# How to show only vertex values in the spreadsheet view

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992 "2023-10-05T15:40:20Z")
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### Author: ![Isaac\_Bannerman](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/isaac_bannerman/32/11194_2.png) [@Isaac\_Bannerman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Isaac_Bannerman)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2023, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992/1 "2023-10-05T15:40:20Z")

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Hi all,  
I have vtu file which has about 500 nodes or vertices. I am trying to use the spreadsheet view to obtain the solution at the individual nodes or vertices; however, switching to spreadsheet view shows data at bout 1471 points. I tried to change the attribute in the spreadsheet view from “point data” to “vertex data” but that just displays an empty spreadsheet.  
I will be glad if anyone could suggest a work around. I am attaching the vtu file just in case it will help with the answering.  
[fluid-000010.vtu](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/qiHMpcZisUbuWYqP2MYtjtHhU56.vtu) (26.4 KB)

Thanks,  
Isaac.

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### Author: ![nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/nicolas.vuaille/32/5873_2.png) [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992/2 "2023-10-06T07:20:28Z")

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I VTK and ParaView world, `Vertex` refer specifically to `Graph` datasets attributes.

Usual meshes like UnstructuredGrid are composed only of `Points` and `Cells`. Some reference about that: [3. Understanding Data — ParaView Documentation 5.11.0 documentation](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/UsersGuide/understandingData.html)

In your case, all the data is associated to the points.

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### Author: ![Isaac\_Bannerman](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/isaac_bannerman/32/11194_2.png) [@Isaac\_Bannerman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Isaac_Bannerman)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992/3 "2023-10-09T20:59:37Z")

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Hi Nicolas,  
Thanks for the clarification, it helps a lot! Thanks for pointing out the chapter in the documentation as well.

Best,  
Isaac.