# Displaying value in animation

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-value-in-animation/5811
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-value-in-animation/5811 "2020-11-16T11:56:12Z")
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### Author: ![Nihal\_Jain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/nihal_jain/32/5324_2.png) [@Nihal\_Jain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nihal_Jain)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-value-in-animation/5811/1 "2020-11-16T11:56:12Z")

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I have a scalar dataset and I want to visualize the changing contours over time. For this I have loaded the data in raw format, applied the contour filter and then added the contour filter to the animation view which shows the visualization.

For each step I would also like to display the current value of the data range, the contour for which is being displayed? For example, if the current visualized image corresponds to value 32 of my scalar data, I would like 32 to appear as text alongwith the contour. Is that possible?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-value-in-animation/5811/2 "2020-11-16T13:06:23Z")

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> [@Is it possible to add labels to contour lines?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-add-labels-to-contour-lines/1466/16):
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> I’m sorry I didn’t make it clear enough. @wascott I am grateful that you compensated my lack of explanation to replicate.