# xarray.backends.ZarrBackendEntrypoint.open_dataset

#### ZarrBackendEntrypoint.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', consolidated=None, storage_options=None, zarr_format=None, store=None, engine=None, use_zarr_fill_value_as_mask=None, cache_members=True)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/backends/zarr.py#L1750-L1798)

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