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> Full Name: brian mapes > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: u of miami > Package Version: 5.0 build date:2014-02-21 08:05 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home version: > 1.6.0_65 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: I can't load the files in this catalog area: > http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu:80/repository/entry/show?entryid=601aa404-ac59-4abb-8c4f-11c08474a214&output=thredds.catalog > > > When I download a file, it opens fine in IDV, although "I'm feeling lucky" > doesn't work > (I have to manually choose "Grids" or "aggregate grids by time") > Brian, If you specify the data type and format for these dataset in your catalog, you should be able to use the "I feel lucky". <dataType>GRID</dataType> <dataFormat>GRIB-1</dataFormat> Yuan > ----------- error message: > There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:dods.grid with: > http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/opendap/synth:601aa404-ac59-4abb-8c4f-11c08474a214:L0QxRDAxMDIwMDAwMDEwMjAwMDAxLmdyYjE=/entry.das > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/opendap/synth:601aa404-ac59-4abb-8c4f-11c08474a214:L0QxRDAxMDIwMDAwMDEwMjAwMDAxLmdyYjE=/entry.das > Method failed:HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error on URL= > http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/opendap/synth:601aa404-ac59-4abb-8c4f-11c08474a214:L0QxRDAxMDIwMDAwMDEwMjAwMDAxLmdyYjE=/entry.das.dds > > ****************** > Stack trace: > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Method failed:HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error > on URL= > http://weather.rsmas.miami.edu/repository/opendap/synth:601aa404-ac59-4abb-8c4f-11c08474a214:L0QxRDAxMDIwMDAwMDEwMjAwMDAxLmdyYjE=/entry.das.dds > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.openConnection(DConnect2.java:271) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:563) > at opendap.dap.DConnect2.getDDS(DConnect2.java:537) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:240) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513) > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDodsByReflection(NetcdfDataset.java:1031) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDODS(NetcdfDataset.java:980) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:664) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:421) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:516) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:117) > at ucar.nc2.dt.grid.GridDataset.open(GridDataset.java:103) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.doMakeDataSet(GeoGridDataSource.java:1156) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1178) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:502) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1602) > 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.XmlChooser.makeDataSource(XmlChooser.java:280) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNodes(ThreddsHandler.java:852) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.ThreddsHandler.processNode(ThreddsHandler.java:781) > 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:1217) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: RJZ-602723 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open