Allow indexing unindexed dimensions using dask arrays

doc/whats-new.rst

@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ New Features
 
 - Fix :py:meth:`xr.cov` and :py:meth:`xr.corr` now support complex valued arrays  (:issue:`7340`, :pull:`7392`).
   By `Michael Niklas <https://github.com/headtr1ck>`_.
+- Allow indexing along unindexed dimensions with dask arrays
+  (:issue:`2511`, :issue:`4276`, :issue:`4663`, :pull:`5873`).
+  By `Abel Aoun <https://github.com/bzah>`_ and `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
 - Support dask arrays in ``first`` and ``last`` reductions.
   By `Deepak Cherian <https://github.com/dcherian>`_.
 

xarray/core/dataset.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 )
 from xarray.core.missing import get_clean_interp_index
 from xarray.core.options import OPTIONS, _get_keep_attrs
-from xarray.core.pycompat import array_type, is_duck_dask_array
+from xarray.core.pycompat import array_type, is_duck_array, is_duck_dask_array
 from xarray.core.types import QuantileMethods, T_Dataset
 from xarray.core.utils import (
     Default,
@@ -2292,7 +2292,8 @@ def _validate_indexers(
             elif isinstance(v, Sequence) and len(v) == 0:
                 yield k, np.empty((0,), dtype="int64")
             else:
-                v = np.asarray(v)
+                if not is_duck_array(v):
+                    v = np.asarray(v)
 
                 if v.dtype.kind in "US":
                     index = self._indexes[k].to_pandas_index()

xarray/core/indexing.py

@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
 from xarray.core import duck_array_ops
 from xarray.core.nputils import NumpyVIndexAdapter
 from xarray.core.options import OPTIONS
-from xarray.core.pycompat import array_type, integer_types, is_duck_dask_array
+from xarray.core.pycompat import (
+    array_type,
+    integer_types,
+    is_duck_array,
+    is_duck_dask_array,
+)
 from xarray.core.types import T_Xarray
 from xarray.core.utils import (
     NDArrayMixin,
@@ -368,17 +373,17 @@ def __init__(self, key):
                 k = int(k)
             elif isinstance(k, slice):
                 k = as_integer_slice(k)
-            elif isinstance(k, np.ndarray):
+            elif is_duck_array(k):
                 if not np.issubdtype(k.dtype, np.integer):
                     raise TypeError(
                         f"invalid indexer array, does not have integer dtype: {k!r}"
                     )
-                if k.ndim != 1:
+                if k.ndim > 1:
                     raise TypeError(
-                        f"invalid indexer array for {type(self).__name__}; must have "
-                        f"exactly 1 dimension: {k!r}"
+                        f"invalid indexer array for {type(self).__name__}; must be scalar "
+                        f"or have 1 dimension: {k!r}"
                     )
-                k = np.asarray(k, dtype=np.int64)
+                k = k.astype(np.int64)
             else:
                 raise TypeError(
                     f"unexpected indexer type for {type(self).__name__}: {k!r}"
@@ -409,7 +414,13 @@ def __init__(self, key):
         for k in key:
             if isinstance(k, slice):
                 k = as_integer_slice(k)
-            elif isinstance(k, np.ndarray):
+            elif is_duck_dask_array(k):
+                raise ValueError(
+                    "Vectorized indexing with Dask arrays is not supported. "
+                    "Please pass a numpy array by calling ``.compute``. "
+                    "See https://github.com/dask/dask/issues/8958."
+                )
+            elif is_duck_array(k):
                 if not np.issubdtype(k.dtype, np.integer):
                     raise TypeError(
                         f"invalid indexer array, does not have integer dtype: {k!r}"
@@ -422,7 +433,7 @@ def __init__(self, key):
                         "invalid indexer key: ndarray arguments "
                         f"have different numbers of dimensions: {ndims}"
                     )
-                k = np.asarray(k, dtype=np.int64)
+                k = k.astype(np.int64)
             else:
                 raise TypeError(
                     f"unexpected indexer type for {type(self).__name__}: {k!r}"
@@ -1351,8 +1362,9 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
             rewritten_indexer = False
             new_indexer = []
             for idim, k in enumerate(key.tuple):
-                if isinstance(k, Iterable) and duck_array_ops.array_equiv(
-                    k, np.arange(self.array.shape[idim])
+                if isinstance(k, Iterable) and (
+                    not is_duck_dask_array(k)
+                    and duck_array_ops.array_equiv(k, np.arange(self.array.shape[idim]))
                 ):
                     new_indexer.append(slice(None))
                     rewritten_indexer = True

xarray/core/nputils.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from numpy.core.multiarray import normalize_axis_index  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 from xarray.core.options import OPTIONS
+from xarray.core.pycompat import is_duck_array
 
 try:
     import bottleneck as bn
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@ def _advanced_indexer_subspaces(key):
         return (), ()
 
     non_slices = [k for k in key if not isinstance(k, slice)]
-    ndim = len(np.broadcast(*non_slices).shape)
+    broadcasted_shape = np.broadcast_shapes(
+        *[item.shape if is_duck_array(item) else (0,) for item in non_slices]
+    )
+    ndim = len(broadcasted_shape)
     mixed_positions = advanced_index_positions[0] + np.arange(ndim)
     vindex_positions = np.arange(ndim)
     return mixed_positions, vindex_positions

xarray/core/pycompat.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import numpy as np
 from packaging.version import Version
 
-from xarray.core.utils import is_duck_array, module_available
+from xarray.core.utils import is_duck_array, is_scalar, module_available
 
 integer_types = (int, np.integer)
 
@@ -79,3 +79,7 @@ def is_dask_collection(x):
 
 def is_duck_dask_array(x):
     return is_duck_array(x) and is_dask_collection(x)
+
+
+def is_0d_dask_array(x):
+    return is_duck_dask_array(x) and is_scalar(x)

xarray/core/variable.py

@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@
     as_indexable,
 )
 from xarray.core.options import OPTIONS, _get_keep_attrs
-from xarray.core.pycompat import array_type, integer_types, is_duck_dask_array
+from xarray.core.pycompat import (
+    array_type,
+    integer_types,
+    is_0d_dask_array,
+    is_duck_dask_array,
+)
 from xarray.core.utils import (
     Frozen,
     NdimSizeLenMixin,
@@ -687,11 +692,12 @@ def _broadcast_indexes(self, key):
         key = self._item_key_to_tuple(key)  # key is a tuple
         # key is a tuple of full size
         key = indexing.expanded_indexer(key, self.ndim)
-        # Convert a scalar Variable to an integer
+        # Convert a scalar Variable to a 0d-array
         key = tuple(
-            k.data.item() if isinstance(k, Variable) and k.ndim == 0 else k for k in key
+            k.data if isinstance(k, Variable) and k.ndim == 0 else k for k in key
         )
-        # Convert a 0d-array to an integer
+        # Convert a 0d numpy arrays to an integer
+        # dask 0d arrays are passed through
         key = tuple(
             k.item() if isinstance(k, np.ndarray) and k.ndim == 0 else k for k in key
         )
@@ -732,7 +738,8 @@ def _validate_indexers(self, key):
         for dim, k in zip(self.dims, key):
             if not isinstance(k, BASIC_INDEXING_TYPES):
                 if not isinstance(k, Variable):
-                    k = np.asarray(k)
+                    if not is_duck_array(k):
+                        k = np.asarray(k)
                     if k.ndim > 1:
                         raise IndexError(
                             "Unlabeled multi-dimensional array cannot be "
@@ -749,6 +756,13 @@ def _validate_indexers(self, key):
                             "{}-dimensional boolean indexing is "
                             "not supported. ".format(k.ndim)
                         )
+                    if is_duck_dask_array(k.data):
+                        raise KeyError(
+                            "Indexing with a boolean dask array is not allowed. "
+                            "This will result in a dask array of unknown shape. "
+                            "Such arrays are unsupported by Xarray."
+                            "Please compute the indexer first using .compute()"
+                        )
                     if getattr(k, "dims", (dim,)) != (dim,):
                         raise IndexError(
                             "Boolean indexer should be unlabeled or on the "
@@ -759,18 +773,20 @@ def _validate_indexers(self, key):
                         )
 
     def _broadcast_indexes_outer(self, key):
+        # drop dim if k is integer or if k is a 0d dask array
         dims = tuple(
             k.dims[0] if isinstance(k, Variable) else dim
             for k, dim in zip(key, self.dims)
-            if not isinstance(k, integer_types)
+            if (not isinstance(k, integer_types) and not is_0d_dask_array(k))
         )
 
         new_key = []
         for k in key:
             if isinstance(k, Variable):
                 k = k.data
             if not isinstance(k, BASIC_INDEXING_TYPES):
-                k = np.asarray(k)
+                if not is_duck_array(k):
+                    k = np.asarray(k)
                 if k.size == 0:
                     # Slice by empty list; numpy could not infer the dtype
                     k = k.astype(int)

xarray/tests/test_dask.py

@@ -123,14 +123,15 @@ def test_indexing(self):
             (da.array([99, 99, 3, 99]), [0, -1, 1]),
             (da.array([99, 99, 99, 4]), np.arange(3)),
             (da.array([1, 99, 99, 99]), [False, True, True, True]),
-            (da.array([1, 99, 99, 99]), np.arange(4) > 0),
-            (da.array([99, 99, 99, 99]), Variable(("x"), da.array([1, 2, 3, 4])) > 0),
+            (da.array([1, 99, 99, 99]), np.array([False, True, True, True])),
+            (da.array([99, 99, 99, 99]), Variable(("x"), np.array([True] * 4))),
         ],
     )
     def test_setitem_dask_array(self, expected_data, index):
         arr = Variable(("x"), da.array([1, 2, 3, 4]))
         expected = Variable(("x"), expected_data)
-        arr[index] = 99
+        with raise_if_dask_computes():
+            arr[index] = 99
         assert_identical(arr, expected)
 
     def test_squeeze(self):

xarray/tests/test_dataarray.py

@@ -4216,45 +4216,49 @@ def test_query(
         d = np.random.choice(["foo", "bar", "baz"], size=30, replace=True).astype(
             object
         )
-        if backend == "numpy":
-            aa = DataArray(data=a, dims=["x"], name="a")
-            bb = DataArray(data=b, dims=["x"], name="b")
-            cc = DataArray(data=c, dims=["y"], name="c")
-            dd = DataArray(data=d, dims=["z"], name="d")
+        aa = DataArray(data=a, dims=["x"], name="a", coords={"a2": ("x", a)})
+        bb = DataArray(data=b, dims=["x"], name="b", coords={"b2": ("x", b)})
+        cc = DataArray(data=c, dims=["y"], name="c", coords={"c2": ("y", c)})
+        dd = DataArray(data=d, dims=["z"], name="d", coords={"d2": ("z", d)})
 
-        elif backend == "dask":
+        if backend == "dask":
             import dask.array as da
 
-            aa = DataArray(data=da.from_array(a, chunks=3), dims=["x"], name="a")
-            bb = DataArray(data=da.from_array(b, chunks=3), dims=["x"], name="b")
-            cc = DataArray(data=da.from_array(c, chunks=7), dims=["y"], name="c")
-            dd = DataArray(data=da.from_array(d, chunks=12), dims=["z"], name="d")
+            aa = aa.copy(data=da.from_array(a, chunks=3))
+            bb = bb.copy(data=da.from_array(b, chunks=3))
+            cc = cc.copy(data=da.from_array(c, chunks=7))
+            dd = dd.copy(data=da.from_array(d, chunks=12))
 
         # query single dim, single variable
-        actual = aa.query(x="a > 5", engine=engine, parser=parser)
+        with raise_if_dask_computes():
+            actual = aa.query(x="a2 > 5", engine=engine, parser=parser)
         expect = aa.isel(x=(a > 5))
         assert_identical(expect, actual)
 
         # query single dim, single variable, via dict
-        actual = aa.query(dict(x="a > 5"), engine=engine, parser=parser)
+        with raise_if_dask_computes():
+            actual = aa.query(dict(x="a2 > 5"), engine=engine, parser=parser)
         expect = aa.isel(dict(x=(a > 5)))
         assert_identical(expect, actual)
 
         # query single dim, single variable
-        actual = bb.query(x="b > 50", engine=engine, parser=parser)
+        with raise_if_dask_computes():
+            actual = bb.query(x="b2 > 50", engine=engine, parser=parser)
         expect = bb.isel(x=(b > 50))
         assert_identical(expect, actual)
 
         # query single dim, single variable
-        actual = cc.query(y="c < .5", engine=engine, parser=parser)
+        with raise_if_dask_computes():
+            actual = cc.query(y="c2 < .5", engine=engine, parser=parser)
         expect = cc.isel(y=(c < 0.5))
         assert_identical(expect, actual)
 
         # query single dim, single string variable
         if parser == "pandas":
             # N.B., this query currently only works with the pandas parser
             # xref https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/40436
-            actual = dd.query(z='d == "bar"', engine=engine, parser=parser)
+            with raise_if_dask_computes():
+                actual = dd.query(z='d2 == "bar"', engine=engine, parser=parser)
             expect = dd.isel(z=(d == "bar"))
             assert_identical(expect, actual)