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Bryan, Please put an OPeNDAP server in front of this data so that it may be read by the IDV. Best, Unidata IDV Support > So is that the level at which you would direct the URL to make it work or > would you direct to the file itself? > > Bryan > > address@hidden> wrote: > > > Bryan, > > > > FYI, I get a 403 error "Forbidden You don't have permission to access > > /~guarente/idealized_cyclone/isentropic/grib/ on this server." > > > > Best, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > > > I have been trying to link to data sources for over a month now trying > > > different URL strings. The URL for my dataset is here: > > > http://homes.comet.ucar.edu/~guarente/idealized_cyclone/isentropic/grib/ > > > > > > There are many files underneath of that directory with the pattern of > > > "8712140300_isentropic_08km.grb2f000000" where f000000 represents > > fhhmmss. > > > > > > I considered whether the problem was that the grb2 extension wasn't on > > the > > > end of the file, but changing the filenames to make that the case causes > > > errors like below. > > > > > > java.io.IOException: GribCollection 8712140300f00_isentropic_24km.grb2 > > has > > > no files > > > at > > > > > ucar.nc2.grib.grib2.Grib2CollectionBuilder.createIndex(Grib2CollectionBuilder.java:596) > > > at > > > > > ucar.nc2.grib.grib2.Grib2CollectionBuilder.createIndex(Grib2CollectionBuilder.java:435) > > > at > > > > > ucar.nc2.grib.grib2.Grib2CollectionBuilder.readOrCreateIndex(Grib2CollectionBuilder.java:148) > > > at > > > > > ucar.nc2.grib.grib2.Grib2CollectionBuilder.readOrCreateIndexFromSingleFile(Grib2CollectionBuilder.java:76) > > > at > > > > > ucar.nc2.grib.GribIndex.makeGribCollectionFromSingleFile(GribIndex.java:122) > > > at ucar.nc2.grib.grib2.Grib2Iosp.open(Grib2Iosp.java:311) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.<init>(NetcdfFile.java:1521) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:813) > > > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:422) > > > at > > ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:699) > > > 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) > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts on how to get this to work? I can use the file after I > > > download it locally and then don't use the URL option to load the data, > > but > > > this is NOT ideal. I need a solution to let students pull the data from > > a > > > URL. > > > > > > Let me know if there are other things to try or if you have any > > questions I > > > can answer to help find a solution. > > > > > > -- > > > Bryan Guarente > > > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > > > The COMET Program > > > Boulder, CO > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: BAB-751935 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > > -- > Bryan Guarente > Instructional Designer/Meteorologist > The COMET Program > Boulder, CO > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BAB-751935 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed