# connectivity removing global point & cell Ids?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 22, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579 "2026-05-22T11:03:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579/1 "2026-05-22T11:03:57Z")
Hello,
I _think_ i found a bug, when i apply connectivity to extract the largest region of an source (tested unstructured grid and uniform rectilinear image) the fields of GlobalPointIds and GlobalCellIds disappear which (if i am not mistaken) removes the logic of using this filter previously on the pipeline…
I am missing something? is this a bug? or something else?
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### Author:  [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2026, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579/2 "2026-06-04T11:53:34Z")
It looks indeed like a bug!
I reproduced with a simple pipeline:
- Sphere
- GlobalPointAndCellIds
- Connectivity
Do you mind open a ticket on [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work\_items](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work_items)?
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### Author:  [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2026, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579/3 "2026-06-04T12:00:28Z")
Or maybe it is just a matter of `GlobalIds` vs `Ids` ?
When using `PointAndCellIds` filter, arrays are correctly preserve after the Connectivity
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### Author:  [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579/4 "2026-06-08T06:19:51Z")
yes, same here, i was using pointAndCellIDs to generate a id that is kept thought the opperations, and came up with ‘global cell and point ids’ and i was hmmmm… i think i should use this instead. (reason for my post). I will create an issue in case that it is a bug.at least i must say that it is a confusing name (if this is not a bug.)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2026, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connectivity-removing-global-point-cell-ids/17579/5 "2026-06-10T07:15:54Z")
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work\_items/23303](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work_items/23303)