# Preventing ParaView from creating a new SpreadSheetView each time an IntegrateVariables filter is applied

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/preventing-paraview-from-creating-a-new-spreadsheetview-each-time-an-integratevariables-filter-is-applied/14463
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/preventing-paraview-from-creating-a-new-spreadsheetview-each-time-an-integratevariables-filter-is-applied/14463 "2024-04-23T06:14:21Z")
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### Author: ![jean.dupond](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jean.dupond](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jean.dupond)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/preventing-paraview-from-creating-a-new-spreadsheetview-each-time-an-integratevariables-filter-is-applied/14463/1 "2024-04-23T06:14:21Z")

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Even when a **SpreadSheetView** already exists, each time an **IntegrateVariables** filter is applied for the first time while the **RenderView** is active, a new **SpreadSheetView** is created to display the result instead of displaying it in the existing one.

Is there a way to prevent that ?

What must be done to avoid this behavior when many different things must be integrated (eg. on several patches of a CFD mesh):

- click in the **RenderView**
- click on the eye beside the source (eg. an **ExtractBlock** , to control it’s what we think)
- click in the **SpreadSheetView**
- create the **IntegrateVariables** filter and Apply
- etc.

Would be much more comfortable (and safe) to do just:  
(all in the **RenderView** )

- click on the eye beside the source
- create the **IntegrateVariables** filter and Apply
- etc.

To reproduce (Paraview 5.12.0):

- create a **Box** filter
- apply an **IntegrateVariables** filter on it
- click in the **RenderView**
- apply a second **IntegrateVariables** filter on it

The aim is to make the second **IntegrateVariables2** to appear automatically in the existing **SpreadSheetView1** instead of creating a new **SpreadSheetView2**.

 ![Screenshot at 2024-04-23 08-16-12](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98e7070f30dee4292d73872f302bb9f07a485d97.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2024, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/preventing-paraview-from-creating-a-new-spreadsheetview-each-time-an-integratevariables-filter-is-applied/14463/2 "2024-04-23T07:33:38Z")

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This behavior is not great and should be improved. Please open an issue: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)

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### Author: ![jean.dupond](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jean.dupond](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jean.dupond)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/preventing-paraview-from-creating-a-new-spreadsheetview-each-time-an-integratevariables-filter-is-applied/14463/3 "2024-04-23T08:33:17Z")

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Thanks Mathieu,

Done: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22582](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22582)