This information is valid for LAS version 5.0 and higher. Note this is old documentation, not currently updated or maintained.

Configuring LAS

XML issues

• Overview of XML and its use in LAS
• Details about the XML used in LAS
• Using XML includes when you have many data sets

Configuring data sets and variables

• Ingesting gridded data
• Serving in-situ data (relational database access)
• Creating configuration files
• Initializing data to remedy incomplete/incorrect metadata
• Adding vectors
• Creating long time series from 'snapshot' files
• Yearly averaged data sets
• Creating a multi-variable dataset from several single-variable files
• Providing 'virtual' variables (functions of existing variables)
• Configuring variables with invalid names

Customizing graphical output

• Anomaly and flux variables
• Producing special graphics for particular variables
• Modifying the scripts Ferret uses to generate output

Configuring the user interface

• Modifying the map applet (v5.0)
• Modifying the map applet (v5.2+)
• Modifying the views selector (v5.2)
• Grouping data sets into meaningful categories
• Grouping data sets into meaningful categories (v6.0+)

• Setting the lo/hi defaults on the time selectors
• Adding password protection

Setting up cooperative data servers

• Making data available to other LAS servers
• Installing a DODS server
• Serving remotely held data via DODS
• Setting up 'sister' servers (v5.0)
• Setting up 'sister' servers with packages (v5.2)

LAS site maintenance

• Cache management
• Direct links to data products (v5.0+)

Tomcat UI issues (v6.x)

• Running multiple LAS UI's with a single Tomcat

Using LAS

• Accessing data with batch scripts

Other

• Introduction to LAS
• Getting on/off the las_users email list
• Netscape on a Unix system crashing on LAS pages
• Combinations of operating system / browser / server where LAS has been tested