from pandas import * from pandas.util.testing import rands i, j, k = 7, 771, 5532 panel = Panel(np.random.randn(i, j, k), items=[rands(10) for _ in xrange(i)], major_axis=DateRange('1/1/2000', periods=j, offset=datetools.Minute()), minor_axis=[rands(10) for _ in xrange(k)]) store = HDFStore('test.h5') store.put('test_panel', panel, table=True) retrieved = store['test_panel']