# Read HDF5 file containing vector components

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-hdf5-file-containing-vector-components/2010
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 9, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-hdf5-file-containing-vector-components/2010 "2019-06-09T08:22:31Z")
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### Author: ![navdeeprana](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/navdeeprana/32/1572_2.png) [@navdeeprana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/navdeeprana)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-hdf5-file-containing-vector-components/2010/1 "2019-06-09T08:22:31Z")

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I have an hdf5 file, which contains 3 datasets, namely x,y,z which are the three components of a cubic vector field.  
In visit for a vector plot I define a new vector expression as {x,y,z} and can then visualize it.  
I would like to use paraview for visualization, but am not able to figure out how to do it.  
Upon searching, I find that I might have to use xmdf file but I still don’t get it.

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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: [June 14, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-hdf5-file-containing-vector-components/2010/2 "2019-06-14T11:58:35Z")

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Can you share your dataset ?