# Select point by ID

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 11, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183 "2025-09-11T09:53:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/federico_feliziani/32/16229_2.png) [@Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Federico_Feliziani)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2025, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183/1 "2025-09-11T09:53:51Z")

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Hello everyone,

How can I select a point in Paraview knowing its ID and export a CSV file containing the time histories of the variables associated with 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: [September 11, 2025, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183/2 "2025-09-11T11:27:52Z")

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Edit → FindData should do the trick 🙂

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183/3 "2025-09-11T11:40:53Z")

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Also, after `Edit` → `Find Data...` ![Screenshot 2025-09-11 at 7.36.36 AM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/1/9/19889f500a4ec33a41618be8242763a9ece6d083.png) you can run the `Plot Selection Over Time` filter. ![Screenshot 2025-09-11 at 7.38.42 AM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/5/9/59a5ac2bead45542231ac3e285264dd307af65bf.png) That will generate a plot over time. From that you can `File` → `Save Data...` ![Screenshot 2025-09-11 at 7.40.06 AM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/3/a/3a40d1cbf69dd48c112b66c15337c097544cd69f.png) and write out the time series as a csv file.

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### Author: ![Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/federico_feliziani/32/16229_2.png) [@Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Federico_Feliziani)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183/4 "2025-09-17T09:27:11Z")

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Thank you Mathieu!

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### Author: ![Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/federico_feliziani/32/16229_2.png) [@Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Federico_Feliziani)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-point-by-id/17183/5 "2025-09-17T09:27:19Z")

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Thank you kenneth!