# how to simulate time series points with changing scalar values

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-simulate-time-series-points-with-changing-scalar-values/15679
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 3, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-simulate-time-series-points-with-changing-scalar-values/15679 "2024-11-03T12:45:25Z")
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### Author: ![sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-simulate-time-series-points-with-changing-scalar-values/15679/1 "2024-11-03T12:45:25Z")

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Dear Experts,  
I have some points data and scalars, points coordinates are fixed values, while scalars values are time series data, so i want to do animation with point size or color changing with scalar values changes.

How to do it in paraview?

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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: [November 5, 2024, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-simulate-time-series-points-with-changing-scalar-values/15679/2 "2024-11-05T10:30:04Z")

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Usually, you just have to load your data, choose the desired array for color and navigate through timesteps. (or Export Scene).

[https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/UsersGuide/dataIngestion.html](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/UsersGuide/dataIngestion.html)

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### Author: ![sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-simulate-time-series-points-with-changing-scalar-values/15679/3 "2024-11-09T12:46:10Z")

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Thank you Vualille!  
Now i can load csv file series, then tableToPoints Filter to animate them.