From 76941d740b04dfb3738115a6b913207fdd5b7df7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lewis Blake <lewisb@met.no>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 18:07:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make obs_id required

---
 pyaerocom/aeroval/obsentry.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyaerocom/aeroval/obsentry.py b/pyaerocom/aeroval/obsentry.py
index d385ca436..b0b932523 100644
--- a/pyaerocom/aeroval/obsentry.py
+++ b/pyaerocom/aeroval/obsentry.py
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ class ObsEntry(BaseModel):
     ######################
     ## Required attributes
     ######################
-    obs_vars: tuple[str, ...] | str
-    obs_vert_type: str
+    obs_vars: str | tuple[str, ...]
+    obs_id: str | tuple[str, ...]
     ######################
     ## Optional attributes
     ######################
-    obs_id: str | tuple[str, ...] = ""
+    # obs_id: str | tuple[str, ...] = ""
     obs_ts_type_read: str | dict | None = None
     obs_vert_type: Literal["Column", "Profile", "Surface"] = "Surface"
     obs_aux_requires: dict[str, dict] = {}