Remove sorting of time_block dimension

vmartinez-cu · vmartinez-cu · commit 590f77feca6f · 2026-04-10T12:49:29.000-06:00
diff --git a/imap_processing/ancillary/ancillary_dataset_combiner.py b/imap_processing/ancillary/ancillary_dataset_combiner.py
@@ -431,15 +431,13 @@ def convert_file_to_dataset(self, filepath: str | Path) -> xr.Dataset:  # noqa:
                 lines = [line.strip() for line in f if not line.startswith("#")]
             identifiers = [line.split(" ", 1)[0] for line in lines]
             values = [float(line.split(" ", 1)[1]) for line in lines]
-            ds = xr.Dataset(
+            return xr.Dataset(
                 {
                     "start_time_utc": (["time_block"], identifiers),
                     "cps_per_r": (["time_block"], values),
                 }
             )
 
-            return ds.sortby("time_block")
-
         elif filename.endswith(".json"):
             # Handle pipeline settings JSON file using the generic read_json method
             return self.convert_json_to_dataset(filepath)

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -431,15 +431,13 @@ def convert_file_to_dataset(self, filepath: str \| Path) -> xr.Dataset: # noqa:`
`431`	`431`	`lines = [line.strip() for line in f if not line.startswith("#")]`
`432`	`432`	`identifiers = [line.split(" ", 1)[0] for line in lines]`
`433`	`433`	`values = [float(line.split(" ", 1)[1]) for line in lines]`
`434`		`- ds = xr.Dataset(`
	`434`	`+ return xr.Dataset(`
`435`	`435`	`{`
`436`	`436`	`"start_time_utc": (["time_block"], identifiers),`
`437`	`437`	`"cps_per_r": (["time_block"], values),`
`438`	`438`	`}`
`439`	`439`	`)`
`440`	`440`
`441`		`- return ds.sortby("time_block")`
`442`		`-`
`443`	`441`	`elif filename.endswith(".json"):`
`444`	`442`	`# Handle pipeline settings JSON file using the generic read_json method`
`445`	`443`	`return self.convert_json_to_dataset(filepath)`