diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.level/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.level/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.java
index c8b31f425a..3f0de7b2cb 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.level/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.level/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.java
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlType;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.comm.CommunicationException;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.annotations.DataURI;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.persist.PersistableDataObject;
-import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.ISerializableObject;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.annotations.DynamicSerialize;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.serialization.annotations.DynamicSerializeElement;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.status.IUFStatusHandler;
@@ -56,10 +55,12 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.status.UFStatus.Priority;
  * <pre>
  * SOFTWARE HISTORY
  * 
- * Date         Ticket#    Engineer    Description
- * ------------ ---------- ----------- --------------------------
- * Sep 03, 2009            rjpeter     Initial creation.
- * Dec 20, 2012           njensen   Added Level(String)
+ * Date          Ticket#    Engineer    Description
+ * ------------- -------- ----------- --------------------------
+ * Sep 03, 2009           rjpeter     Initial creation.
+ * Dec 20, 2012           njensen     Added Level(String)
+ * Feb 12, 2014  2672     bsteffen    Allow String constructor to parse floats.
+ * 
  * </pre>
  * 
  * @author rjpeter
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.status.UFStatus.Priority;
 @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.NONE)
 @XmlRootElement
 @XmlType(namespace = "dataplugin-level")
-public class Level extends PersistableDataObject implements ISerializableObject {
+public class Level extends PersistableDataObject {
     private static final transient IUFStatusHandler statusHandler = UFStatus
             .getHandler(Level.class);
 
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ public class Level extends PersistableDataObject implements ISerializableObject
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     private static final Pattern PATTERN = Pattern
-            .compile("([0-9]*)((_([0-9]*))??([a-zA-Z]+))");
+            .compile("^(\\d*(?:\\.\\d*)?)(?:_(\\d*(?:\\.\\d*)?))?([a-zA-Z]+)$");
 
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "LEVEL_GENERATOR")
@@ -133,8 +134,8 @@ public class Level extends PersistableDataObject implements ISerializableObject
         Matcher m = PATTERN.matcher(level);
         if (m.matches()) {
             String levelOne = m.group(1);
-            String levelTwo = m.group(4);
-            String name = m.group(5);
+            String levelTwo = m.group(2);
+            String name = m.group(3);
 
             levelonevalue = Double.parseDouble(levelOne);
             if (levelTwo != null) {
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.radar/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/radar/dataaccess/RadarGridFactory.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.radar/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/radar/dataaccess/RadarGridFactory.java
index d52d49f4a3..09c4ebb8e7 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.radar/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/radar/dataaccess/RadarGridFactory.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.radar/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/radar/dataaccess/RadarGridFactory.java
@@ -290,21 +290,21 @@ public class RadarGridFactory extends AbstractGridDataPluginFactory implements
             }
             constraints.put(PRODUCT_CODE, pcConstraint);
         }
-        if (request.getLevels() != null) {
+        Level[] levels = request.getLevels();
+        if (levels != null && levels.length > 0) {
             RequestConstraint angleConstraint = new RequestConstraint(null,
                     ConstraintType.IN);
-            for (Level level : request.getLevels()) {
+            for (Level level : levels) {
                 angleConstraint.addToConstraintValueList(level
                         .getLevelOneValueAsString());
             }
             constraints.put(PRIMARY_ANGLE, angleConstraint);
         }
 
-        if (request.getLocationNames() != null) {
-            RequestConstraint icaoConstraint = new RequestConstraint(null,
-                    ConstraintType.IN);
-            icaoConstraint.setConstraintValueList(request.getLocationNames());
-            constraints.put(ICAO, icaoConstraint);
+        String[] locations = request.getLocationNames();
+        if (locations != null && locations.length > 0) {
+            RequestConstraint rc = new RequestConstraint(locations);
+            constraints.put(ICAO, rc);
         }
 
         if (request.getEnvelope() != null) {
diff --git a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.satellite/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/satellite/dataaccess/SatelliteGridFactory.java b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.satellite/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/satellite/dataaccess/SatelliteGridFactory.java
index 274342c8e8..dd118e6762 100644
--- a/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.satellite/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/satellite/dataaccess/SatelliteGridFactory.java
+++ b/edexOsgi/com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.satellite/src/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/satellite/dataaccess/SatelliteGridFactory.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.PluginDataObject;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.satellite.SatelliteRecord;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.satellite.units.SatelliteUnits;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataquery.requests.RequestConstraint;
-import com.raytheon.uf.common.dataquery.requests.RequestConstraint.ConstraintType;
 import com.raytheon.uf.common.geospatial.interpolation.data.DataSource;
 
 /**
@@ -85,11 +84,11 @@ public class SatelliteGridFactory extends AbstractGridDataPluginFactory
     protected DefaultGridData constructGridDataResponse(IDataRequest request,
             PluginDataObject pdo, GridGeometry2D gridGeometry,
             DataSource dataSource) {
-        if(pdo instanceof SatelliteRecord == false){
+        if (pdo instanceof SatelliteRecord == false) {
             throw new DataRetrievalException(this.getClass().getSimpleName()
                     + " cannot handle " + pdo.getClass().getSimpleName());
         }
-        
+
         SatelliteRecord satelliteRecord = (SatelliteRecord) pdo;
         DefaultGridData defaultGridData = new DefaultGridData(dataSource,
                 gridGeometry);
@@ -140,19 +139,16 @@ public class SatelliteGridFactory extends AbstractGridDataPluginFactory
                         .getIdentifiers().get(identifier).toString()));
             }
         }
-        if ((request.getParameters() == null) == false) {
-            RequestConstraint requestConstraint = new RequestConstraint();
-            requestConstraint.setConstraintType(ConstraintType.IN);
-            requestConstraint.setConstraintValueList(request.getParameters());
-            constraints.put(FIELD_PYHSICAL_ELEMENT, requestConstraint);
+        String[] parameters = request.getParameters();
+        if (parameters != null && parameters.length > 0) {
+            RequestConstraint rc = new RequestConstraint(parameters);
+            constraints.put(FIELD_PYHSICAL_ELEMENT, rc);
         }
 
-        if ((request.getLocationNames() == null) == false) {
-            RequestConstraint requestConstraint = new RequestConstraint();
-            requestConstraint.setConstraintType(ConstraintType.IN);
-            requestConstraint
-                    .setConstraintValueList(request.getLocationNames());
-            constraints.put(FIELD_SECTOR_ID, requestConstraint);
+        String[] locations = request.getLocationNames();
+        if (locations != null && locations.length > 0) {
+            RequestConstraint rc = new RequestConstraint(locations);
+            constraints.put(FIELD_SECTOR_ID, rc);
         }
 
         return constraints;
diff --git a/pythonPackages/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.py b/pythonPackages/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.py
index 2953f0dd9d..c5a71a03b5 100644
--- a/pythonPackages/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.py
+++ b/pythonPackages/dynamicserialize/dstypes/com/raytheon/uf/common/dataplugin/level/Level.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #    Date            Ticket#       Engineer       Description
 #    ------------    ----------    -----------    --------------------------
 #    05/29/13         2023         dgilling       Initial Creation.
-#
+#    02/12/14         2672         bsteffen       Allow String constructor to parse floats.
 #
 
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import re
 from dynamicserialize.dstypes.com.raytheon.uf.common.dataplugin.level import MasterLevel
 
 
-LEVEL_NAMING_REGEX = re.compile("(\d*)((_(\d*))??([a-zA-Z]+))")
+LEVEL_NAMING_REGEX = re.compile("^(\d*(?:\.\d*)?)(?:_(\d*(?:\.\d*)?))?([a-zA-Z]+)$")
 INVALID_VALUE = numpy.float64(-999999)
 
 class Level(object):
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ class Level(object):
             matcher = LEVEL_NAMING_REGEX.match(str(levelString))
             if matcher is not None:
                self.levelonevalue = numpy.float64(matcher.group(1))
-               self.masterLevel = MasterLevel.MasterLevel(matcher.group(5))
-               levelTwo = matcher.group(4)
+               self.masterLevel = MasterLevel.MasterLevel(matcher.group(3))
+               levelTwo = matcher.group(2)
                if levelTwo:
                    self.leveltwovalue = numpy.float64(levelTwo)