QDataSet's bundle is used to make a set of correlated datasets (Juno density, fce, bmag, mlt) and also a color plot of X,Y → Z. When rendering the first one, we would like a stack of traces vs time. When rendering the second, we would like a color scatter plot. The two datasets are so similar in form that one is often mistaken for the other.
When bundling three rank 1 time series datasets, I was expecting to get the stack of three traces against time, and I forgot that you must manually assert the DEPEND_0 for the bundle to get this behavior.
I'm not sure if this is a documentation issue, or if there should be a new method which is more deliberate. It's also tempting to have the bundle command add the DEPEND_0 property automatically when each dataset has the same DEPEND_0, but I'm sure that would break some people's scripts. This ticket is to address the ambiguity.
jbfaden
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2 months ago
QDataSet's bundle is used to make a set of correlated datasets (Juno density, fce, bmag, mlt) and also a color plot of X,Y → Z. When rendering the first one, we would like a stack of traces vs time. When rendering the second, we would like a color scatter plot. The two datasets are so similar in form that one is often mistaken for the other.
When bundling three rank 1 time series datasets, I was expecting to get the stack of three traces against time, and I forgot that you must manually assert the DEPEND_0 for the bundle to get this behavior.
I'm not sure if this is a documentation issue, or if there should be a new method which is more deliberate. It's also tempting to have the bundle command add the DEPEND_0 property automatically when each dataset has the same DEPEND_0, but I'm sure that would break some people's scripts. This ticket is to address the ambiguity.