2.2. From an NcML file

First, you should have done the previous part here : Data inserting.

Then you could use the scripts in the shell/bin directory. For pgrid-prepare and pgrid-collector, you can have a description of the allowed parameters by specifying a --help parameter.

Now run :

It will create a new layer with the name and description specified.

For the script pgrid-prepare, only the layer name is a required parameter.

Then run :

It will collect information from the NcML file specified with the path argument, for the format and variable specified.

Here is a description of known parameters and their goals.

Parameter	Goal
layer	Layer name. Should be the same as the one provided in the script pgrid-prepare
format	Format name. Must be present in the Format table before running this script.
variable (Optional)	Variable to consider when collecting data. It is the NetCDF or NcML variable to consider in the data set. Compulsory in the case of NcML collecting process.
type (Optional)	Could be ncml or opendap. If not specified, then it is opendap.
path (Optional)	Path of the NcML file. Compulsory in the case of NcML collecting process.