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Erin- > Has the version of IDV been released yet? Please see below. Is is in the nightly build at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/nightly Don Murray > From: > "Unidata IDV Support" <address@hidden> > To: > address@hidden > Cc: > address@hidden > Date: > 03/05/2009 03:27 PM > Subject: > [IDV #UIB-137964]: Data Extraction vis ISL file > > > > Hi Erin, > > > I am working on a project to utilize IDV from the command line to > produce > > a single .png image as output without using a bundle (.xidv) file. I > would > > like to extract a single variable (sand_01) that has several properties: > > ocean_time, s_rho, eta_rho, and xi_rho. To this point I am able to open > > the data source via idv. The problem is that all the time steps are > being > > downloaded, instead of just one. > > > There are a couple things wrong with your script and there are also a > couple > of things wrong in the IDV. The IDV side is fixed now and we will put out > a nightly > build tonight. > > Attached is a isl script that will work with tomorrows release of the IDV. > > > The IDV/ISL did not support the times attribute in the datasource. It now > does. > Also, your script had "Times" when it should be "times". The isl is case > sensitive. > > The name of the property for the display is "dataSelectionLevel" > Its value is one of the numeric values for the level. > Look at the note in the attached isl for more on this. > > > > > The parameter "sand_01" is to be extracted at time=190, s_rho=0, > > eta_rho=95, and xi_rho=255. The output is a single .png image of this > > extraction. > > > > I'm not sure what you mean by s_rho, eta_rho and xi_rho. At the IDV level > we just have numeric levels to choose from. > > -Jeff > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: UIB-137964 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed[attachment "test.isl" deleted by Erin > Twomey/GD/CONT/USGS/DOI] > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UIB-137964 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open