# xarray.Dataset.to_dict

`Dataset.``to_dict`(data=True)

  Convert this dataset to a dictionary following xarray naming conventions.

  Converts all variables and attributes to native Python objects Useful for converting to json. To avoid datetime incompatibility use decode_times=False kwarg in xarrray.open_dataset.

  Parameters: | data (bool, optional) – Whether to include the actual data in the dictionary. When set to False, returns just the schema.

  See also

  `Dataset.from_dict()`