Hi Eric- Did this work with a previous version and doesn't now, or is this the first time you've tried to load it in the IDV? Does it conform to any conventions? If you upload the file to: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload we can look into this further. Don Murray > Full Name: Eric Metzger > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: USAF > Package Version: 2.6u2 build date:2009-02-13 19:03 UTC > Operating System: Windows XP > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_2.6u2\jre version: 1.6.0_11 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:netcdf.point with: W:\Air Force\NPS\Thesis > work\netCDF sample\20050617_0950.nc > Point obs data source failed making data set: W:\Air Force\NPS\Thesis > work\netCDF sample\20050617_0950.nc > Unable to make a PointObsDataset from W:\Air Force\NPS\Thesis work\netCDF > sample\20050617_0950.nc > Error = **Failed to find Datatype Factory for= W:/Air Force/NPS/Thesis > work/netCDF sample/20050617_0950.nc datatype= STATION > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Unable to make a PointObsDataset from > W:\Air Force\NPS\Thesis work\netCDF sample\20050617_0950.nc > Error = **Failed to find Datatype Factory for= W:/Air Force/NPS/Thesis > work/netCDF sample/20050617_0950.nc datatype= STATION > > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.doMakeDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:249) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.getDataset(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:213) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.NetcdfPointDataSource.initAfterCreation(NetcdfPointDataSource.java:200) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1470) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1948) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1865) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1799) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1772) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:839) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:646) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:515) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:537) > 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:597) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1010) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1038) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZAD-962547 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open