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Grace, This dataset is password protected. When I go to the IDV Dashboard, Data Choosers tab, URL node and enter the URL below, I am prompted for credentials. Is that not your experience? Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Grace > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: CISL RDA > Package Version: 5.0u1 build date:2014-08-08 16:54 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: /Applications/IDV_5.0u1/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre > version: 1.7.0_67 j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:dods.grid with: > http://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/aggregations/ds083.2/1/best?layer_between_two_pressure_difference_from_ground_layer_bounds[0:1:0][0:1:1],Pressure_tropopause[0:1:0][0:1:0][0:1:0] > Grid data source failed making data set: > dods://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/aggregations/ds083.2/1/best?layer_between_two_pressure_difference_from_ground_layer_bounds[0:1:0][0:1:1],Pressure_tropopause[0:1:0][0:1:0][0:1:0] > opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Method failed:HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden on URL= > http://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/aggregations/ds083.2/1/best.dods?layer_between_two_pressure_difference_from_ground_layer_bounds,time4,lat,lon,Pressure_tropopause > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: opendap.dap.DAP2Exception: Method failed:HTTP/1.1 403 > Forbidden on URL= > http://rda.ucar.edu/thredds/dodsC/aggregations/ds083.2/1/best.dods?layer_between_two_pressure_difference_from_ground_layer_bounds,time4,lat,lon,Pressure_tropopause > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.readArrays(DODSNetcdfFile.java:1547) > at ucar.nc2.dods.DODSNetcdfFile.<init>(DODSNetcdfFile.java:370) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:526) > 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.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1673) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:114) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1605) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURLInner(UrlChooser.java:267) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURL(UrlChooser.java:239) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.doLoadInThread(UrlChooser.java:286) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at > sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XQF-328198 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed