# How to automate collecting Timer Log results
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 18, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761 "2018-10-18T23:02:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@samy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/samy)
#### Post date: [October 18, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761/1 "2018-10-18T23:02:34Z")
Hello everyone,
I have a big data set that i want to measure the rendering and data processing speeds. I just learned about Tools-\> timer Log. However, it looks like i need to refresh it manually. Ideally, I want to play the animation in paraview (in multiple systems), let it finish (it takes more then 45 min) , and find the results of Timer Log saved in file.
Anyway to do this please?
Thank you,
Samy
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761/2 "2018-10-19T00:25:32Z")
After you run your animation, manually click “save” in the Timer Log? If you mean can you have paraview save to the timer log through a command line argument, I believe the answer is no.
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### Author:  [@samy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/samy)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761/3 "2018-10-19T15:55:54Z")
Thank you for your reply. I know about the save button but that won’t work.Yes i was hoping for a command line option. Paraview crashes after the system runs out of memory. I need to collect performance data before it that happens.
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### Author:  [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761/4 "2018-10-19T16:25:44Z")
With regards to memory useage, try View/ Memory Inspector.
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### Author:  [@samy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/samy)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-automate-collecting-timer-log-results/761/5 "2018-10-19T21:24:00Z")
Very good to know! thank you
But still no command line option for this future !