[IDV #BYS-121681]: Adding catalog (RAMADDA-served local file system) fails

Greetings Dave!

If you want to know the URL of a particular datasets catalog, surf
to the dataset via your browser and, when you get to the location
you desire, click the "Connect->THREDDS" RAMADDA menu link in 
the browser (not the IDV) and that will show you a "view" of the 
dataset as a THREDDS catalog.

Cheers!

Sean

> 
> On Oct 9, 2012, at 3:53 PM, Unidata IDV Support wrote:
> 
> > Dave,
> >
> > Let us know if this resolved your issue so that we may close this ticket.
> 
> IDV supporters,
> 
> I can't actually tell if it's been resolved fully or not! When I expressed 
> uncertainly about how I would find out what the "catalog URL" of my RAMADDA 
> server is, as opposed to its Web address as viewed in a Web browser, Jeff 
> McWhirter responded with the following:
> 
> "The Connect->THREDDS menu is the catalog link".
> 
> I don't know what the "Connect > THREDDS" menu is in the IDV, though I guess 
> I'm supposed to be able to figure that out. So far not, though.
> 
> On the other hand, I deduced from Jeff's comment below that if I enter 
> "http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/thredds"; in the "Dashboard > Data 
> Choosers > Catalogs > Catalogs:" text box, then I access my RAMADDA server 
> just fine. That just doesn't tell me more generally how I can figure out what 
> catalog URLs should look like, and how I can locate some catalog servers.
> 
> -- Dave
> >
> >> Dave -
> >> You need to specify the catalog URL to the IDV:
> >> http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/thredds/RAMADDA%20Data%20Repository/SFSU%20Weather%20Data.xml
> >>
> >> You were trying to load the web page
> >>
> >> -Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >> address@hidden> wrote:
> >>
> >>> New Ticket: Adding catalog (RAMADDA-served local file system) fails
> >>>
> >>> Full Name: Dave Dempsey
> >>> Email Address: address@hidden
> >>> Organization: San Francisco State University
> >>> 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: Creating ui:
> >>> http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/entry/show/RAMADDA+Data+Repository/SFSU+Weather+Data?entryid=90643809-a328-4515-918a-db63c58234a2
> >>> Error parsing xml: The entity "raquo" was referenced, but not declared.
> >>> The entity "raquo" was referenced, but not declared. line:2 column:78
> >>>
> >>> (This is the message that I get when I paste the address in the first line
> >>> above into the IDV's "Data Choosers > General > Catalogs" text window. In
> >>> constrast, if I paste the same URL into my Web browser, I get a listing of
> >>> data directories on our data server, as desired.
> >>>
> >>> Specifying "http://virga.sfsu.edu:8080/repository/entry/show"; instead
> >>> (the top level of the RAMADDA server's file system on virga.sfsu.edu)
> >>> doesn't work in the IDV either.
> >>>
> >>> ******************
> >>> Stack trace:
> >>> java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: The entity "raquo" was
> >>> referenced, but not declared.
> >>> The entity "raquo" was referenced, but not declared. line:2 column:78
> >>>
> >>>        at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1572)
> >>>        at
> >>> ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeUiFromPath(XmlChooser.java:418)
> >>>        at
> >>> ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.makeUiFromPath(XmlChooser.java:388)
> >>>        at
> >>> ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.XmlChooser.doUpdateInner(XmlChooser.java:703)
> >>>        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: BYS-121681
> >>> Department: Support IDV
> >>> Priority: Normal
> >>> Status: Open
> >>> Link:
> >>> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/esupport/staff/index.php?_m=tickets&_a=viewticket&ticketid=20774
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: BYS-121681
> > Department: Support IDV
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
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Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: BYS-121681
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open