id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,active_lock_reason,draft,pull_request,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,state_reason,repo,type
932677183,MDU6SXNzdWU5MzI2NzcxODM=,5550,Dataset.transpose support for missing_dims,43316012,closed,0,,,6,2021-06-29T13:32:37Z,2021-07-17T21:02:59Z,2021-07-17T21:02:59Z,COLLABORATOR,,,,"**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
I have a dataset where I do not know which of two dimensions (lets call them `a` and `b`) exists in this dataset (So either it has dims (""a"", ""other"") or (""b"", ""other"")).
I would like to make sure that this dimension is first using transpose, but currently this is only possible using `if` or `try` statements. Just using `ds.transpose(""a"", ""b"", ""other"")` raises a `ValueError arguments to transpose XXX must be permuted dataset dimensions YYY`.

**Describe the solution you'd like**
It would be nice if I could just use `ds.transpose(""a"", ""b"", ""other"", missing_dims=""ignore"")` similar to how `DataArray.transpose` handles it.

**Describe alternatives you've considered**
Currently I'm also using `ds.map(lambda x: x.transpose(""a"", ""b"", ""other"", missing_dims=""ignore""))`, which could (maybe?) replace the current implementation of the transpose.


While at it, `transpose_coords` could also be exposed to Dataset.transpose.","{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/5550/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,completed,13221727,issue