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> Full Name: Christian Peters > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: private > Package Version: 5.7 build date:2020-02-10 17:05 UTC > Operating System: Linux > Hardware: Java: home: /home/cpeters/IDV_5.7/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: > /home/cpeters/Downloads/MSG-4-euro-raw(1).nc > Grid data source failed making data set: > /home/cpeters/Downloads/MSG-4-euro-raw(1).nc > Must specify sweep_angle_axis or fixed_angle_axis > Hi Christian, This is not the CF compliant netCDF file, we don't support it at this moment. You may be able to use ncml to do some modification and make it workable in the IDV. Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Must specify sweep_angle_axis or > fixed_angle_axis > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.transform.Geostationary.makeCoordinateTransform(Geostationary.java:166) > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordTransBuilder.makeCoordinateTransform(CoordTransBuilder.java:218) > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordSysBuilder.makeCoordinateTransforms(CoordSysBuilder.java:985) > at > ucar.nc2.dataset.CoordSysBuilder.buildCoordinateSystems(CoordSysBuilder.java:577) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.enhance(NetcdfDataset.java:475) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.<init>(NetcdfDataset.java:1462) > at ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset.openDataset(NetcdfDataset.java:433) > 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:1226) > at > ucar.unidata.data.grid.GeoGridDataSource.getDataset(GeoGridDataSource.java:1248) > 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(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) > at > sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) > at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:497) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:1215) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WFR-755722 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.