# Auspice view fails to load the datasets

**URL:** <https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/auspice-view-fails-to-load-the-datasets/1301>\
**Category:** Help and Getting Started\
**Created:** [January 14, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/auspice-view-fails-to-load-the-datasets/1301 "2023-01-14T12:38:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![sreems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@sreems](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/sreems)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/auspice-view-fails-to-load-the-datasets/1301/1 "2023-01-14T12:38:39Z")

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Hi all  
I have been using nextstrain for most of my analysis, especially the local version is quite helpful.  
I ran the command as usual  
auspice view --datasetDir /home/Sreelekshmi/covid19/auspice  
but it doesn’t seem to load any files from the folder.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/nextstrain/original/1X/e6cea65b1a84a01abc337ab5a7624b0a6ae3eb11.png)

auspice --version gives 2.42.0 .

Please help me figure this out.

Thanks  
Sreelekshmi

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**Author:** ![james](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/nextstrain.discourse.group/james/32/11_2.png) [@james](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/james)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/auspice-view-fails-to-load-the-datasets/1301/2 "2023-01-16T01:23:26Z")

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Hi Sreelekshmi,

Could you share the filenames in that directory, e.g. by copying and pasting the output from `ls /home/Sreelekshmi/covid19/auspice`?

Best,  
james

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**Author:** ![sreems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@sreems](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/u/sreems)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2023, 5:14am UTC](https://nextstrain.discourse.group/t/auspice-view-fails-to-load-the-datasets/1301/3 "2023-01-16T05:14:58Z")

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> [@sreems](#):
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> auspice view --datasetDir /home/Sreelekshmi/covid19/auspice

Hi James  
Thanks for the quick response  
I am attaching a screenshot of some of the files that are in the folder mentioned in your reply.

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/nextstrain/original/1X/f315a011a1fc2fa6e7342076411e9b12a4abe17b.png)

Sreelekshmi