# Show Text Annotation depending on Timestep
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/show-text-annotation-depending-on-timestep/9464
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 19, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/show-text-annotation-depending-on-timestep/9464 "2022-04-19T12:29:05Z")
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### Author:  [@jaeg1710](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jaeg1710)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/show-text-annotation-depending-on-timestep/9464/1 "2022-04-19T12:29:05Z")
Hello,
i’m trying to visualize my finite-elements-analysis in paraview.
I have an .pvd-File like this:
```auto
```
is it possible to annotate a text in paraview depending on the timestep? for example i would like to show a text annotation which checks the current displayed timestep in paraview and then decides which text is shown.
**Desired Output:**
If current timestep shown in paraview is between 0.0 and 1.0 ==\> show a text annotation _“Step-1”_
If current timestep shown in paraview is greater than 1.0 ==\> show a text annotation _“Step-2”_
thanks in advance
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### Author:  [@jaeg1710](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jaeg1710)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/show-text-annotation-depending-on-timestep/9464/2 "2022-04-19T13:21:52Z")
i found a solution in the meantime:
Create an “Programmable Annotation” with somehting like this:
```auto
import paraview.simple
myView = paraview.simple.GetActiveView()
current_displayed_time = myView.ViewTime
# Create a List with the Timestep Boundaries
myList = [1.0, 2.0]
for i in myList:
if current_displayed_time <= i and current_displayed_time >= i-1:
myString = ('Step-' + str(int(i)))
to = self.GetTableOutput()
arr = vtk.vtkStringArray()
arr.SetName("Text")
arr.SetNumberOfComponents(1)
arr.InsertNextValue(myString)
to.AddColumn(arr)
```
or work with a Dictionary:
```auto
import paraview.simple
myView = paraview.simple.GetActiveView()
current_displayed_time = myView.ViewTime
Dict = {'Step-1': 1.0, 'Step-2': 2.0}
myList = list(Dict.values())
for i in myList:
if current_displayed_time <= i:
myString = list(Dict.keys())[list(Dict.values()).index(i)]
break
to = self.GetTableOutput()
arr = vtk.vtkStringArray()
arr.SetName("Text")
arr.SetNumberOfComponents(1)
arr.InsertNextValue(myString)
to.AddColumn(arr)
```