Dataset name issue

[redbluewater]

Thanks for sharing this code - it's a nice example to use as I learn my way around CMAP. I don't know if this repository is still being examined, but in the event it is, I found two issues that will cause the code to crash.

First, in common.py, the first dataset is listed as "tblSeaFlow", which does not come up in the catalog search at the CMAP website. It was easy enough to dig around a little and find "tblSeaFlow_v1_5", but is it possible to find dataset names that have been deprecated?

Thanks again for the example.

(edited to make two issues to streamline possible responses)

[mdashkezari]

Hi @redbluewater, Sorry for the slow response, I was traveling last week. Glad you're experimenting with CMAP. As noticed tblSeaFlow has been updated and has a new name. We change datasets once they go through major updates so it doesn't create silent misinterpretation. The removed datasets will be completely removed from CMAP catalog. Once dataset is removed or renamed, it is announced on the "News" section on the website landing page.

You can subscribe to news to get all CMAP announcements (see the landing page), or subscribe to a specific dataset (see catalog page) to get news related to that dataset only.

[redbluewater]

Thanks @mdashkezari.

In case it's useful for others - I just put in a statement into my script to check if the dataset exists. Then I get an error message early on before I try and do something with the data. Roughly, the code looks like this (using the example for the datatset that no longer exists):

CMAPdatasets = api.datasets()
res = CMAPdatasets.isin(['tblSeaFlow']).any().any()

if res:
    #(continue on with the script ...)
    print('yes')
else:
    sys.exit('Datafile does not exist')