Using the ExtData component: Difference between revisions

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:Variable - This is the name of the variable ON THE FILE. It need not be the same as the export name. You can also set this to /dev/null to set the

:File Template - this is a grads style template, if there are no tokens in the template name ExtData will assume that all the data is on one file.

:The next 3 keywords are optional but all 3 must be supplied if used.

:The next 3 keywords are optional but all 3 must be supplied if used. Also note if your data is on one file then it makes no sense to worry about these.

::Reference Time - When trying to find a file to get data from, the times tried when applying the template will be some multiple of a time interval from this reference time.

::File Frequency Units - The frequency units for the file, options are years, months, days, hours, minutes.

::File Frequency - An integer specifying the frequency in the units given in the previous keyword.

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 :Variable - This is the name of the variable ON THE FILE. It need not be the same as the export name. You can also set this to /dev/null to set the
 :File Template - this is a grads style template, if there are no tokens in the template name ExtData will assume that all the data is on one file.
-:The next 3 keywords are optional but all 3 must be supplied if used.
+:The next 3 keywords are optional but all 3 must be supplied if used. Also note if your data is on one file then it makes no sense to worry about these.
 ::Reference Time - When trying to find a file to get data from, the times tried when applying the template will be some multiple of a time interval from this reference time.
 ::File Frequency Units - The frequency units for the file, options are years, months, days, hours, minutes.
 ::File Frequency - An integer specifying the frequency in the units given in the previous keyword.