# animation of time series pvd data file
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 18, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184 "2025-02-18T05:46:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Madan\_B\_K](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Madan_B_K)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2025, 5:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184/1 "2025-02-18T05:46:40Z")
Hi everyone,
I’m having trouble creating an animation from my time series data in ParaView. I have a `.pvd` file that references multiple time step files, and I attempted to load all the data as a group (see attached picture 2). However, when I run the animation, nothing changes—the display remains static, even after resetting the range.
Has anyone encountered this issue? Is there a way to ensure ParaView recognizes the time series data when uploaded as a group file? Any suggestions or workarounds would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184/2 "2025-02-18T08:51:26Z")
You are supposed to have a single .pvd file which list every single timesteps.
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### Author:  [@Madan\_B\_K](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Madan_B_K)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184/3 "2025-02-19T22:04:24Z")
I appreciate your suggestion. I was wondering how to create a single file. Do you mean to create a new folder and transfer all of the pvd files?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2025, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184/4 "2025-02-20T08:47:41Z")
Here is an example:
[series.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/xnbaSF7bkn1KsbAjrAu1c3RqCxk.zip) (208.1 KB)
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### Author:  [@Madan\_B\_K](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Madan_B_K)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-time-series-pvd-data-file/16184/5 "2025-02-22T04:43:08Z")
thanks