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Grace, Excellent. Thanks for the good news. Best, Unidata IDV Support > I figured out what happened (or think I did). > I'm on a new Mac and I suspect javascript > or java run time environment wasn't working > correctly. I reinstalled both, rebooted, > and now it is working. > > You can close the ticket. > > Grace > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:17 AM, Grace Peng <address@hidden> wrote: > > > Yes, I did get the prompt. > > I used my rda password for accessing this data set. > > Is that not the correct way? > > > > > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Grace Peng, PhD > > Atmospheric & Geoscience Research Data Archive > > Computational & Information Systems Laboratory > > National Center for Atmospheric Research > > 303-497-1218 > > > > > > -- > Grace Peng, PhD > Atmospheric & Geoscience Research Data Archive > Computational & Information Systems Laboratory > National Center for Atmospheric Research > 303-497-1218 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: XQF-328198 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed