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> Full Name: Agek > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Udayana > Package Version: 5.6 build date:2019-05-23 20:13 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.6\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.grid with: > C:\Users\User\Documents\FKP\Penginderaan Jauh > Kelautan\._oscar_vel2019.nc.gz.nc > Grid data source failed making data set: > C:\Users\User\Documents\FKP\Penginderaan Jauh > Kelautan\._oscar_vel2019.nc.gz.nc > Cant read C:/Users/User/Documents/FKP/Penginderaan Jauh > Kelautan/._oscar_vel2019.nc.gz.nc: not a valid CDM file. > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.io.IOException: Cant read C:/Users/User/Documents/FKP/Penginderaan Jauh > Kelautan/._oscar_vel2019.nc.gz.nc: not a valid CDM file. Hi Agek, The IDV is developed to support CF complaint nc file, not every nc file can be loaded and display in the IDV. Make sure you nc file meets those standard, also, it is good to unzip the file before loading. The postfix of the file name is very confusing. Yuan > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:831) > at ucar.nc2.NetcdfFile.open(NetcdfFile.java:426) > 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.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:1221) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1243) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.initAfterCreation(GeoGridDataSource.java:510) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1612) > 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: AJM-432483 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.