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Fernando, Unfortunately, this "Export data to netCDF or CSV" ISL capability is only available for Point Data that can be displayed in a table, for example Surface Metar Data. Its utility is really quite limited. To my knowledge this option is not possible for probe/time series data, sadly. Best, Unidata IDV Support > We have been trying to generate a csv file from template through an isl > script. The problem goes like this: we cannot figure out how to save the > csv file automatically from time probe/time series with the script, because > we don't know exactly what we have to write in the display field option, > this is what we have been trying to run: > > <isl debug="true" offscreen="false"> > <bundle file = "/home/miocimar/Plantillas/PruebaPuntosDeOleajeIDV.xidv"/> > <pause/> > <export file = "/home/miocimar/Escritorio/Prueba.csv" what="csv,netcdf" > display="class:ucar.unidata.idv.control.ObsListControl"/> > </isl> > > according to user documentation, that's what you to write to save the file > csv file from a netcdf, but that isn't exactly we are trying to do, because > we need is to get one point of the grid as a time series in csv format. > > Regards, and any advice will be appreciated. > -- > Fernando Mata Mora > Modulo de Información Oceanográfica(MIO). > Ofic.224, CIMAR Ciudad de la Investigación. > Universidad de Costa Rica. > Tel. (506)2511-2210 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WHU-294759 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed