# xarray.indexes.PandasMultiIndex

### *class* xarray.indexes.PandasMultiIndex(array, dim, level_coords_dtype=None)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/core/indexes.py#L1058-L1542)

Wrap a pandas.MultiIndex as an xarray compatible index.

#### \_\_init_\_(array, dim, level_coords_dtype=None)[[source]](https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/main/xarray/core/indexes.py#L1068-L1088)

### Methods

| [`__init__`](#xarray.indexes.PandasMultiIndex.__init__)(array, dim[, level_coords_dtype])   |                                                                                                            |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `concat`(indexes, dim[, positions])                                                           | Create a new index by concatenating one or more indexes of the same type.                                  |
| `copy`([deep])                                                                                | Return a (deep) copy of this index.                                                                        |
| `create_variables`([variables])                                                               | Maybe create new coordinate variables from this index.                                                     |
| `equals`(other, \*[, exclude])                                                                | Compare this index with another index of the same type.                                                    |
| `from_variables`(variables, \*, options)                                                      | Create a new index object from one or more coordinate variables.                                           |
| `from_variables_maybe_expand`(dim, ...)                                                       | Create a new multi-index maybe by expanding an existing one with new variables as index levels.            |
| `isel`(indexers)                                                                              | Maybe returns a new index from the current index itself indexed by positional indexers.                    |
| `join`(other[, how])                                                                          | Return a new index from the combination of this index with another index of the same type.                 |
| `keep_levels`(level_variables)                                                                | Keep only the provided levels and return a new multi-index with its corresponding coordinates.             |
| `reindex_like`(other[, method, tolerance])                                                    | Query the index with another index of the same type.                                                       |
| `rename`(name_dict, dims_dict)                                                                | Maybe update the index with new coordinate and dimension names.                                            |
| `reorder_levels`(level_variables)                                                             | Re-arrange index levels using input order and return a new multi-index with its corresponding coordinates. |
| `roll`(shifts)                                                                                | Roll this index by an offset along one or more dimensions.                                                 |
| `sel`(labels[, method, tolerance])                                                            | Query the index with arbitrary coordinate label indexers.                                                  |
| `should_add_coord_to_array`(name, var, dims)                                                  | Define whether or not an index coordinate variable should be added to a new DataArray.                     |
| `stack`(variables, dim)                                                                       | Create a new Pandas MultiIndex from the product of 1-d variables (levels) along a new dimension.           |
| `to_pandas_index`()                                                                           | Cast this xarray index to a pandas.Index object or raise a `TypeError` if this is not supported.           |
| `unstack`()                                                                                   | Unstack a (multi-)index into multiple (single) indexes.                                                    |

### Attributes

| `coord_dtype`        |    |
|----------------------|----|
| `dim`                |    |
| `index`              |    |
| `level_coords_dtype` |    |