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/7456#issuecomment-1396749591,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/7456,1396749591,IC_kwDOAMm_X85TQLUX,5821660,2023-01-19T10:26:56Z,2023-01-19T10:26:56Z,MEMBER,"@cmdupuis3 dimensions are not given in a particular order in the Dataset. There could be two DataArray's which have reversed dimensions for instance. You would need to inspect the DataArray's: ```python da = xr.DataArray([[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]], coords={'a':[1,2,3], 'b':[1,2,3]}) ds = xr.Dataset({'da':da}) ds0 = ds.expand_dims('yomama', axis=0) print(ds0.dims) print(ds0.da.dims) ds1 = ds.expand_dims('yomama', axis=1) print(ds1.dims) print(ds1.da.dims) ds2 = ds.expand_dims('yomama', axis=2) print(ds2.dims) print(ds2.da.dims) ``` ```python Frozen({'a': 3, 'b': 3, 'yomama': 1}) ('yomama', 'a', 'b') Frozen({'a': 3, 'b': 3, 'yomama': 1}) ('a', 'yomama', 'b') Frozen({'a': 3, 'b': 3, 'yomama': 1}) ('a', 'b', 'yomama') ```","{""total_count"": 2, ""+1"": 2, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1548355645