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Greetings Erick, You need to load the data as a "netCDF/GEMPAK Point Data files" type: From the dashboard, select the "Data Choosers" tab, and on the left side of the screen select "General -> Files". Near the top of the Data Choosers tab, there is a drop down box that allows you to select a "Data Source Type" - make sure it's set to "netCDF/GEMPAK Point Data files" Find and select your file in the file system browser in the Data Choosers tab and click the "Add Source" button at the bottom of the Data Choosers tab. Cheers! Sean > Full Name: Erick Fredj > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: The Jerusalem College of Technology > Package Version: 3.1 build date:2012-08-31 20:26 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_35 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Do not know how to handle the given data: > /Users/admin/Home/Ready/Projects/NDHSM_Israel/NDHMS_Israel_North-3km/NDHMS_Offline_WRF/201202180400.CHANOBS_DOMAIN4 > > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Do not know how to handle the given data: > /Users/admin/Home/Ready/Projects/NDHSM_Israel/NDHMS_Israel_North-3km/NDHMS_Offline_WRF/201202180400.CHANOBS_DOMAIN4 > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1522) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1980) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1897) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1831) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1804) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.PollingFileChooser.doLoadInThread(PollingFileChooser.java:192) > 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:1222) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1250) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XRL-183419 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open