html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/2461#issuecomment-426906908,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/2461,426906908,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQyNjkwNjkwOA==,6815844,2018-10-04T06:59:56Z,2018-10-04T06:59:56Z,MEMBER,"> It might be worth putting a ""see also"" note in the assign_coords and set_coords documentation for this. I tried searching quite a bit, but did not find this. Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds a good idea. Do you mind to send a PR for this?","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,366626025 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/2461#issuecomment-426898980,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/2461,426898980,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQyNjg5ODk4MA==,6815844,2018-10-04T06:22:03Z,2018-10-04T06:22:03Z,MEMBER,"I'm closing this issue, but if you have further issue, do not hesitate to reopen this. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,366626025 https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/2461#issuecomment-426898835,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/2461,426898835,MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQyNjg5ODgzNQ==,6815844,2018-10-04T06:21:23Z,2018-10-04T06:21:23Z,MEMBER,"Hi @nedclimaterisk. Thanks for the raising an issue. In that case, you can use [`swap_dims`](http://xarray.pydata.org/en/stable/generated/xarray.Dataset.swap_dims.html), ```python In [1]: import xarray as xr ...: ds = xr.Dataset({'x': ('i', [0, 1, 2]), 'y': ('i', ['a', 'b', 'c'])}) ...: ds ...: ...: Out[1]: Dimensions: (i: 3) Dimensions without coordinates: i Data variables: x (i) int64 0 1 2 y (i) Dimensions: (x: 3) Coordinates: * x (x) int64 0 1 2 Data variables: y (x)