Data explorer

Data explorer window in light mode Data explorer window in dark mode

Provides a file-browser-like interface for exploring and visualizing ARPES data stored on your disk.

The loader list includes general xarray HDF5 (.h5), NetCDF (.nc, .nc4, and .cdf), Zarr (.zarr), and supported Igor (.ibw and .pxt) files.

Data Explorer is the recommended interface for browsing data, previewing metadata, and selecting files to load.

You can open the explorer in several ways:

  1. From the ImageTool manager with File ‣ Data Explorer or Ctrl+E.

  2. From Python with erlab.interactive.data_explorer().

  3. From the command line with python -m erlab.interactive.explorer.

Browsing directories and previewing metadata works in the standalone explorer. Opening selected files into ImageTool analysis requires a running ImageTool manager. Launching the explorer from the manager is therefore the recommended path for users who want to find a dataset and start working with it immediately.