Added whatsnew.

pp-mo · pp-mo · commit db7c49bb98c8 · 2018-04-12T13:12:28.000+01:00
diff --git a/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.1/newfeature_2018-Apr-12_fast_load_file_indices.txt b/docs/iris/src/whatsnew/contributions_2.1/newfeature_2018-Apr-12_fast_load_file_indices.txt
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+* The :class:`iris.fileformats.um.FieldCollation` objects, which are passed
+  into load callbacks when using
+  :func:`iris.fileformats.um.structured_um_loading`, now
+  have the additional properties :
+  :data:`iris.fileformats.um.FieldCollation.data_filepath` and
+  :data:`iris.fileformats.um.FieldCollation.data_field_indices`.
+  These provide the file locations of the original data fields, which are
+  otherwise lost in the structured loading process.
