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> Full Name: Gregory Scuckle > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Weather spotter > Package Version: 5.7 build date:2020-02-10 17:05 UTC > Operating System: Windows 8.1 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.7\jre version: 1.8.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre12-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: Handling new data for display: Drawing Control > Could not find kml data Shapes > KGID.SV.Warning.07:08Z > Folder-NWS SVR Warnings- > KGID.SV.Warning.07:08Z > > Is it possible to poll the NWS Warnings so they update automatically? I set > polling to 1 minute but it throws this error. Thanks in advance. > > ****************** Hi Gregory, The auto poll feature requires some development works, hopefully in the near future. Yuan > Stack trace: > ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Could not find kml data Shapes > KGID.SV.Warning.07:08Z > Folder-NWS SVR Warnings- > KGID.SV.Warning.07:08Z > > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.KmlDataSource.getDataInner(KmlDataSource.java:1019) > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.KmlDataSource.getDataInner(KmlDataSource.java:1002) > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.KmlDataSource.getDataInner(KmlDataSource.java:1002) > 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:598) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.DrawingControl.resetData(DrawingControl.java:539) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.dataChanged(DisplayControlImpl.java:2977) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.notifyDataChange(DataSourceImpl.java:1459) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl.reloadData(DataSourceImpl.java:1420) > at ucar.unidata.data.FilesDataSource.reloadData(FilesDataSource.java:482) > at ucar.unidata.data.gis.KmlDataSource.reloadData(KmlDataSource.java:216) > at ucar.unidata.data.DataSourceImpl$2.doPoll(DataSourceImpl.java:1259) > at ucar.unidata.util.Poller.run(Poller.java:125) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1243) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: KMD-357032 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.