# Temporal data with parallel xml format

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-data-with-parallel-xml-format/4060
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 14, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-data-with-parallel-xml-format/4060 "2020-04-14T02:08:28Z")
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### Author: ![Yoshino](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/bcef8e/32.png) [@Yoshino](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yoshino)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-data-with-parallel-xml-format/4060/1 "2020-04-14T02:08:28Z")

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Hello everyone,  
Since **Temporal dataset** already consists of multiple data files, could it still be divided, or subdivided, into a number of pieces that supports parallel I/O. I learn that ParaView offer a way to write every timestep as a file series, however, does the dataset is still regarded as being “_temporal_”?

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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 14, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-data-with-parallel-xml-format/4060/2 "2020-04-14T02:39:58Z")

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> could it still be divided, or subdivided, into a number of pieces that supports parallel I/O

Yes

> does the dataset is still regarded as being “ _temporal_ ”?

Yes, when opened as a time-series.