# Increase accuracy of dsa.WrapDataObject

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/increase-accuracy-of-dsa-wrapdataobject/8664
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 20, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/increase-accuracy-of-dsa-wrapdataobject/8664 "2021-12-20T16:19:23Z")
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### Author: ![Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/increase-accuracy-of-dsa-wrapdataobject/8664/1 "2021-12-20T16:19:23Z")

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Dear all,

I am trying to work with a python programmable filter. The problem that I am having is that the dsa.WrapDataObject imports the arrays with dtype=dtype32 but my data has +40 decimals that I need to keep in my scripts. Is it possible to request the dsa.WrapDataObject to import the data from paraview with dtype=dtype64?

My script looks like the following:

```auto
import vtk
from paraview.vtk.numpy_interface import algorithms as algs
from vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel import vtkDataSet
import vtk.numpy_interface.dataset_adapter as dsa
import numpy as np

# ----- Wrap data
input_0 = dsa.WrapDataObject(inputs[0])

# ----- Flatten data
flat_array = []
for blk in input_0 :
	data2append = blk.PointData['x'] # data2append type: <class 'vtk.numpy_interface.dataset_adapter.VTKArray'>
	for item in data2append :
		flat_array.append(item) # item type: <class 'numpy.float32'> ( I need it to be float64 to take into account all the decimals!)

```

How could I retrieve the data from paraview in float64? Thank you in advance!

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### Author: ![Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/increase-accuracy-of-dsa-wrapdataobject/8664/2 "2021-12-21T16:11:11Z")

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Is the data from the dataset\_adapter (dsa) available only in python in float32 format?
