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> Full Name: Cody > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: student > Package Version: 5.6 build date:2019-05-23 20:13 UTC > Operating System: Mac OS X > Hardware: Java: home: > /Users/cody/Desktop/IDV_5.6/jre.bundle/Contents/Home/jre version: 1.8.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Hi, > > I am trying to export national composite reflectivity images (.nc files) from > ISU's site. I saved a bundle file with a specific view and color table. I'm > trying to change the sources to a different .nc file (ex. 1.nc, 2.nc, 3.nc, > etc.) but it won't let me and brings up the error below: > Initializing after unpersistence > Could not find field:composite_n0q > > ISU site: https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/current/mcview.phtml > > I was wondering if there was a way to work around this. > > I'm trying to do this in ISL where I can automatically process the files. > Here's the code to that: > > <procedure name="makeMovie"> > <bundle clear="true" > file="/Users/cody/Desktop/IDV_Data_Export/Views/Satellite/Bundle_Files/Regular_Views/Non_Model/${bundlefile}" > width="2000" height="1500" wait="true"> > <setfiles datasource=".nc" > file="/Users/cody/Desktop/IDV_Data_Export/Data/Level_II_Radar/National_Composite_Reflectivity/res.nc"/> > </bundle> > <!--01--><projection name="CONUSLATLON"/><viewpoint aspectx="0.9" > aspecty="1" aspectz="1" transx="0.0" transy="0.0" transz="0.0" scale="0.45"/> > > <movie file="/Users/cody/Desktop/Dump/Html_Files/${moviefile}" combine="true" > imagedir="/Users/cody/Desktop/TTM_Website/Setups/Image_Directory/05_25_2012/Premium_Satellite/Regular_Views/" > imagetemplate="National_Comp_Ref_CONUS_201205250000" imagesuffix="png"> > > <backgroundtransparent/> > </movie> > </procedure> > > <makeMovie bundlefile="national-composite-reflectivity-conus.xidv" > moviefile="National_Comp_Ref_CONUS.html"/> > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Could not find field:composite_n0q > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.makeFieldImpl(GeoGridDataSource.java:2082) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataInner(GeoGridDataSource.java:1442) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.getData(DataSourceImpl.java:2414) > at ucar.unidata.data.DirectDataChoice.getData(DirectDataChoice.java:333) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataChoice.getData(DataChoice.java:628) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:243) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataInstance.getData(DataInstance.java:207) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.init(GridDataInstance.java:219) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:176) > at ucar.unidata.data.grid.GridDataInstance.<init>(GridDataInstance.java:157) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.GridDisplayControl.doMakeDataInstance(GridDisplayControl.java:299) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initializeDataInstance(DisplayControlImpl.java:3294) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.setData(DisplayControlImpl.java:3250) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:659) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.ImagePlanViewControl.setData(ImagePlanViewControl.java:379) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:484) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1415) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1098) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1386) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.initAfterUnPersistence(DisplayControlImpl.java:1290) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$19.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3987) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:276) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runInParallel(ThreadManager.java:248) > at visad.util.ThreadManager.runSequentially(ThreadManager.java:226) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.instantiateFromBundle(IdvPersistenceManager.java:4000) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager.decodeXmlInner(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3281) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IdvPersistenceManager$12.run(IdvPersistenceManager.java:3089) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Hi Cody, Could you send me your bundle file? The ISL is correct, but maybe the field name in your bundle is different. Yuan Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: SDU-815958 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open =================== 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.