# Calculator Error
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 26, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279 "2023-01-26T23:35:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@kenzbaker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kenzbaker)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/1 "2023-01-26T23:35:54Z")
Hi, I am having an issue with making calculations in paraview. For the past year I have previosuly followed the exact same steps to make the calculation of elevation (coordZ - Sealevel) with my files and data, but for some unknown reason I am now getting this error appear.
Any ideas on how to stop this from occuring?
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/2 "2023-01-27T01:03:00Z")
Did you install a new version of ParaView or you just started seeing this?
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### Author:  [@kenzbaker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kenzbaker)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/3 "2023-01-27T01:26:04Z")
Yes, I uninstalled and reinstalled this morning and had the same issues
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/4 "2023-01-27T15:33:51Z")
What I mean is, have you been using, say ParaView 5.10, then started using ParaView 5.11 and started seeing this? Is the expression simply “coordZ - Sealevel”?
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### Author:  [@spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/spyridon97)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/5 "2023-01-29T17:29:05Z")
Would you mind providing us the dataset and reproducible steps ?
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### Author:  [@kenzbaker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kenzbaker)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/6 "2023-01-29T20:47:41Z")
I am unsure which verison I was using when these steps were working for me (most likely an older one as i downloaded paraview about a year ago). But the issue started occuring out of nowhere in the same version that was previosuly downloaded, so I tried reinstalling and have the same issue.
The error message pops up when I select the minus key on the calculator
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/7 "2023-01-31T03:04:48Z")
From the Edit menu, select Reset to Default Settings and see if that resolves the issue.
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### Author:  [@kenzbaker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kenzbaker)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2023, 3:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculator-error/11279/8 "2023-02-01T03:50:52Z")
Hi Cory, this seems to have worked. Thank you!