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Brian, We suggest three changes: 1/ Get rid of "IDX". 2/ Comma separate the data. As far as I can tell, the IDV is finicky about space separated data in this context. 3/ As a consequence of 2, remove the colspan attribute for time. See attached file for an example. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Hello IDV wizards. > I spent 2-3 hours struggling to build from the examples on > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/data/TextPointData.html > > The attached file finally opens, but I cannot make any display, even "value > plots". > Is there a wiz at this stuff who could help me, or another tool that gives > more informative errors? > > Brian > > > java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:390) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:310) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.PointObFactory.makeTimeSequenceOfPointObs(PointObFactory.java:285) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.PointDataSource.getDataInner(PointDataSource.java:1233) > at > ucar.unidata.data.point.TextPointDataSource.getDataInner(TextPointDataSource.java:2642) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2389) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:332) > 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:299) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3278) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3234) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:664) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:489) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1402) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1085) > 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: SMP-768775 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed
(index -> (Latitude, Longitude, Time, PRES, TEMP, RHUM, CWV, CTT)) Latitude[unit="deg"], Longitude[unit="deg"], Time[fmt="yyyy MM dd HH mm"], PRES[unit="mb" miss="-999.99"], TEMP[unit="celsius" miss="-999.99"], RHUM[unit="%" miss="-999.99"], CWV[unit="cm" miss="-999.99"], CTT[unit="K" miss="-999.99"] Latitude=-1.694122 Longitude=-48.797578 2011 07 03 03 05 , 1011.40 , 26.60 , 84.70 , 5.02 , -999.99 2011 07 03 03 10 , 1011.50 , 26.30 , 86.30 , 5.00 , -999.99 2011 07 03 03 15 , 1011.50 , 26.50 , 85.20 , 4.98 , 282.67 2011 07 03 03 20 , 1011.50 , 26.40 , 85.60 , 4.97 , -999.99 2011 07 03 03 25 , 1011.50 , 26.30 , 85.60 , 4.95 , -999.99 Latitude=-1.694122 Longitude=-49.797578 2011 07 03 03 05 , 1011.40 , 26.60 , 84.70 , 5.02 , -999.99 2011 07 03 03 10 , 1011.50 , 26.30 , 86.30 , 5.00 , -999.99 2011 07 03 03 15 , 1011.50 , 26.50 , 85.20 , 4.98 , 282.67 2011 07 03 03 20 , 1011.50 , 26.40 , 85.60 , 4.97 , -999.99 2011 07 03 03 25 , 1011.50 , 26.30 , 85.60 , 4.95 , -999.99