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This makes sense: ncss needs to know what variables you want. (I should have realized that before telling you to try--my bad) Out of curiosity, why did you select ncss access in the first place? If you just want to access the dataset remotely, you could try using opendap: http://myserver.com/thredds/dodsC/CHESS2Aggregation/DetailWholeDataset.ncml Ryan > > Thanks for your reply. I have already tried the url you suggest, but just > get 'is not a valid URL, return status=400'. > > If I put > http://myserver.com/thredds/ncss/grid/CHESS2Aggregation/DetailWholeDataset.ncml > into a browser I get the 400 error and also the response 'Validation errors: > No Grid variables requested --'. What kind of response would you normally > expect from this type of url in a browser? Could there be something wrong > with the configuration of the dataset on the Thredds server? It doesn't make > sense to me that I should have to provide 'Grid variables' when first opening > the dataset in my java code since I don't yet know anything about the service. > > Incidentally, using this url in a browser with the '/dataset.html' and > '/dataset.xml' extensions gives me the subsetting tool and xml metadata > respectively. So the service from the Thredds server seems OK in those > respects. > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TIC-922637 Department: Support netCDF Java Priority: Normal Status: Closed