Data loss¶
When writing xarray data, the following information is irreversibly lost:
- Name of the parent dimension of a MultiIndex (only the MultiIndex levels are retained)
- Scalar coordinates (not associated with a dimension)
- Array name
- Attributes
- Data types, unless they can be automatically inferred by
pandas.read_csv()
. orpandas.to_datetime()
. Booleans receive special treatment. - dask chunks