# Error: Failed to read data. Algorithm returned failure for request: vtkinformation

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-failed-to-read-data-algorithm-returned-failure-for-request-vtkinformation/826
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 2, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-failed-to-read-data-algorithm-returned-failure-for-request-vtkinformation/826 "2018-11-02T19:54:25Z")
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### Author: ![danny.douglas](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@danny.douglas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/danny.douglas)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-failed-to-read-data-algorithm-returned-failure-for-request-vtkinformation/826/1 "2018-11-02T19:54:26Z")

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Hello, I’m a very recent Paraview user and can’t seem to see what is causing the problem I face. I have multiple solution.xdmf files that I am able to load into paraview and can observe the maximum timestep of the solution. I am able to play with the data, contour it, clip it etc, but as soon as I try to view any time step that isn’t the max, the program close. If I load the file using Xdmf3 Reader It will not even output the error message, the error box will pop up then close immediately as well! If I use Xdmf Reader it will output the message below. I would like to be able to view all the time steps and make an animation, any help with why this error is happening is appreciated! I am using Paraview 5.5.2.  
Thanks

ERROR: In C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\Xdmf2\vtkXdmfReader.cxx, line 421  
vtkXdmfReader (0000021D50C19C70): Failed to read data.

ERROR: In C:\bbd\7cc78367\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx, line 784  
vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (0000021D590356C0): Algorithm vtkFileSeriesReader(0000021D595BA2B0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (0000021D5D247BF0)  
Debug: Off  
Modified Time: 291375  
Reference Count: 1  
Registered Events: (none)  
Request: REQUEST\_DATA  
FORWARD\_DIRECTION: 0  
ALGORITHM\_AFTER\_FORWARD: 1  
FROM\_OUTPUT\_PORT: 0

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-failed-to-read-data-algorithm-returned-failure-for-request-vtkinformation/826/2 "2018-11-02T20:29:55Z")

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my best guess is a bad data file. Could you post a file that shows this behavior here?

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### Author: ![danny.douglas](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@danny.douglas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/danny.douglas)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-failed-to-read-data-algorithm-returned-failure-for-request-vtkinformation/826/3 "2018-11-02T20:58:38Z")

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Here is one of them.

[solution.xdmf](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8e502b888472daa2dbe4724b65f1a76489b208e9.xdmf) (276.5 KB)

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### Author: ![catiocean](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/catiocean/32/11663_2.png) [@catiocean](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/catiocean)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-failed-to-read-data-algorithm-returned-failure-for-request-vtkinformation/826/4 "2023-05-19T23:07:03Z")

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Hi, did you solve this error in the end?