# Where is the VTKm's Slice filter in Paraview?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-the-vtkms-slice-filter-in-paraview/11192
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtkm
**Created:** [January 18, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-the-vtkms-slice-filter-in-paraview/11192 "2023-01-18T04:26:29Z")
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### Author: ![cfd\_ow](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cfd_ow/32/9715_2.png) [@cfd\_ow](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cfd_ow)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2023, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-the-vtkms-slice-filter-in-paraview/11192/1 "2023-01-18T04:26:29Z")

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I am using the latest Paraview 5.11.0. I loaded the VTKm plugin in the Paraview. But from the filters list from VTKm, the Slice filter is missing… Do you know why? From the latest guide of VTKm at [https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-m-user-guide/-/wikis/uploads/VTKmUsersGuide-1-9.pdf](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk-m-user-guide/-/wikis/uploads/VTKmUsersGuide-1-9.pdf), the Slice filter should exist.  
 ![paraview_vtkm](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/484655d515a571d21984e840d0da807817d8c56d.png)

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-the-vtkms-slice-filter-in-paraview/11192/2 "2023-01-18T16:13:47Z")

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@sujin can you comment?

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### Author: ![sujin](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sujin/32/4418_2.png) [@sujin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sujin)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-the-vtkms-slice-filter-in-paraview/11192/3 "2023-01-18T16:34:15Z")

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The slice filter is a recent addition to VTK-m, and the plugin was created before it. So I think that is why it is missing Slice. We will need to add an entry to [VTKmSM.xml](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/blob/master/Plugins/VTKmFilters/VTKmSM.xml) to expose the filter in ParaView.

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### Author: ![cfd\_ow](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cfd_ow/32/9715_2.png) [@cfd\_ow](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cfd_ow)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-the-vtkms-slice-filter-in-paraview/11192/4 "2023-01-18T16:38:55Z")

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Thank you @sujin and @cory.quammen for this help. 😀