',
+            'begin_validity_at': '2020-08-20T20:34:28.000+02:00',
+            'end_validity_at': None,
+            'raw_data_location': 'Proposal: p900166, Run: 338',
+            'start_idx': 0,
+            'end_idx': 0,
+            'physical_name': 'pnCCD_M205_M206',
+        },
+    }
+    test_folder = Path("test_record_constant_details")
+    test_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+
+    record_constant_details(
+        test_folder,
+        "PNCCD01",
+        pnccd_metadata,
+        Path("/gpfs/exfel/d/cal/caldb_store")
+    )
+    fragments = list(test_folder.glob("metadata_frag*yml"))
+    assert len(fragments) == 1
+
+    try:
+        # Open YAML file
+        with open(fragments[0], 'r') as file:
+            # Load YAML content into dictionary
+            yaml_dict = yaml.safe_load(file)
+            assert yaml_dict == {
+                "retrieved-constants": {
+                    "PNCCD01": {
+                        "constants": {
+                            "OffsetCCD": {
+                                "path": "/gpfs/exfel/d/cal/caldb_store/xfel/cal/pnccd-type/pnccd_m205_m206/cal.1597948913.0951352.h5",  # noqa
+                                "dataset": "/PnCCD_M205_M206/OffsetCCD/0",
+                                "creation-time": "2020-08-20T20:34:28.000+02:00",
+                                "ccv_id": 51443,
+                                },
+                            },
+                            "physical-name": "pnCCD_M205_M206",
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+    finally:  # remove yml file.
+        for file_path in test_folder.glob('*'):
+            file_path.unlink()