# Time steps

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-steps/2290
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-steps/2290 "2019-07-24T20:08:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![Shaurya\_Doger](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/shaurya_doger/32/1797_2.png) [@Shaurya\_Doger](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Shaurya_Doger)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-steps/2290/1 "2019-07-24T20:08:22Z")

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I am currently trying to do some time steps animation with my data, as there are 7 block numbers with this. Is there any specific type of data format that is necessary for the time steps to occur, where velocity colors change according to time steps. The link has the data file

[https://app.box.com/file/496171076107](https://app.box.com/file/496171076107)

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### Author: ![Shaurya\_Doger](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/shaurya_doger/32/1797_2.png) [@Shaurya\_Doger](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Shaurya_Doger)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-steps/2290/2 "2019-07-24T20:11:33Z")

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[can.xmf](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/kW2OLIkuCuiCKp3nrC4W973QKFk.xmf) (771.2 KB)

This does the animation, but the one uploaded before does not. As such, there are also h5 files inside this