# Track duration / calculation time of a paraview filter
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/track-duration-calculation-time-of-a-paraview-filter/6938
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/track-duration-calculation-time-of-a-paraview-filter/6938 "2021-04-12T19:45:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@alkali](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/alkali)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/track-duration-calculation-time-of-a-paraview-filter/6938/1 "2021-04-12T19:45:03Z")
Hello,
is there a way to track how long Paraview takes to calculate a filter?
The background is that I use the Particle Path Filter for large datasets and would like to know how long I have to schedule in total.
Thanks a lot
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### Author:  [@nicolas.vuaille](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicolas.vuaille)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/track-duration-calculation-time-of-a-paraview-filter/6938/2 "2021-04-13T07:57:09Z")
Yes, you can use the `Timer Log`, under the Tools menu.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/track-duration-calculation-time-of-a-paraview-filter/6938/3 "2021-04-13T10:20:59Z")
You can get even more detailed information with the Log Viewer, also under the Tools menu. For details, please see [ParaView's Advanced Logging User Interface - Kitware Blog](https://blog.kitware.com/paraviews-advanced-logging-user-interface/)
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### Author:  [@alkali](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/alkali)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2021, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/track-duration-calculation-time-of-a-paraview-filter/6938/4 "2021-04-13T10:24:00Z")
thanks a lot both 🙂