# DescriptiveStatistics for Vectors - how to get stats for the norm?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/descriptivestatistics-for-vectors-how-to-get-stats-for-the-norm/14492
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 25, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/descriptivestatistics-for-vectors-how-to-get-stats-for-the-norm/14492 "2024-04-25T18:08:02Z")
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### Author: ![Trophime](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/trophime/32/966_2.png) [@Trophime](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trophime)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/descriptivestatistics-for-vectors-how-to-get-stats-for-the-norm/14492/1 "2024-04-25T18:08:02Z")

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Hi,  
I’m trying to get some statistics about a vector field using DescriptiveStatistics filter.  
It seems that I get the stats per component of the vector.  
I would like to have also stats on the norm of the vector field.  
Do I need to create extra scalar field for the vector norm for this purpose or is there a more straightforward way?

Best