# Material Editor with remove server
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/material-editor-with-remove-server/14533
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 1, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/material-editor-with-remove-server/14533 "2024-05-01T05:33:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@hpc-dave](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hpc-dave)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/material-editor-with-remove-server/14533/1 "2024-05-01T05:33:54Z")
I recently started rendering my results with paraview and everything was working fine using serial execution without remote connection. However, now I want work on my larger datasets with an MPI-enabled pvserver. Everything works as expected, except for the material editor.
There, I do receive the warning “Material Editor disabled because client is connected to a remote server”. As a result, I cannot load or assign materials and so far I couldn’t find a way to make this work.
Is there a way to still assign materials although a remote connection is used?
I am currently using the Paraview 5.12 MPI-enabled binaries on linux.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/material-editor-with-remove-server/14533/2 "2024-05-02T07:48:24Z")
I’m afraid Material Editor does not supporting remove server yet.
However, you can still use materials, you just cant edit them.
FYI @Lucas_Givord
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### Author:  [@hpc-dave](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hpc-dave)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/material-editor-with-remove-server/14533/3 "2024-05-02T08:02:06Z")
Thank you for the fast reply!
That’s of course unfortunate. Is the support already planned for future releases?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/material-editor-with-remove-server/14533/4 "2024-05-02T08:05:44Z")
I’m afraid this feature is not been funded yet. If this is something that interest you, do not hesitate to reach out: [mathieu.westphal@kitware.com](mailto:mathieu.westphal@kitware.com)
Read more about our process here: [How are features and bug fixes incorporated into ParaView?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-are-features-and-bug-fixes-incorporated-into-paraview/4735)