# Find data bug fixes and improvement

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 25, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677 "2020-06-25T08:25:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677/1 "2020-06-25T08:25:18Z")

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Hello

I am using Paraview 5.8.0 and I wish the Find Data functionality could be improved.

1- As I mentioned before ([Find data weird behaviour](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482)), there is something wrong with Block ID / Block number identification. Clarification on the difference between Block ID and Block number could also be documented

2- I would also wish the criteria would also accept 'string. For instance our FE kernel generate vtkMultiblockDataSet. For each cell we create Cell Data like ElementType, MaterialName, GroupName … which all are strings. Enabling creating selection based on those names will be extremely powerful imo for begineers and medium level users. Are you guys planning anything in that direction ? (@cory.quammen @mwestphal) . Thank you

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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: [June 26, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677/2 "2020-06-26T02:41:01Z")

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For 2. I agree that this would be a nice idea, feel free to open an issue.

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### Author: ![Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677/3 "2020-06-26T06:19:35Z")

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@mwestphal Where exactly should I open the issue. Is the Development discussion not good enough? or should it be also place in Dashboard?

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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: [June 26, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677/4 "2020-06-26T17:27:31Z")

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You need to put it on the bug tracker. It is located here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)

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### Author: ![Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677/5 "2020-06-29T07:48:05Z")

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OK But only bug no feature request