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> Package Version: 5.4 build date:2017-05-18 16:06 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files (x86)\IDV_5.4\jre version: 1.8.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: There was an error loading the data: > Error creating data source:file.profiler2 with: C:\Users\a\Desktop\Full > Impedance3\MODULAR_NLCG_NLCG_026.rho > Cant read C:/Users/a/Desktop/Full Impedance3/MODULAR_NLCG_NLCG_026.rho: not a > valid CDM file. > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > Hello, > I want to dispaly Magnetotelluric inversion model using IDV. > I attach the data type in the Attachement section. > Thank you. Hope to hear from you soon > > Regards, > Biruk Hi Biruk, The data format of attached file is not supported in the IDV. I don't know if this is a gridded dataset or other type of data, the IDV will support dataset following certain convention, such as CF, or other commonly recognized format. Yuan > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Cant read C:/Users/a/Desktop/Full > Impedance3/MODULAR_NLCG_NLCG_026.rho: not a valid CDM file. > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:825) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:424) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openOrAcquireFile(NetcdfDataset.java:755) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:427) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:528) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.acquireDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:501) > at > ucar.nc2.ft.FeatureDatasetFactoryManager.open(FeatureDatasetFactoryManager.java:247) > at > ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.initProfiler(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:392) > at > ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.initProfilerAll(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:373) > at > ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.<init>(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:180) > at > ucar.unidata.data.profiler.CDMProfilerDataSource.<init>(CDMProfilerDataSource.java:158) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1571) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1978) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1895) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1829) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1802) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.IdvChooser.makeDataSource(IdvChooser.java:943) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFilesInner(FileChooser.java:659) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.selectFiles(FileChooser.java:528) > at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.FileChooser.doLoadInThread(FileChooser.java:550) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SWU-880402 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.