# Get View Name

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-view-name/3193
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [December 16, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-view-name/3193 "2019-12-16T19:06:50Z")
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### Author: ![utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/utkarsh.ayachit/32/39_2.png) [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2019, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-view-name/3193/3 "2019-12-16T21:11:46Z")

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```python
def GetViewName(view):
   pxm = servermanager.ProxyManager()
   return pxm.GetProxyName("views", view)

views = GetViews()
for view in views:
   print ("view name is", GetViewName(view))
   

```

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