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1. If other displays and data are already loaded, select the Edit->Remove All Displays and Data menu item or the icon in the toolbar to clear them out.
2. Load some point data.
   • Open the Data Source Chooser.
   • In the Data Source Chooser click on the Files tab.
   • Go to the point data directory: /data/idv/point/.
   • Select earthquake.nc (Note: not earthquake.csv)
   • Under the Data Source Type pulldown menu, select "Netcdf Point Data files"
   • Press Add Source
3. Create the display
   • In the Fields panel select Point Data.
   • In the Displays select Point Data List and press Create Display
4. Modify the displayed fields.
   • Press the Select Fields button
   • We see there are 4 fields shown and one field (var) not shown.
   • Select var and press Add
   • Change the order of the fields - select var and then press the up arrow button.
   • Press OK.
5. Modify the listing.
   • Toggle Show Raw Data
   • Sort the columns by pressing the var column header.
   • Figure out what is the maximum depth of the observations.
6. Export the data as a text CSV file.
   • Use File->Save->Export Table in the Point Data List display control.
   • Enter earthquake.csv
   • Read in this file from the File Chooser. Make sure you set the Data Source Type to "I'm Feeling Lucky"
   • Create another Point Data List display with this CSV data.

Unidata IDV Workshop for version 3.0u2 > Accessing and Displaying Data > Point Observations