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Last modified: Mon, 04/03/2017 - 17:28
Given a data set, variable and a view find the operations that can be applied (and the options for each operation).

The URL forthis action is:

http://server.gov:8080/las/getOperations.do?dsid=datasetID&varid=variabl...

This response does not include the options. You have to call getOptions using the IDREF in the optionsdef element to get the options.

For example, the response for an LAS that contains the coads_climatology_cdf data set and the SST variable with an xy view looks like this:

{"operations": {"operation": [
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_gen_script"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "x"},
 {"name": "y"},
 {"name": "z"},
 {"name": "t"},
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"},
 {"name": "xyz"},
 {"name": "xyt"},
 {"name": "xzt"},
 {"name": "yzt"},
 {"name": "xyzt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "scripts",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": [
 {"name": "regular"},
 {"name": "scattered"}
 ]},
 "service_action": "Convert_to_Index",
 "name": "Data Access Scripts for Desktop Apps",
 "response": {
 "result": {
 "type": "index",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "index"
 },
 "ID": "ConvertResp"
 },
 "ID": "Gen_Scripts"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_2D"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "output",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Overlay_Plot_2D",
 "name": "2D Overlay Plot",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Overlay_Plot_2D"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_Compare"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "output",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Compare_Plot",
 "name": "2D Difference Plot",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Compare_Plot"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_2D_image_contour_xy"},
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Plot_2D_XY",
 "name": "2D Plot in XY",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Plot_2D_XY"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "optionsdef": {"IDREF": "Options_2D_image_contour_xy"},
 "service_action": "xy_map",
 "name": "xy map",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "xy_map"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output_GE_overlay",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "optionsdef": {"IDREF": "Options_2D_image_contour_xy"},
 "service_action": "Plot_2D_GE",
 "name": "Googel Earth Overlay",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Plot_GE_Overlay"
 },
 {
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output_response",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "name": "Plot to Google Earth",
 "operation": [
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "service_action": "Plot_2D_GE",
 "name": "Plot_2D_GE",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "colorbar"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Plot_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "service": "kml",
 "chained": "true",
 "args": {"arg": [
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "result": "plot_image",
 "operation": "Plot_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "result": "colorbar",
 "operation": "Plot_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "map_scale",
 "result": "map_scale",
 "operation": "Plot_for_GE"
 }
 ]},
 "service_action": "kml",
 "name": "Make KML File",
 "response": {
 "index": "1",
 "type": "HTML",
 "result": {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "kml",
 "file_suffix": ".kml",
 "mime_type": "application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml",
 "ID": "kml"
 },
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "kml"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Plot_GE_kml"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output_GE_overlay",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "optionsdef": {"IDREF": "Options_Vector"},
 "service_action": "Plot_vector_GE",
 "name": "Googel Earth Overlay",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Vector_GE_Overlay"
 },
 {
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output_response",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "name": "Google Earth kml",
 "operation": [
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "service_action": "Plot_vector_GE",
 "name": "Plot_vector_GE",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Vector_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "service": "kml",
 "chained": "true",
 "args": {"arg": [
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "result": "plot_image",
 "operation": "Vector_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "map_scale",
 "result": "map_scale",
 "operation": "Vector_for_GE"
 }
 ]},
 "service_action": "kml_vector",
 "name": "Make KML File",
 "response": {
 "index": "1",
 "type": "HTML",
 "result": {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "kml",
 "file_suffix": ".kml",
 "mime_type": "application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml",
 "ID": "kml"
 },
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "kml"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Vector_GE_kml"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "x"},
 {"name": "y"},
 {"name": "z"},
 {"name": "t"},
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"},
 {"name": "xyz"},
 {"name": "xyt"},
 {"name": "xzt"},
 {"name": "yzt"},
 {"name": "xyzt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "output_response",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "optionsdef": {"IDREF": "Options_Data"},
 "service_action": "Data_Extract_Grid",
 "name": "Grid Locations",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "text",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "mime_type": "text/plain",
 "ID": "ferret_listing"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "ID": "debug"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Data_Extract_Grid_Response"
 },
 "ID": "Data_Extract_Grid"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output_wms",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Plot_2D_WMS",
 "name": "2D Plot for WMS",
 "response": {
 "result": {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Plot_2D_WMS"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_Vector"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "output",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Plot_vector",
 "name": "Vector Plot",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Plot_vector"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_Data"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "x"},
 {"name": "y"},
 {"name": "z"},
 {"name": "t"},
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"},
 {"name": "xyz"},
 {"name": "xyt"},
 {"name": "xzt"},
 {"name": "yzt"},
 {"name": "xyzt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "table",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Data_Extract",
 "name": "Table of Value",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "text",
 "mime_type": "text/plain",
 "ID": "ferret_listing"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Data_Extract_Response"
 },
 "ID": "Data_Extract"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_Data"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "x"},
 {"name": "y"},
 {"name": "z"},
 {"name": "t"},
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"},
 {"name": "xyz"},
 {"name": "xyt"},
 {"name": "xzt"},
 {"name": "yzt"},
 {"name": "xyzt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "netcdf",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Data_Extract_netCDF",
 "name": "Extract a sub-set into a netCDF file",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "type": "netcdf",
 "file_suffix": ".nc",
 "ID": "ferret_listing"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Data_Extract_netCDF_Response"
 },
 "ID": "Data_Extract_netCDF"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_Data_file"},
 "region": {"intervals": [
 {"name": "x"},
 {"name": "y"},
 {"name": "z"},
 {"name": "t"},
 {"name": "xy"},
 {"name": "xz"},
 {"name": "xt"},
 {"name": "yz"},
 {"name": "yt"},
 {"name": "zt"},
 {"name": "xyz"},
 {"name": "xyt"},
 {"name": "xzt"},
 {"name": "yzt"},
 {"name": "xyzt"}
 ]},
 "output_template": "ascii",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Data_Extract_File",
 "name": "Extract a sub-set into a formatted ASCII file",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ascii",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "mime_type": "text/plain",
 "ID": "ferret_listing"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Data_Extract_File_Response"
 },
 "ID": "Data_Extract_File"
 },
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "optiondef": {"IDREF": "Options_Data"},
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "arcview",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "service_action": "Data_Extract_ArcView",
 "name": "ArcView ASCII Output File",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "type": "arc",
 "file_suffix": ".arc",
 "ID": "ferret_listing"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Data_Extract_File_Response"
 },
 "ID": "Data_Extract_ArcView"
 },
 {
 "region": {"intervals": {"name": "xy"}},
 "output_template": "output_GE",
 "grid_types": {"grid_type": {"name": "regular"}},
 "name": "Plot to Google Earth",
 "operation": [
 {
 "service": "ferret",
 "service_action": "Plot_2D_GE",
 "name": "Plot_2D_GE",
 "response": {
 "result": [
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "mime_type": "image/png",
 "ID": "plot_image"
 },
 {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "ps",
 "file_suffix": ".ps",
 "mime_type": "application/postscript",
 "ID": "plot_postscript"
 },
 {
 "type": "image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "ID": "ref_map"
 },
 {
 "type": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "ID": "map_scale"
 },
 {
 "type": "debug",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "debug"
 },
 {
 "type": "cancel",
 "file_suffix": ".txt",
 "ID": "cancel"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "Plot_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "service": "kml",
 "chained": "true",
 "args": {"arg": [
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "image",
 "result": "plot_image",
 "file_suffix": ".gif",
 "operation": "Plot_for_GE"
 },
 {
 "chained": "true",
 "type": "map_scale",
 "result": "map_scale",
 "file_suffix": ".xml",
 "operation": "Plot_for_GE"
 }
 ]},
 "service_action": "kml",
 "name": "Make KML File",
 "response": {
 "index": "1",
 "type": "HTML",
 "result": {
 "streamable": "true",
 "type": "kml",
 "file_suffix": ".kml",
 "mime_type": "application/vnd.google-earth.kml+xml",
 "ID": "kml"
 },
 "ID": "PlotResp"
 },
 "ID": "kml"
 }
 ],
 "ID": "Google_Earth"
 }
]}}