Hi Barbara, > TextAdapter: Cannot find field with name:Time[fmt from > line:Time[fmt=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss],Longitude[unit=degrees > west],latitude[unit=degree],pressure[unit=hPa] > > I created the attached .csv file based on Example 8 in the VisAD text > adapter instructions. I have SLP observations over the region bounded > 25 degrees N to 50 degreeslatitude N and 55 degrees W to 90 degreees W > longitude. I keep getting the above error message so I have obviously > formatted something wrong. Should I be saving the data as a .csv in > excel or should I save it as a CSV in notepad as a .txt file? > > I have read all that I can find on website and in users guide as well > as search the FAQ. I am so frustrated I don't know what to try next. > Can you please help? > I'm sorry for your frustration. There were 4 problems with the header - First, the first line needs to be of the form: (index)->(Time,Longitude,Latitude,Pressure) not just: Time,Longitude,Latitude,Pressure Second - The names had different cases, e.g., Longitude and longitude. Third - the time formats needs to have a 'T' in it: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss Fourth - the attributes need to be quoted: Time[fmt="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"],Longitude[unit="degrees west"],Latitude[unit="degree"],Pressure[unit="hPa"] Attached is your example file with the above changes in it. not sure if you saw this but there is a write up on the format: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/userguide/data/TextPointData.html Also, a gui is shown when the IDV cannot read the point data. This is described in the above documentation as well. Jeff Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PYZ-592357 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open
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example2a.csv
Description: MS-Excel spreadsheet