# import time varient data

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-time-varient-data/1906
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-time-varient-data/1906 "2019-05-22T16:18:37Z")
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### Author: ![kelseymcelwain](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kelseymcelwain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kelseymcelwain)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-time-varient-data/1906/1 "2019-05-22T16:18:37Z")

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I am trying to plot pressure change measured by a gauge, so just at one point, as time goes on. I have the data in excel saved as CSV, one column for time, and the other for pressure. Can I import the time data column or does PV use its own timesteps? Right now the only think happening is when I upload my data I use table to points and import the time and pressure values and I get basically a 2D graph of the data. What I want is to only see one pressure value magnitude at a time, so it would be an animation.