# Point Arrays in the Information Panel

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-arrays-in-the-information-panel/7553
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 5, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-arrays-in-the-information-panel/7553 "2021-07-05T14:56:24Z")
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### Author: ![gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7ea924/32.png) [@gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gizem)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-arrays-in-the-information-panel/7553/1 "2021-07-05T14:56:24Z")

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Hello,

I am currently working on a h5part-file. I have problems with two Point Arrays listed in the Properties Panel: “uid\_1” and “uid\_2”, each of them representing the same particle:

 ![PropertiesPanel](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e6e9d27ba2a4bd8fdaee41785533bccb3b711b70.png)

Now if I go to the Information panel, both of them are summarized as only “uid”. I have the same problem whenever i want to select a specific uid in the variable controls in the toolbar section.

 ![VariableControls](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3c32a9b1c83fb880a2eefa1f2a20af7148fb8088.png)

Is there a way to deactivate that? I’d love to work on the uids separately.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-arrays-in-the-information-panel/7553/2 "2021-07-06T16:38:10Z")

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ParaView is being “helpful”, and creating a vector for you. To separate out the components, use the Calculator filter.

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### Author: ![gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/7ea924/32.png) [@gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gizem)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-arrays-in-the-information-panel/7553/3 "2021-07-08T11:56:00Z")

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Thank you for responding.  
I’ve tried to use the calculator, however I can’t create a new variable “firstUid” with the value of uid\_1. Paraview seems to split the uids into three different values using the coordinates, so uid\_X, uid\_Y, etc, but I don’t know how to combine them in order to get the original value of uid\_1.