# xarray.backends.StoreBackendEntrypoint.open_dataset

#### StoreBackendEntrypoint.open_dataset(filename_or_obj, , mask_and_scale=True, decode_times=True, concat_characters=True, decode_coords=True, drop_variables=None, set_indexes=True, use_cftime=None, decode_timedelta=None)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/backends/store.py#L25-L72)

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