# xarray.backends.NetCDF4BackendEntrypoint.open_dataset

#### NetCDF4BackendEntrypoint.open_dataset(filename_or_obj, , mask_and_scale=True, decode_times=True, concat_characters=True, decode_coords=True, drop_variables=None, use_cftime=None, decode_timedelta=None, group=None, mode='r', format='NETCDF4', clobber=True, diskless=False, persist=False, auto_complex=None, lock=None, autoclose=False)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/backends/netCDF4_.py#L857-L911)

Backend open_dataset method used by Xarray in [`open_dataset()`](xarray.open_dataset.html.md#xarray.open_dataset).