# How can I use SaveData to write an ASCII file in ParaView 3.98.1?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-use-savedata-to-write-an-ascii-file-in-paraview-3-98-1/5303
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-use-savedata-to-write-an-ascii-file-in-paraview-3-98-1/5303 "2020-09-09T13:02:05Z")
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### Author: ![acmresende](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/acmresende/32/4862_2.png) [@acmresende](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/acmresende)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-use-savedata-to-write-an-ascii-file-in-paraview-3-98-1/5303/11 "2020-09-09T14:49:19Z")

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I [found out](https://paraview.paraview.narkive.com/xP9MEvao/vtk-ascii-to-binary) I can also do the following to save my file as ASCII in this version:

```
write = servermanager.writers.DataSetWriter()
write.Input = vtk_file
write.FileName = filename
write.FileType = 'Ascii'
write.UpdatePipeline()

```

I do not know, however, how to link a `proxy` (see `SaveData`'s call) using this approach since the class does not have a `Proxy` attribute.

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