# Find data weird behaviour

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482 "2020-06-03T07:53:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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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 3, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/1 "2020-06-03T07:53:43Z")

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![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b576b2559b1c7773c6df9b0944a62b209ce22911.png)

Not sure why the finding cells by selection with BlockID = 2 and ID = 1 retrieves cells ID = 1 for both Block Number 2 and 4 (which are the only two block in the vtkMultiBlockDataSet). IS there any difference between Block ID and Block Number?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/2 "2020-06-04T14:30:56Z")

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Thanks for the report. I know this issue is in our bug tracker, but can’t look for the link to it at the moment.

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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 4, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/3 "2020-06-04T14:33:00Z")

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Thank you Cory! Selection is key in FEM result post-processing in 3D. Do you know if it is planned to be fixed for the upcoming release?

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/4 "2020-06-04T14:53:31Z")

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I’m not sure what release it is scheduled for. Our issue tracker is down at the moment, so I can’t check, but there’s a strong possibility it will be fixed for 5.9.

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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 4, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/5 "2020-06-04T14:56:11Z")

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One last question for you Cory: Could you keep me posted once you can get access back to your issue tracker as well as let me know when 5.9 is roughly expected to be scheduled ?

Thank you

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/6 "2020-06-04T14:57:41Z")

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5.9 is scheduled for roughly October/November 2020. There will be an announcement when [gitlab.kitware.com](http://gitlab.kitware.com) is back up.

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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 25, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/7 "2020-06-25T16:01:55Z")

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Written up here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19944](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19944)

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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, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-weird-behaviour/4482/8 "2020-06-25T18:54:41Z")

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@wascott Thank you Walter. I have also suggested an improvement for the Find data [Find data bug fixes and improvement](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-bug-fixes-and-improvement/4677) What do you think ? Thank you
