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Alexa, Sorry for the delayed response. Please upload the netCDF sample data here (http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository/alias/idvupload) along with the NCML. Let us know when it is uploaded by responding to this message. Also, I don't know if this is the problem, but you may wish to familiarize yourself with the Time Coordinate of the NetCDF Climate and Forecast (CF) Metadata Conventions (http://cf-pcmdi.llnl.gov/documents/cf-conventions/1.0/cf-conventions.html#time-coordinate). Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > Greetings IDV support, > > I've just started using IDV to analyze netCDF files from 3d atmospheric > simulations and I am very impressed with the program. Thank you for all > your hard work. > > I have multiple files that vary only by time, and would like to try to load > them in using the "Aggregate Grids by Time" option under data source type > (goal = plot the same field at different time steps and generate an > animation). I've gotten the following error: > > ----------- > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:aggregated.netcdf.grid with: > [/home/avaneaton/output/netCDF_PIC_106.nc, > /home/avaneaton/output/netCDF_PIC_107.nc] > Grid data source failed making data set: > /home/avaneaton/.unidata/idv/DefaultIdv/tmp/multigrid_b7c4c046-ee15-428c-9af3-09f0db845a590.ncml > AggregationExisting: no coordinate variable for agg > dimension= time > ------------ > > So it looks like the ncml script does not recognize the time stamp in my > files. Any suggestions for troubleshooting this issue? > > All the best > > Alexa > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RLV-572542 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed