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> Full Name: manu > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: bkc > Package Version: 5.0 build date:@DATE@ > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0.x86_64/jre > version: 1.6.0_24 j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: Couldn't get data > must be 2D > Manu, When the hdf5 file is not well constructed following certain convention, the IDV can not support it. The error message suggests that the x/y coordinates not defined in this dataset. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: must be 2D > at ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordinateAxis2D.doRead(CoordinateAxis2D.java:94) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordinateAxis2D.getCoordValue(CoordinateAxis2D.java:76) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getInitialSpatialDomain(GeoGridAdapter.java:875) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSpatialDomainSetInner(GeoGridAdapter.java:408) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSpatialDomainSet(GeoGridAdapter.java:353) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getFlatField(GeoGridAdapter.java:1233) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.readTimeStep(GeoGridAdapter.java:1560) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.access$1(GeoGridAdapter.java:1533) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter$1.run(GeoGridAdapter.java:1455) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:273) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:245) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:223) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.makeSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1470) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridAdapter.getSequence(GeoGridAdapter.java:1140) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:2042) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1366) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2389) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:333) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:637) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:206) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:163) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:144) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:300) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3270) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3226) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:670) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ContourPlanViewControl.setData(ContourPlanViewControl.java:194) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:500) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1395) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1080) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YUL-949536 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed