[IDV #UUL-161546]: Re: 20150504: Support Request from IDV 4/27/15

> Hi Yuan,
> 
> Thanks for fixing it! So re-download the IDV tomorrow night and it should
> be good?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rebecca
> 

Yes, only the nightly release.


Yuan
> address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> > > Thank you for your work on this. I thought using the IDV tool was easier
> > > than coding in the Terminal for me. Do you have a recommendation for
> > > converting a large number of netcdf files directly into Excel files with
> > > the same format that IDV gives?:
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Rebecca,
> >      This is a bug in the EXCEL output. I just checked in a fix and you
> > can download tomorrow's nightly.
> >
> >
> > Yuan
> > >
> > > Latitude
> > >
> > > Longitude
> > >
> > > Timestep
> > >
> > > Station 1
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Station 2
> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > > I will be compiling all my data and using the temp and precip to compute
> > > potential evapotranspiration and direct runoff in Excel. Any ideas you
> > > might have would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Rebecca
> > >
> > > address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Rebecca,
> > > >
> > > > I spent quite a bit of time looking into this problem this AM, and I
> > > > believe we
> > > > have a bonafide IDV bug which I have not gotten to the bottom of yet.
> > > >
> > > > But can we step back a moment and talk about your ultimate objective?
> > The
> > > > truth
> > > > is that the IDV is not really designed to be a data conversion tool.
> > If
> > > > data
> > > > conversion into Excel is solely your ultimate objective, there may be
> > > > better
> > > > ways of going about about this problem.
> > > >
> > > > Also, I don't believe your date range has simply been shifted. But
> > rather
> > > > the
> > > > dates are actually corrupt. Simply export the first time stamp and you
> > > > will see
> > > > that it gets shifted from the original January back into December.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Unidata IDV Support
> > > >
> > > > > I should have saved it, but didn't so here is my attempt to rewrite
> > the
> > > > > issue:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have been using the IDV to convert my netcdf files to Excel files
> > since
> > > > > that issue was resolved back in March. The first 30 or so that I
> > > > converted,
> > > > > I checked the outputs and the files were good. A few weekends ago
> > while
> > > > > converting more files, I opened one to check it and the dates that I
> > had
> > > > > selected in the conversion tool were not the dates that were
> > recorded in
> > > > > the Excel file. I am attaching an Excel file and netcdf file for
> > > > > Precipitation October 1991 as an example. I selected the times
> > > > > 1991_10_01_03 so 10/1/1991 time-step starting at 03:00 through
> > > > > 1991_11_01_00 so 11/1/1991 time-step 00:00 when converting the netcdf
> > > > file
> > > > > in IDV, however the dates/times that appear in the Excel file are
> > > > > 1991-09-26 03:00:00Z through 1991-10-27 00:00:00Z.
> > > > > I am wondering what went wrong and how to fix this? Additionally, I
> > am
> > > > > wondering if the data is still correct and the dates listed are just
> > > > > incorrect in the Excel file, meaning I could just manually change the
> > > > > dates? Or if everything has just somehow been converted with the
> > wrong
> > > > > information all together?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thank you,
> > > > > Rebecca Boyd
> > > > >
> > > > > pr_RCM3_gfdl_1991010103.nc
> > > >
> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8Vzg9Q6QiWRX2MyOF9Dajh5RGc/edit?usp=drive_web
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > pr_RCM3_gfdl_1991100103_1991110100.xls
> > > >
> > https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8Vzg9Q6QiWRaHd0Q3Y1Z080OW8/edit?usp=drive_web
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Rebecca,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > re:
> > > > > > >I submitted a "Support Request Form" via the IDV last Monday
> > 4/27/15
> > > > and
> > > > > > >was wondering if it had been received?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The last support inquiry we can find for you was on March 10:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Subject: Trouble Converting NetCDF to Excel
> > > > > >
> > > > > > A reply to this inquiry was sent on March 11.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please resend the inquiry you sent last week, and we will take a
> > look.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > >
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> > > > Ticket ID: UUL-161546
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> > > > Priority: Normal
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> > Ticket ID: UUL-161546
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> > Priority: Normal
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: UUL-161546
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed