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Hi- > Full Name: Hiroki Yoshii > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Osaka University > Package Version: 2.5 build date:2008-05-08 07:05 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.5\jre version: 1.5.0_11 > j3d:1.3.2 fcs (build12) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:netcdf.point with: C:\Documents and > Settings\user\??????\NetCDF\precip_0-300mm_1996-2005.nc > Point obs data source failed making data set: C:\Documents and > Settings\user\??????\NetCDF\precip_0-300mm_1996-2005.nc > Unable to make a PointObsDataset from C:\Documents and > Settings\user\??????\NetCDF\precip_0-300mm_1996-2005.nc > Error = **Failed to find Datatype Factory for= C:/Documents and > Settings/user/??????/NetCDF/precip_0-300mm_1996-2005.nc datatype= Station The error indicates that the dataset is not in a convention that the IDV understands. Does this use a specific convention? Could you upload a sample file to: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload so we can look at the format? Thanks. Don Murray > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Unable to make a PointObsDataset from > C:\Documents and Settings\user\??????\NetCDF\precip_0-300mm_1996-2005.nc > Error = **Failed to find Datatype Factory for= C:/Documents and > Settings/user/??????/NetCDF/precip_0-300mm_1996-2005.nc datatype= Station > > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.doMakeDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:247) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.getDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:212) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.initAfterCreation(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:199) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1339) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1847) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1766) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1700) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1681) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:839) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:632) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:501) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:523) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:990) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1018) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZLS-241630 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open