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QC variables should be subsetVariables #6

Open rsignell-usgs opened 6 years ago

rsignell-usgs commented 6 years ago

I plotted some salinity https://erddap-uncabled.oceanobservatories.org/uncabled/erddap/tabledap/CE04OSSM-RID27-03-CTDBPC000-ctdbp_cdef_dcl_instrument-telemetered-deployment0004-tabledap.graph?time%2Cpractical_salinity&time%3E=2017-09-11T00%3A00%3A00Z&time%3C=2017-09-18T00%3A00%3A00Z&.draw=lines&.color=0x000000&.bgColor=0xffccccff and it looked like I should contrain with QC flag, but I didn't see the available values of QC variables on a dropdown.

kerfoot commented 6 years ago

QC flags values and meanings are not in the UFrame generated products. My understanding is that the values are calculated via summation of individual tests, but I will check with the data team and provide feedback.

rsignell-usgs commented 6 years ago

@kerfoot, this issue is about making sure that variables that only have a few unique values are specified in datasets.xml as subsetVariables. This will allow ERDDAP to display those unique values on a dropdown menu, which is much easier for users.

kerfoot commented 6 years ago

ok. will add them to

kerfoot commented 6 years ago

I asked OOI CI to provide access to the existing datasets.xml file so that I can make the requested changes without having to rewrite the file and restart the server. Their response was less than enthusiastic. Will have to figure out another solution.